🌊 How democratic erosion became administratively normal in Greece Vera Tika argues that contemporary illiberalism rarely arrives through dramatic democratic rupture. Instead, it advances quietly through routine governance and administrative practices that normalise ...

🌊 #IlliberalWave No.45
🧨 Contemporary #illiberalism rarely arrives through dramatic democratic rupture.
📉 Examining #Greece’s regulation of civil society, Vera Tika shows how democratic erosion can occur incrementally — through law, procedure, and bureaucratic control.
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🌊 The nature of fascism and why it differs from populism People are talking more and more about fascism, and often confusing it with populism. Paul D. Kenny argues that we need to understand how fascism stands out. It has never been just a matter of words o...

🌊 #IlliberalWave No.44
🗣️ People are talking more and more about #Fascism, and often confusing it with #Populism.
💡 @kennypd.bsky.social discusses the features of fascism and argues that we need to understand how it stands out.
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George Simion, founder of Alliance for the Union of Romanians

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🌊 #IlliberalWave No.43
🏫 Romanian democratic institutions are facing growing pressure.
➡️ Gabriela-Elena Plăpămaru reveals how the traditional right tried to undermine #Romania’s education sector & how progressives responded with institutional resilience.
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🌊 How a far-right party is shaping the 'new' old Romanian man In countries the world over, the patriotic man is the face of illiberal masculinity. Paula Iacobescu explores the illiberal male ideal in contemporary Romanian politics, through its figurehead,…

🌊 #IlliberalWave No.42
💪 In many countries, the patriotic man is the face of illiberal masculinity.
🗣️ Paula Iacobescu explores the illiberal male ideal in contemporary #RomanianPolitics, through its figurehead, #GeorgeSimion. #GenderingIlliberalism
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🌊 How Romania’s illiberals weaponise homophobia to fuel hetero-nationalism Anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment has surged in Romania, especially since the 2024 presidential elections. Avery Gozu argues that illiberal candidates' weaponisation of homophobia runs deeper than surface-level…

🌊 #IlliberalWave No.41
📈 #AntiLGBTQ+ sentiment has recently surged in #Romania.
🗣️ Avery Gozu argues that illiberal candidates' weaponisation of homophobia runs deeper than just insults – it is embedded in a socio-cultural web of hetero-nationalism and #HegemonicMasculinity.
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🌊 #IlliberalWave No.40
What role do sexism, racism, and climate denial play in the regime of Hungarian Prime Minister #ViktorOrbán?
🐽 Hanna Zelma Horányi describes how Orbán is legitimising his power through ‘petro-masculinity’
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🌊 Radical movements' social media strategies go local Social media platforms allow radical political actors to communicate with, and organise at, the sub-national level, enabling engagement beyond existing activist cohorts. Exploring local strategies of ...

🌊 #IlliberalWave No.39
🚨 #SocialMedia allows radical political actors to organise at a sub-national level, enabling engagement beyond existing activist cohorts.
🔥Thomas Evans explores examples from Ireland and the UK
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🌊 There are no independent regulators under populist rule Illiberal populists politicise regulatory agencies. Under populist governments, regulatory agencies engage primarily with interest groups which enjoy close connections to the ruling parties. This is b...

🌊 #IlliberalWave No.38
🤝 Under populist governments, regulatory agencies engage primarily with interest groups which enjoy close connections to ruling parties. This is bad news 👎 for democratic quality & the quality of governance, write @rafaellabanino.bsky.social & Michael Dobbins.
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🌊 Czech coat and Slovak cassock in illiberal movements Two nations, one name, divergent paths: Natália Noskovičová delves into the illiberal mobilisations of the Czech and Slovak Alliances for Family and National Marches for Life. Here, she navigates the ...

🌊 #IlliberalWave No.37
Natália Noskovičová delves into the illiberal mobilisations of the Czech and Slovak Alliances for Family and National Marches for Life. Here, she navigates the religious and secular strategies of anti-gender movements in the heart of Europe bit.ly/3y5VGsP