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📘To celebrate renewing our current editorship for another three years, we want to highlight some of the most highly cited & downloaded pieces we've published in the last couple years. 👉 We will be sharing a popular article each day under
#PSHighlyViewed
for the next ten days
about 12 hours ago
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📘We are pleased to announce that the current editorial team from
@uoypolitics.bsky.social
will continue editing the Political Studies journal for a second term!
@syysr.bsky.social
,
@dafnoukos.bsky.social
, Graeme Davies & Monica Britovieira are looking forward to reading more of your research... 1/2
1 day ago
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Polarized attitudes and anti-democratic orientation in the US - Ariel Malka, Christopher M Federico, Thomas H Costello & Adam R Panish examine paradoxical partisan asymmetries in current democratic attitudes. Read more:
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2 days ago
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reposted by
Political Studies
Alessandro Nai
5 days ago
🚨 Happy that this piece is finally out in
@polstudies.bsky.social
! Across 9 (!) studies and multiple data sources, we ask a simple question: is the “directional” definition of Negative Campaigning still valid and reliable? TLDR: yups! Paper:
tinyurl.com/3yvs5a38
Open data:
osf.io/un4f8
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Do local labour markets shape support for the radical right?
@rubenruizrufino.bsky.social
examines how labour-intensive industries foster exclusionary attitudes and boost far-right voting across Europe. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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#polsci
#RadicalRight
3 days ago
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What shapes voting under constrained democracy? Ben Clements & Kyriaki Nanou examine Greece’s 1963–64 elections, showing economic concerns outweighed authoritarian legacies in driving political realignment. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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#polsky
#VotingBehavior
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3 days ago
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Are authoritarian legislatures mere rubber stamps? Hui Yang, Xiaohong Yu & Jiangrui Liu examine China’s Congress, showing bill revisions respond to party attention and public concern despite bureaucratic constraints. Read more:
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#polsky
#polsci
4 days ago
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How we speak shapes how we feel represented - using original survey data from Germany,
@martingross.bsky.social
&
@wurthmann.bsky.social
show dialect speakers feel less politically represented & prefer politicians who speak their dialect. OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/iVEXmZv
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4 days ago
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How do memories of wartime violence affect post-war inter-group attitudes? Dino Hadzic shows war memory activation increases hostility toward out-group members, especially among those who experienced violence firsthand. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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#polsky
#polsci
5 days ago
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How much do experts really shape public trust in policy decisions? Ilkka Koiranen &
@henriksc.bsky.social
argue university researchers can enhance perceived legitimacy, but their impact varies by issue, outcome favorability & perceived importance. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/w30Ilia
#polsky
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5 days ago
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Why do citizens support participation but not take part? Steven N. Blok's article shows those favouring direct democracy are less engaged than technocratic or politician-averse groups. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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#polsci
#PoliticalParticipation
#eupolitics
6 days ago
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Do youth wings produce the party members parties want? Niklas Bolin et al examine 5,000+ members, showing active participation matters more than time served. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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#polsci
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The added value of youth wings: Do they nurture the members their parties want? - Niklas Bolin, Duncan McDonnell, Sofia Ammassari, Annika Werner, Marco Valbruzzi, Reinhard Heinisch, Ann-Cathrine Jungar, Carsten Wegscheider, 2026
Political parties expect youth wings to recruit and socialize young people into the norms and values of the party, nurturing aligned future grassroots members, ...
https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217261444654
6 days ago
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How to move beyond capitalism from within capitalism? Aiste Pagirenaite argues that the capitalist state can be used strategically by prefigurative organisations to build better - sustainable, democratic, and fairer - futures. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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#polisky
7 days ago
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Do authoritarians, populists and radicals view democracy differently?
@dielea.bsky.social
examines 14k Western Europeans, showing authoritarianism, not populism or radicalism, poses the greatest challenge to liberal democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/bs7LLul
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Support for (liberal) democracy among authoritarian, populist, and radical Western Europeans - Lea Kaftan, 2026
Authoritarianism, populism, and radicalism are considered important risks to citizens’ support for democratic institutions. Most studies have so far analyzed va...
https://buff.ly/bs7LLul
7 days ago
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Why did class voting in Britain rise, then decline?
