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Posts by Catherine E. de Vries
“Investeren in nabijheid is geen luxeproject, maar een democratische en economische noodzaak: het is het fundament waarop vertrouwen berust”
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Politicoloog Catherine de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social : "Gemeenten die moeten fuseren is ook zoiets, burgers vinden dat heel vervelend. Zulke ingrepen lijken op korte termijn erg kostenefficiënt, maar op lange termijn leidt dat tot meer populisme en radicalisme."
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Volgens @catherinedevries.bsky.social brengt Orbans val, radicaal rechts in een nieuwe fase:
"De nadruk op nationale soevereiniteit blijft leidend, maar de middelen veranderen in een pragmatische aanpak die subtieler en mogelijk effectiever is."
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‘Het verlies van Orbán betekent dus niet het einde van radicaal-rechts in Europa, maar een verschuiving in strategie. En de Iranoorlog versnelt die verschuiving.’ Catherine de Vries
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Congratulations to our HoD @catherinedevries.bsky.social on her publication in @cpsjournal.bsky.social!
Studying the UK, they find that while a majority express support for fiscal consolidation in principle, only a minority prioritize it when facing trade-offs.
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Look what showed up in my mail today, my favorite European politics textbook courtesy of @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social. My students love the data exercises built on their custom Shiny apps!
The greatest threat from AI is not that it will displace human work but that it will displace human thought. My latest. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Hope it helps! And thanks for reading!
Off course the new book of @catherinedevries.bsky.social I have started as well. Anything to find a way back from all the family polarization everywhere !
#democracy
Great @ricepolisci.bsky.social dissertation defense for @connerjoyce.bsky.social! He's off to @iepolisci.bsky.social as an assistant professor. Excellent work addressing nonstate actor engagement in political cyber attacks and the potential for international cooperation to control this. So proud!
We are excited to welcome Stephane Wolton (LSE) and Mariaelisa Epifanio (Liverpool), who will be staying at IE for two months as Visiting Professors.
More information about them and their research can be found at their websites:
stephanewolton.com
and
mariaelisaepifanio.com
Popular attitudes are often seen as a safeguard against democratic backsliding: if citizens don’t oppose lib democracy, politicians have little incentive to erode it.
In @cpsjournal.bsky.social I argue that, while intuitive, this reasoning conflates two states of the world:
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New paper out in @thejop.bsky.social : "Immigration, Public Housing, and Support for the French National Front."
How does expanding public housing affect far-right support? The answer depends heavily on local conditions, and specifically on local immigrant shares.
Paper: doi.org/10.1086/736361
Zojuist @buitenhof.bsky.social Catherine de Vries over De symfonie van onvrede - De opmars van radicaal-rechts in Europa
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Dank dat je er was Jan! En groeten aan je dochter!
Veiled Power: How Rosenwald Teachers Quietly Shaped the Civil Rights Movement Omar Wasow∗ Jacob M. Grumbach∗ April 1, 2026 Abstract What precipitates the collapse of seemingly durable social orders like Jim Crow? During the 1920s, approximately 5,000 “Rosenwald Schools” were built across the rural South through a partnership between philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and Black communities who raised matching funds, donated land, and petitioned local governments. Local elites saw vocational training that would preserve the racial order. We argue Black educators used this accommodationist cover to build veiled capacity: organizational infrastructure for collective action behind a veil of compliance. Counties with more Rosenwald Schools show greater civil rights protest in the 1960s. Mediation analysis reveals that pre-existing social capital predicted protest through Rosenwald teacher placements, not enrollment. Instrumental variable models suggest the effect is not driven by community selection. Moving from no Rosenwald teachers to the 75th percentile predicts 45% more protest. The political effects of education may depend less on what elites intend than on what educators build where elites cannot see.
Excited to share new paper w/ @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social: "Veiled Power: How Rosenwald Teachers Quietly Shaped the Civil Rights Movement"
The puzzle: did ~5,000 segregated schools built in rural South emphasizing “manual labor” strengthen or weaken Jim Crow? 🧵 omarwasow.com/wasow_grumba...
Tot snel, Jan!
Absolutely, I mentioned this in an Economist interview last year. It’s not just the UK:
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Delighted our paper (with an amazing group of co-authors) is forthcoming in the APSR
Takeaway for Labour and other centre-left parties: fixing public services is key to reducing support for the populist right
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Fascinating thread (and paper). Raises a wider question - namely, did the Conservative Party's enthusiasm for austerity ultimately lead, every bit as much as its increasing obsession with Europe and immigration, to its being replaced by Reform UK as the pre-eminent party on the British right?
Thrilled that my paper (w/@sarahobolt.bsky.social,@catherinedevries.bsky.social,@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) was accepted at the American Political Science Review!
We find that declining public services fuel support for the populist right — and show why the right benefits more than other parties 🧵
Als schrijver zijn lezerreacties verreweg het leukst. Was deze week in Bergen op Zoom bij boekhandel Quist om een lezing te geven, het was fantastisch.
Ben zaterdagmiddag as 15.30 uur bij Boekhandel Donner in Rotterdam. Als je zin hebt, kan je je gratis aanmelden:
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Dank voor het lezen! Ik hoop in ieder geval een discussie te beginnen.
Miscalculation of Rheinmetall CEO fails to grasp that the combination of what some might call “low” tech civilian with conventional weapons & tactics is what makes Ukraine’s fight innovative.
But what drives civilian engagement? - we have a NEW paper about that! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
De Symfonie van Onvrede door @catherinedevries.bsky.social is naast een genuanceerde analyse van de opkomst van radicaal rechtse partijen ook een uit het hart gegrepen pleidooi voor meer nabijheid - zowel van de staat als tussen (andersdenkende) mensen: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Blij dat je het leuk vond, Tamar en fijne dag vandaag!
#Slovenia 🇸🇮 #elections today. #newparties #volatility #electoralthresolds #campaigning a primer from Alenka Krasovec & me @catherinedevries.bsky.social @casmudde.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/the-old-and-...
Leuk en dank voor het lezen! Lekker hoor zo’n echt patatje. Ga morgen naar Nederland en kijk er nu al naar uit. 😉