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IN NEW ISSUE: Ethnic voting -
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examines the subject through the lens of group norms & social pressure using data from Africa. Read in more:
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How does migration diplomacy shape attitudes towards immigrants? Cameron Mailhot and
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Bilateral Reciprocity and Attitudes Toward Immigration - Cameron Mailhot, Nina Obermeier, 2025
The global migration landscape is undergoing change. Migration diplomacy—interstate bargaining over migration—is growing in importance, and traditionally (im)mi...
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IN NEW ISSUE: Analysing protest participation -
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& Matthias Hoffmann argue it's a gradient, beyond the binary of participation and non-participation & suggest practical mobilisation pathways:
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Is partner partisanship associated with vote choice?
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finds that it was for the 2016 Brexit Referendum & subsequent elections in the UK & argues that this can help us understand gender gaps in vote choice. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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IN NEW ISSUE: What Defines a Discipline & How We Teach & Study It? Blair,
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examine HE Politics and IR curricula & the implications of benchmark statements:
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2 days ago
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What drives the stability & change of issue ownership perceptions in election campaigns? Lionel Marquis &
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show voters who quickly see a party as issue owner tend to stick and vote for it; slower judgments shift more during campaigns. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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IN NEW ISSUE: A Two-Track Model of Deliberation - Palle Bech-Pedersen & Christian Carl discuss the relationship between deliberative democracy, compromise, and consensus. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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3 days ago
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Rethinking East Asia's welfare model: Nan Yang &
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4 days ago
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Do patterns of coalition management affect governance outcomes in multiparty presidential regimes? Paul Chaisty & Timothy J. Power examine how cabinet proportionality predicts accountability and public goods. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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4 days ago
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Why do opposition parties in autocracies struggle to unite? Jonas Bergan Draege &
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examine how resource asymmetry & high-pressure moments like protests deepen fragmentation. Read more:
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5 days ago
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In 2019 EP elections, environmental issues shaped voting across Western Europe. Silvia Bolgherini & Luca Carrieri examine how radical right parties benefitted more than Greens. Read more:
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5 days ago
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How does climate-induced stress fuel conflict & displacement? Malena López Bremme &
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examine Syria as a case of ecocide, showing how drought & mismanagement intensified war & migration. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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6 days ago
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How does electoral volatility influence party system polarization? Juliusz Gastev explores the relationship in the Latin American context from 1992 to 2018. Read the research note OPEN ACCESS:
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6 days ago
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Does partisanship explain policy preferences across the urban-rural divide? Kattalina Berriochoa shows rural Republicans especially are at odds with their party when it comes to
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funding. Read OPEN ACCESS
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7 days ago
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How do ecological activists use expert knowledge to stage scenes of dissensus & what does this reveal about expertise & democracy?
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reformulates radical democratic theory to offer new insights into both questions. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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7 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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8 days ago
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Are lawmakers marginalized in the legislative process based on their skin tone? René Rejón & Sergio Bárcena assess how skin color affects access to leadership & legislative effectiveness in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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8 days ago
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Do ideas or political demand drive welfare reform?
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shows how ideational power, not voter pressure, shaped in-work benefits in the UK and France. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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9 days ago
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Do UK voters see a trade-off between electoral integrity and turnout? Jeffrey A. Karp argues that beliefs about fraud and ideology, not turnout concerns, best predict support for photo ID. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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9 days ago
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Can mainstreaming of the far right help normalise undemocratic practices?
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& 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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10 days ago
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How does republican theory reimagine economic freedom? Sean Irving explores John Francis Bray’s economic republicanism and its implications for markets and justice. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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10 days ago
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How can resilience of democratic procedures, processes & principles be improved? Aurel Croissant &
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present a novel conceptualization & measurements of democratic resilience:
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11 days 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. More:
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11 days ago
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Can social media shift policy - even in authoritarian regimes?
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, Hua Wang &
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explore how China strategically responded to online
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12 days ago
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How do populist citizens understand democracy? Patricia Rehus &
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find they tend to support direct democracy & are less supportive of liberal principles. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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12 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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13 days ago
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Politicized pejoration -
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, 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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13 days ago
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Why do some explanations for public budget cuts work better than others?
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& Paw Hansen examine how justification-based strategies reduce citizen opposition to cuts. Read more:
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14 days ago
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How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia?
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, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney &
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explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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14 days ago
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Do fiscal deficits threaten finance ministers’ survival equally across regimes? Jonas Willibald Schmid & Lasse Aaskoven argue deficits raise removal risks in democracies but not autocracies. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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15 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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15 days ago
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How does migration diplomacy shape attitudes towards immigrants? Cameron Mailhot and
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explore a theory of bilateral reciprocity in the context of Kosovo. Read more:
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16 days ago
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Does polarization increase violence toward political candidates? Morten Harmening &
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examine how ideological divides fuel aggression in democratic elections. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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Are populist voters more anti-democratic than other citizens? New research shows while populist citizens' version of democracy may be illiberal, it is not outright anti-democratic. ✍ Patricia Rehus &
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Populist citizens are dissatisfied with democracy, but still democratic
Are populists anti-democratic? New research finds populist citizens are less supportive of minority rights but no more likely to support authoritarianism.
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For the first time in digital format - read 1992's Judith N. Shklar’s paper “Rights in the Liberal Tradition” in
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17 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:
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17 days ago
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What kind of collective action leads to social justice & how? Chikako Endo proposes crafting democratic institutions from the bottom-up to re-orient structural processes in ways that resist oppression. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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18 days ago
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In what senses might body counts be, paradoxically, both humanizing and dehumanizing?
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explores the role that orders of grievability play in determining whose lives are counted, and how. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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18 days ago
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What was the ‘alt’ in alt-right, alt-lite, & alt-left?
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traces these terms’ development & interrogates the construction, meaning & utility of the ‘alt’ modifier in US politics. Read more:
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19 days ago
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Is it rational to expect to win elections?
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argues so-called "wishful thinking" about election outcomes is part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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19 days ago
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The effect of political trust on participation - Ebe Ouattara &
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argue political trust operates as a (dis)incentive, rather than a resource spurring participation. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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20 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:
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20 days ago
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What are the political effects of organizational ties between parties & interest groups? Maiken Røed,
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examine the relationship between party-interest group ties & political influence. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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21 days ago
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How do democracies respond to extremist attacks? Selen A Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Emily Beausoleil, Claire Fitzpatrick &
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explore 2 approaches to resilience- ‘bouncing back’ & deepening democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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21 days ago
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What can individual politicians do to build and sustain the trust of citizens?
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argues for more contact and authentic communication. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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5/10
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22 days ago
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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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22 days ago
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What is far-right’s foreign policy outlook?
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tests a proposed theoretical framework through a comparative analysis of two German right parties. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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23 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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