@olliheath.bsky.social
, Humphrey Southall, Paula Aucott &
@caprosser.com
examine elections from 1885-2024, arguing political agency explains class dealignment better than social change. OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/klGDUJz
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8 days ago
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How do populist citizens understand democracy? Patricia Rehus &
@steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social
find they tend to support direct democracy & are less supportive of liberal principles. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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@uoypolitics.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
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8 days ago
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reposted by
Political Studies
Chris Prosser
13 days ago
New paper from me, Olli Heath, Humphrey Southall and Paula Aucott, just out in
@polstudies.bsky.social
: The rise and fall of class voting in Britain, 1885–2024 We link ~140 years of census and election data to map the relationship between class and vote in Britain
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
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Politicized pejoration -
@erikbleich.bsky.social
, Husam AlZubaidy, Andrey Cao, Abigail Chang, Nikki Sadat, Abby Ward & A Maurits van der Veen develop the concept through a case study of the term “woke” in the US. Read more:
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9 days ago
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How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia?
@imogenrichards.bsky.social
, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney &
@kurtsengul.bsky.social
explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217251360526
10 days ago
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How does internal migration affect political life in autocracies? Yuequan Guo & Jiannan Zhao examine how returning migrants in China show higher political efficacy & shifted forms of participation. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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11 days ago
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Does polarization increase violence toward political candidates? Morten Harmening &
@donyhu.bsky.social
examine how ideological divides fuel aggression in democratic elections. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/hcTBuWh
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@uoypolitics.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
#polsky
#germany
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12 days ago
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What shapes voting under constrained democracy? Ben Clements & Kyriaki Nanou examine Greece’s 1963–64 elections, showing economic concerns outweighed authoritarian legacies in driving political realignment. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/MFIcfsA
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
#polsci
#VotingBehaviour
13 days ago
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Should political parties pick their parliamentary candidates by lottery among members? William Bosworth, Keith Dowding & Adriano Giuliani examine sortition within parties as a guard against elite capture while preserving deliberation. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/BLRVnZO
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https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217251362924
13 days ago
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How we speak shapes how we feel represented - using original survey data from Germany,
@martingross.bsky.social
&
@wurthmann.bsky.social
show dialect speakers feel less politically represented & prefer politicians who speak their dialect. OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/iVEXmZv
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
14 days ago
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In what senses might body counts be, paradoxically, both humanizing and dehumanizing? @moyalloyd.bsky.social explores the role that orders of grievability play in determining whose lives are counted, and how. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/ROxvtCj
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@sagepub.com
#polsky
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14 days ago
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How much do experts really shape public trust in policy decisions? Ilkka Koiranen &
@henriksc.bsky.social
argue university researchers can enhance perceived legitimacy, but their impact varies by issue, outcome favorability & perceived importance. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/w30Ilia
#polsky
#polsci
15 days ago
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Is it rational to expect to win elections?
@mbarnfield.bsky.social
argues so-called "wishful thinking" about election outcomes is part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/IbHauRb
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@uoypolitics.bsky.social
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15 days ago
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Do youth wings produce the party members parties want? Niklas Bolin et al examine 5,000+ members, showing active participation matters more than time served. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/Mphqpok
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
#polsky
#polsci
#PoliticalParties
16 days ago
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How do people adapt to sanctions in authoritarian contexts? Yechan Moon & Taehee Whang show informal economies in North Korea expand where sanctions hit hardest. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/vblP2x5
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@uoypolitics.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
#polsky
#polsci
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16 days ago
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Do authoritarians, populists and radicals view democracy differently?
@dielea.bsky.social
examines 14k Western Europeans, showing authoritarianism, not populism or radicalism, poses the greatest challenge to liberal democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/bs7LLul
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
#polsky
17 days ago
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How do democracies respond to extremist attacks? Selen A Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Emily Beausoleil, Claire Fitzpatrick &
@andreafelicetti.bsky.social
explore 2 approaches to resilience- ‘bouncing back’ & deepening democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/KgSgY3Q
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17 days ago
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reposted by
Political Studies
Niklas Bolin
about 1 month ago
🚨New article out 🚨 In
@polstudies.bsky.social
, we explore whether youth wings nurture the members parties want, using data from 5,000+ youth wing members in six European countries. Youth wings appear to shape members, but not always in the ways parties might expect.
