📢 in our #NewIssue (30.1) @eborghetto.bsky.social M. Improta & F. Marangoni analyze the Meloni government's coalition dynamics under the EU's economic recovery plan constraints 📖🔓 Read here #OpenAccess: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A raíz de nuestro paper en @sespjournal.bsky.social con @galais.bsky.social escribimos en @ctxt.es sobre el inesperado efecto de la tristeza en el voto a la ultraderecha y sobre el papel no tan movilizador de otras emociones. ctxt.es/es/20250901/...

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.1) A. Kushi, F. Russo & M. Carammia examine the effects of the reduction in the size of the Italian parliament on MPs’ behaviour. The results suggest a persistent institutional inertia. 📖🔓 Read here #OpenAccess: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.1) The study by A. Ceron, S. Berloto & J. Rosco reveals that emphasizing intra-party unity and coherence (or criticizing rivals for lacking it) boosted users’ engagement on Facebook in Italy's 2022 election 📖 Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.1) P. Gambacciani, D. Giannetti, A. Pedrazzani & L. Pinto analyse the policy shifts of #FDI and other parties from 2013 to 2022 in #Italy 📖 🆓 Read & download here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.1) @edegiorgi.bsky.social & A. Pedrazzani introduce the #SpecialIssue, shedding light on continuity 🔄 and change ⚡ in Italian politics under the early years of the Meloni government 📖 Read & download here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🥁 New Article Collection! 📚 Polarised #Turkey? Citizens, #parties and #elections under competitive authoritarianism 8⃣ #FreeAccess Articles 🎯Introduction by @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social Read and download here ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse... #polarisation

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 A populist version of religious rigorism in contemporary #Greece? The case of the #Níki party Read the article by K. Papastathis, S. Koskina, Y. Stavrakakis & S. Mitralexis here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🏛️ Back from #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki (@ecpr.bsky.social )? 📖 Looking for the right place to publish? ✨ Consider submitting to @sespjournal.bsky.social Anyone whose work fits our geographic and thematic scope are warmly invited. 👉 Learn how to submit: www.tandfonline.com/action/autho...

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Beyond anger and fear: the demobilizing role of sadness in far-right voting in Spain Read the article by @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social & @galais.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Glad to see that my article “Populist radical right vs populist radical right in power: signalling ideological commitment or competence?” now has page numbers @sespjournal.bsky.social! 📄✨ www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SI8VE...

Heading to #ecprgc25? 🎓 Our editors will be available to meet If you want to... 👩‍💻 Learn more about the journal 📖 Ask questions about submissions 💡 Discuss your paper and special issue ideas 👉 e-mail us at [email protected] to arrange a meeting... or drop by!

Heading to #ecprgc25 next week? 🎓 Our editors will be available to meet If you want to... 👩‍💻 Learn more about the journal 📖 Ask questions about submissions 💡 Discuss your paper and special issue ideas 👉 e-mail us at [email protected] to arrange a meeting... or drop by!

Heading to #ecprgc25 next week? 🎓 Our editors will be available to meet If you want to... 👩‍💻 Learn more about the journal 📖 Ask questions about submissions 💡 Discuss your paper and special issue ideas 👉 e-mail us at [email protected] to arrange a meeting... or drop by!

Heading to #ecprgc25 next week? 🎓 Our editors will be available to meet If you want to... 👩‍💻 Learn more about the journal 📖 Ask questions about submissions 💡 Discuss your paper and special issue ideas 👉 e-mail us at [email protected] to arrange a meeting... or drop by!

✨ Two additional articles from our new #SpecialIssue are now 🆓#FreeAccess! ⏳ 2⃣ Italy’s right turn. A spatial analysis of party competition in the 2022 Italian national election By P. Gambacciani, D. Giannetti, A. Pedrazzani & L. Pinto 📖 Read & download it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Em co-autoria com Lea Heyne e Luca Manucci @populismblog.bsky.social, publicámos um artigo na @sespjournal.bsky.social sobre a Transformação da Direita portuguesa: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WU7GH... Resumo do artigo em PT 👇 I will leave to @populismblog.bsky.social the thread in English. 1/10

✨ Two additional articles from our new #SpecialIssue are now 🆓#FreeAccess! ⏳ 1⃣ The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine By Valerio Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social 📖 Read and ⬇️ download it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 The young, the radical and the dissatisfied: the transformation of the Portuguese right-wing electorate in the 21st century Read the article by L. Heyne, L. Manucci & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 #NewIssue (30/1) #SpecialIssue Everything changes, everything stays the same? #ItalianPolitics after the 2022 general elections Guest editors: @edegiorgi.bsky.social & Andrea Pedrazzani Don't miss it! 👇 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fses20/c...

