📝 NEW WORK OUT 1/ Excited to share our article "The Transgressive Aesthetics of Populism" (w/ @bolandeira.bsky.social) in @journalpolitics.bsky.social. We explore how populism disrupts the rules of visibility in politics, connecting aesthetics, queer theory & democracy 🧵 doi.org/10.1177/0263...

And, by the way, can we please stop calling nazi-saluting people #populist? What else do they need to do for the media & various pundits to stop euphemising & legitimising them like that? Tatoo a swastika on their foreheads? Or would that still be discussed as "controversial" & "weird"?

This is incredibly worrying & dangerous. Looks like a clear indication of how large social media platforms are now actively becoming a part of an #authoritarian shift in US politics & beyond.

Some of us have been talking for years about the dangers of euphemising the #FarRight. Now we find ourselves in front of numerous media, people & organisations who are looking at an outright #Nazi salute & (pretend to) fail to realise it, calling it "controversial" or "awkward". Dark times indeed.

"Καλό είναι λοιπόν όταν ακούμε και διαβάζουμε πύρινες επιθέσεις στον «λαϊκισμό» του αντιπάλου να είμαστε κάπως υποψιασμένες και υποψιασμένοι, να διαβάζουμε ανάμεσα στις γραμμές και να αναζητούμε ποιο είναι το πραγματικό διακύβευμα."

#Academic hive, I'm compiling a reading list of articles/chapters on comparing the British & French political systems, covering stuff from history & institutional structure, to discourse & ideologies, political parties & electoral politics. Please suggest works that I could include. Thanks!

Critical populism studies are flourishing, and we're curating a Bluesky starter pack featuring brilliant young minds and seasoned experts shaping the field! Dive into their groundbreaking work here 👇 go.bsky.app/NEheVTj

Is it just me, or is the academic bunch over-represented here? Not bad, but I guess this makes the development of very specific/limited echo chambers an increased risk for the platform; widening the gap between scholars & the broader public & furthering problems already present in X/Twitter...

Πέρσι τέτοια εποχή τα διεθνή μέσα βούιζαν για την άνοδο στις τιμές του #ελαιόλαδου. Στην Ελλάδα, είδαμε αύξηση των τιμών ακόμα & τη στιγμή που τα περισσότερα λάδια στα ράφια των σούπερ μάρκετ ήταν της προηγούμενης χρονιάς, φτάνοντας τελικά τις τιμές σε αδιανόητα ύψη όταν βγήκε το καινούριο λάδι. 1/

Σεμινάριο του Εργαστηρίου Πολιτικής Κουλτούρας & Συμπεριφοράς του #ΕΚΚΕ με τoν Κώστα Γούση, Διδάσκοντα στο Τμήμα Πολιτικών Επιστημών του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιτημίου Θεσσαλονίκης. 📅 Πέμπτη, 28/11/2024 ⏰ 12:00-14:00 📍 ΕΚΚΕ (Κρατίνου 9) Αίθουσα Εκδηλώσεων (8ος όροφος)

I'm getting the sense that there is a lot of incoming traffic here but little interaction, which is not a great indication of where the platform is going. I hope it picks up and the place starts to feel "more alive" soon.

Testing the #academic environment here: I'm looking for suggestions of articles with well-developed #methods sections suitable for dissecting/discussing with politics students. Indicative topics: #nationalism, #authoritarianism, #populism, #Far_Right, social #movements, party #leadership, #policy.

📔 The Research Handbook on #Populism, that we edited with Y. Stavrakakis, has been published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social for a few months now. 📖 Read/download Introduction chapter for free here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b... 👉 Order for your library here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

Hi everyone, just checking in again after a while to see how this place is doing. Thinking of finally leaving the dreadful place that shall not be named...

A Greek flag made of bedsheets donated by women who live in Greece. A work of art that aims to raise awareness about #femicide & domestic violence. It was exhibited at the Consulate General of #Greece in NY but a couple of days ago the GR Minister of Foreign Affairs demanded its withdrawal. 1/

Our forthcoming Edward Elgar "Research Handbook on #Populism" got its fourth & final endorsement from the kind & generous Levente Littvay, which makes me hopeful that we'll be getting a book cover soon. Another 3 months until we see this bad boy published! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

Textbook #authoritarian practice by the #Greek government: abruptly & unconstitutionally changing the composition of an independent authority to ensure that it cannot perform its key function of checks & balances to state/executive power. 👇 www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

"What I wish is for Europe in 100 years to not end up becoming by force a dark-skin [continent]". The astonishing words of former minister & EU Commissioner Anna #Diamantopoulou. Shamelessly normalizing #FarRight rhetoric & flirting with the #GreatReplacement conspiracy theory.

The new issue of #eExtreme, the Newsletter of the #ECPR Standing Group on Extremism & Democracy includes an insightful review of my @politicalquarterly.bsky.social article on 'Mainstreaming #Authoritarianism' by @k8ebrown.bsky.social. Full issue available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1gp_l...

The #Guardian is at it again... euphemizing #PiS as merely 'populist' while the main problems with the party have always been its authoritarianism, its untra-conservativism, its nationalism & xenophobia, its intolerance, all much more important & relevant than 'populism'. #polisky

After a summer of unimaginable destruction due to #wildfires & extreme #flooding, Greek PM Mitsotakis is seriously suggesting that "Climate change is an opportunity to extend the tourist season". The planet might soon become uninhabitable, but some people still only think about profit.

Great to see so many nice people/colleagues have already moved here from that other unnamable platform. This is just to say hi & ask for any useful beginner tips. For example, what's up with those feeds? Can we somehow get included in the polsci one(s)? Thanks.