What can we see once we we admit that many 'populists' construct themselves as elites? I grapple with in my *new article* in @bjpir.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1369...

What can we see once we we admit that many 'populists' construct themselves as elites? I grapple with in my *new article* in @bjpir.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1369...

In print at last! Many leaders themself in elite terms, but they are analysed as populists anyway This creates a contradiction between the concept and the object of application If we ignore it, we deny how inegalitarian their ideas are Flip the script. Call them elitisms

My chapter on 19th century plebeian internationalism is out now in The Routledge Handbook of Ideology Analysis 🎉 📕 Many thanks to the editors @julfaure.bsky.social, Matthew Humphreys, and David Laycock! If you'd like to read it, feel free to get in touch. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Financial crisis is being used to bypass tenure protections. University of Essex fired me & 11 others from the Business School in a clear targeting based on our philosophical orientation & social justice commitments. Please sign the public statement: sites.google.com/view/mmpubli...

📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now! 'Populism’s elite-leader problem: From Bukele, Magufuli, and Trump to a theory of popular elitisms' by Dan Paget 🔗 buff.ly/I0GArcx @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

New article! My argument: it's high time we reckon with how many 'populists' are constructing themselves in elite terms Thank you to @bjpir.bsky.social for publishing! doi.org/10.1177/1369...

Yes. That's right. It's out at last. Celebrate with me!

Liberal societies are those which offer refuge from the very people they empower—through individual choice, mobility, and the possibility of exit. This is the form of liberty that most clearly elevates the liberal project.

I am recruiting a three-year postdoc in anti-autocratic messaging They will play a key role in NEWREPUBLIC, a @erc.europa.eu funded research project They will join a five-person team at @sussex.ac.uk in Brighton, the UK's happiest (and coolest) city Join us! jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/dadf8116...

I am recruiting for two international PhD studentships in anti-autocratic ideas in Africa They will join a five-person team at Sussex Uni, just outside brighton, the UK's happiest (& coolest) city Join us! www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

Tanzania’s October election was a sham. When people rose up in protest, the regime responded with a brutal crackdown. That reign of terror marks a turning point for the country, and there is no going back.

Tanzania’s October election was a sham. When people rose up in protest, the regime responded with a brutal crackdown. That reign of terror marks a turning point for the country, and there is no going back.

Tanzania's December 9 protests fizzled out. What does it mean? How do we make of the wider crisis? What lies behind it? And what changed in it? Here's my take in @jodemocracy.bsky.social www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...

"There are reports of mass graves. There are reports of the dead being taken off the street. There are reports of the dead being disappeared from hospitals" The Terror unfolding in Tanzania @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...

Speaking now on this forum Currently discussing: how will the next CCM succession battle play out in light of the protests and the crackdown?

President Hassan sought to strongarm the country’s election, meting out repression, violence, and arrests to anyone who dares challenge her. Tanzanians have seen enough.

Or thousands.

Just out The protests may be ebbing, but Tanzania will never be the same again #Tanzania #IdiAminMama #Maandamano #Protest theconversation.com/tanzania-pre...

Something is happening in Tanzania www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu... My take in @jodemocracy.bsky.social #Tanzania #idiaminmama #protest #maandamano #hatutakiccm

President Hassan sought to strongarm the country’s election, meting out repression, violence, and arrests to anyone who dares challenge her. Tanzanians have seen enough. Has Tanzania reached its breaking point?

#Nokings drew *mad* crowds It opens up a big question: what are the best messages to mobilise movements against autocrats? Big news: that's exactly the question I will be asking in this €1.5 million project I will be running @sussex.ac.uk funded by the @erc.europa.eu Details at www.danpaget.com

This article in The Chanzo makes for bitter-sweet reading Half op-ed Half euology for a democracy never realised thechanzo.com/2025/10/16/l...

By putting @Lissu on trial and barring Mpina, Hassan has crossed new red lines She is not becoming as repressive as Magufuli, but more so My new analysis in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/tanzanias-sa...

How do consulting giants enable state capture? @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social talks to @devipillay.co.za on McKinsey’s role in South Africa, drawing on the Zondo Commission. 🔗Listen: bit.ly/KBspotify138 🔗Paper: lnkd.in/eczS5NAM #StateCapture #SouthAfrica #AntiCorruption

The second talk of the our Politics A-Level Masterclass has begun @sussex.ac.uk Prof. James Hampshire is approaching the subject of anarchism He is doing so through the case of Rev Sue Parfitt, who was arrested for her supprt for Palestine Action

The Politics A-Level Masterclass at @sussex.ac.uk has begun! Prof. Emily Robinson is speaking to school students who have come from near and far She is speaking about democrayc and participation in modern Briain

🚨 DON'T FORGET: Read our July issue FREE while you can (available through July 31)! muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...

"For [Hassan], reform is an instrument, a means to 'reform-wash' autocracy…[she] will continue to parcel out just enough reform, crumb by crumb, to keep alive the possibility that more and better reforms are coming," write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

Tanzania’s president came into office promising democratic reforms but instead has relied on tried-and-true repressive tools, write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

"[President Hassan’s] intent is not the achievement of reform, but the impression of reform," write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu. Read "Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing" free here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

"[President Hassan] and the regime benefit from the acclamation and renewed legitimacy that 'reform' brings, even as they try to withhold as much actual reform as possible." "Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing" by Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

New article! Our argument: President Hassan of Tanzania isn't a reformer, she's a performer Thanks to @jodemocracy.bsky.social for publishing www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/tan...

New article! Our argument: President Hassan of Tanzania isn't a reformer, she's a performer Thanks to @jodemocracy.bsky.social for publishing www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/tan...

Tanzania’s president came into office promising democratic reforms but instead has relied on tried-and-true repressive tools, write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu. "Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing" muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

What does popular resistance to corruption look like in an autocracy? Recorded last week but all the more pertinent after the arrest of Tanzania’s opposition leader this week - a fascinating chat with the brilliant Dan Paget!

How do you make resisting autocracy seem urgent, rather than abstract? The democracy movement in Tanzania has an answer I talked it through with @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social on KickBack (note: recorded before Tundu Lissu, mentioned, was charged with treason) open.spotify.com/episode/33qd...

This is my first post on Bluesky! I wanted it to be positive. I had something all lined up But the leader of 🇹🇿 opposition, was just charged with treason I have known him for a long time now He's truly brave Health and power to you, Tundu Lissu! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...