Excited to be on a great panel on Politicization and Party Strategies in the EU @ecpr.bsky.social. Featuring @heinkelmann-wild.bsky.social , @kovarek.bsky.social , @duarteamaro.bsky.social, @saorhan.bsky.social among others. Come on down to the Polytechnic School (B 5.39)at 13:30 tomorrow (29 Aug)!
Off to Thessaloniki this August to present at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference. I am pretty elated and looking forward to participating!
I’m hearing a lot of people repeating the line that social democrats are not losing votes to the far right, so that invalidates the thesis that social democrats have lost touch with the working class and should address issues like migration. But this is missing the point
Off to Thessaloniki this August to present at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference. I am pretty elated and looking forward to participating!
I think he is talking about CDU here, not AfD. I think. Not sure even if he knows. Probably saw Conservative and thought welp right-wing.
Somebody should make a joke about that high price is just market economics, a question of supply and demand and he shouldn't really complain but that person probably isn't me.
Weird take. This is not the first time the Austrian far right is in coalition talks to form a government. They also governed federally with ÖVP twice before, albeit as junior partners.
Meanwhile, FPÖ currently also governs in several regional state coalitions.
That 'firewall' collapsed decades ago.
Congratulations Raf!
We're sharing an early Christmas present - a lovely list of incredibly talented and accomplished speakers for our spring edition of the CP Seminar Series @pollu.bsky.social. Thanks to @agustingoenaga.bsky.social and Kajsa Hansson for putting it all together and to the fantastic presenters! 👇🏼
I don't mean to promote my stuff shamelessly, but Jusos is referred to as a 'stopping force' in this, so it's definitely on point :) Even if party actors don't protest publicly, lack of support still undermines the effort. They must buy the shift first, and then the electorate can get on board.
I'd humbly add that 'how' they shift and the politicians' agency also matter. A lot of convincing and ideological 'reconstruction' was involved in the Danish case. If the shift is perceived as "we are doing this because we need votes," it backfires, first within the party and then with the voters.
Incredibly interesting and insightful article! I'd venture to say that a similar trajectory awaits Socialdemokratiet in the future.
MacWhisper is pretty amazing.
No Scholz is an admission of failure/responsibility. If Pistorius, why run a (potentially) winning candidate in a race that they will most likely lose? And he would need to "shift" to the right on many issues even to have a chance, which would upset the party base - why add fuel to the fire?
For the #dkpol users, following (like and pin) the feed below will provide you an easier access to the discussion and the hashtag(s).
The same goes for the Danish-German border, where Denmark has long imposed border checks. Basically, experts and data, including the police union, showed that checks were ineffective, a waste of personnel, time, and effort, and mostly worked as symbolic/gesture policies.
May I suggest myself for the list? A considerable part of my work is about German social democrats.
I made a feed for the upcoming federal elections in Germany. Feel free to like, pin and share.
Could you add me as well please? My research focuses quite a lot on intra-party dynamics :)
Only tags at the moment but I am planning to extend it to (official) party and politician accounts as it gets more widespread. Any suggestions?
I made a feed for the upcoming federal elections in Germany. Feel free to like, pin and share.
Off to Dublin next week for the
@ecpr.bsky.social
General Conference! Quite excited and looking forward to presenting my paper on social democratic party leaders and their immigration discourses. #ecprgc24
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
My article on how the SPD party elite navigates intra-party dynamics on immigration and its outcomes on policies and discourse is out on @actapolitica.bsky.social.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I am quite happy to announce that my article on Danish social democrats, their immigration policy shift and intra-party dynamics just got published on Party Politics. polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Kicking off the spring programme of the Aarhus University Migration & Ethnicity Workshop tomorrow (Feb 13) with a presentation by Suat Alper Orhan, Europa-Universität Flensburg! Full programme below 👇 Please join if you're aorund 🤗 polisky migcitsky
Thanks!
Out of all statuses, this is definitely my favourite.
Stunning but familiar graph: electoral choice of Dutch voters who describe themselves as working class since 1972. Light red is social- democrat
stukroodvlees.nl/ook-de-nieuwe-pvv-stemme...
Congratulations!
A month ago, PiS "won the elections" in Poland with no realistic possibility of forming a government. For my research, I interviewed a (Socialdemokratiet) politician who said, "We won the battle but lost the war" about 2015. It is definitely not enough. Makes good headlines though...