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reposted by
Political Studies
Matthew Barnfield
24 days ago
Alarmed to realise that my attempt to offer a fresh perspective on the partisan "bias" in electoral expectations, and what it means for democracy, was accepted for publication almost a year ago. tl;dr: voters hope their vote isn't futile, and that's OK.
add a skeleton here at some point
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How does media framing shape perceptions of election winners? Thomas M. Meyer & Katjana Gattermann argue equivalency framing influences voter views, especially for ambivalent voters. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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18 days ago
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What drives party support for deliberative democracy in Europe? Sergiu Gherghina & Bettina Mitru find support is shaped by left ideology, governing status, party novelty & manifesto length - not electoral strength or populism. OPEN ACCESS:
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19 days ago
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How does China’s socialist past shape today’s ideas of justice? Xiaojun Yan & La Li find a link between people’s current political orientation and their formative-age lifeworld. Read more:
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@uoypolitics.bsky.social
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#polsci
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20 days ago
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What shapes party membership in Hungary’s democratic backslide? Annamária Sebestyén traces how socialization trajectories in youth lead to party affiliation amid autocratization. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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21 days ago
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How does internal migration affect political life in autocracies? Yuequan Guo & Jiannan Zhao examine how returning migrants in China show higher political efficacy & shifted forms of participation. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/j3YDmft
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@uoypolitics.bsky.social
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22 days ago
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Can mainstreaming of the far right help normalise undemocratic practices?
@mlorimer.bsky.social
& Matteo Cavallaro explore the case of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, showing how the party still displays elements of continuity with its neofascist predecessor. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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22 days ago
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Does polarization increase violence toward political candidates? Morten Harmening &
@donyhu.bsky.social
examine how ideological divides fuel aggression in democratic elections. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/hcTBuWh
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@uoypolitics.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
#polsky
#germany
23 days ago
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How can resilience of democratic procedures, processes & principles be improved? Aurel Croissant &
@larslott.bsky.social
present a novel conceptualization & measurements of democratic resilience:
buff.ly/SAwajGZ
(OPEN ACCESS)
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social
@fau
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23 days ago
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Should political parties pick their parliamentary candidates by lottery among members? William Bosworth, Keith Dowding & Adriano Giuliani examine sortition within parties as a guard against elite capture while preserving deliberation. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/BLRVnZO
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
24 days ago
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Can apocalyptic thinking serve democracy? Joe PL Davidson argues for “apocalyptic democracy” as a response to institutional collapse & crisis. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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@uoypolitics.bsky.social
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24 days ago
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In what senses might body counts be, paradoxically, both humanizing and dehumanizing? @moyalloyd.bsky.social explores the role that orders of grievability play in determining whose lives are counted, and how. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/ROxvtCj
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
#polsky
25 days ago
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Using
#ESS
data & multigroup path analysis,
@johannahornung.bsky.social
examines how trust mediates the effects of ideology, partisanship & cultural worldviews on vaccine uptake in Italy & Switzerland. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/cMAWNKG
#COVID19
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25 days ago
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Is it rational to expect to win elections?
@mbarnfield.bsky.social
argues so-called "wishful thinking" about election outcomes is part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/IbHauRb
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@uoypolitics.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
26 days ago
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How do citizens in autocracies respond to government-sponsored information? Susumu Annaka,
@mhigashi.bsky.social
& Gento Kato find government-provided information didn't significantly alter perceptions of the
#COVID19
virus. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/Ii14L74
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
#kazakhstan
26 days ago
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How do people adapt to sanctions in authoritarian contexts? Yechan Moon & Taehee Whang show informal economies in North Korea expand where sanctions hit hardest. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/vblP2x5
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@uoypolitics.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
#polsky
#polsci
27 days ago
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What explains European political parties's positions on military spending? Eoin Lazaridis Power finds evidence for the Soviet Union's role in shaping left-wing party preferences & for the international system's role in structuring domestic political competition. Read OPEN ACCCESS:
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27 days ago
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How do democracies respond to extremist attacks? Selen A Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Emily Beausoleil, Claire Fitzpatrick &
@andreafelicetti.bsky.social
explore 2 approaches to resilience- ‘bouncing back’ & deepening democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS:
buff.ly/KgSgY3Q
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28 days ago
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