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Accountability under the media spotlight: the role of economic salience in assigning credit and blame to the incumbent in #Portugal Read the article by S. Rogeiro Nina, A. M. Belchior & Tiago Brás here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Coalition formation, policy compromises and blame sharing: the strategic use of appeals for responsibility in Italian investiture debates Read the article by A. Ceron, @scopelliti.bsky.social & T. Grechanaya here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 ‘Free Palestine!’: protesting Israel’s war on #Gaza in #Italy and #Spain Read the article by D. della Porta, L. Mendoza Sandoval, @mportosg.bsky.social and F. Stagni here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 following the reduction in the size of the Italian parliament ‘the expectation of a radically more active and accountable political class has not materialised’ Read #OpenAccess article by A. Kushi, F. Russo and M. Carammia here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 New Article Collection Remembering Leonardo Morlino: comparative politics at its best 5⃣ #FreeAccess Articles 🎯Introduction by Anna Bosco Read and download here ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Women’s substantive representation under the Meloni government. Insights from a new dataset on parliamentary attention in #Italy Read the article by A. Cavalieri & @edegiorgi.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #sexism might be fuelling #populist attitudes, and not the other way around 💥🆓 #FreeAccess through August! Read the article by H. Marcos-Marne, I. Inguanzo & H. Gil de Zuñiga here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 'populist attitudes amplify both systemic and personal victimhood perceptions' in #Italy Read the article by M. Mancosu, F. Vegetti, A. Seddone & G. Bobba here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 In #Italy & #Spain, Core Electoral Strength (CES) tends to be higher for new parties, lower for regionalist & government parties Read #OpenAccess the article by @davidevampa.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘The end of the authoritarian regimes occurred under very different circumstances [in #Spain, #Portugal, and #Greece]. However, due to the [] effects of modernisation [] liberal democracies were consolidated in all three countries’ Read here 👇

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘Nationalized parties and high environmental salience are associated with more EU infringements in Spanish Autonomous Communities’ Read the article by Marie-Thérèse Wilhelm here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘when Italian PRRPs address LGBTIQ+ issues, they tend to embed their narratives within their nativist, authoritarian, and populist ideological device’ Read the article by @massimoprearo.bsky.social & @scopelliti.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Have you seen our #SpecialCollection on... 📚 #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe? Explore 14 #FreeAccess articles on topics of growing prominence in the journal #Equality #LGBTIQ* #Sexism #Feminism #Rights 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘Populist radical right parties in power focus on valence attributes like reliability, reputation, and achievements to deliver an image of competence’ #populism #PRR Read #FreeAccess the article by @mattiazulianello.bsky.social 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘Parties strategically used clear messaging to discredit opponents and distinguish themselves from other players’ Read the analysis by A. Ceron, S. Berloto and J. Rosco on the 2022 Italian General Election here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Have you seen our #SpecialCollection on... 📚 The Radical Right in Southern Europe? Explore 20 #FreeAccess articles that provide a revealing examination of the radical right today, in Southern Europe and beyond 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...

We are deeply saddened to learn that Leonardo Morlino, a member of our editorial board, passed away. Leonardo was one of the noble founders of political science in Italy, Southern Europe and beyond. We will miss him greatly and try to live up to his teachings.

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 "Meloni strategically constrained her speech to ensure shared coalition priorities" 🔓 #OpenAccess article by @eborghetto.bsky.social, M. Improta, & F. Marangoni 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 'the Great Recession disrupted the otherwise increasing attention towards gender equality issues' 🔓 article by @anacweeks.bsky.social, @pcaravantes.bsky.social, A. Espírito-Santo, @elombardo.bsky.social, M. Stratigaki and S. Gul #OpenAccess 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Struggling against spectres of the past: democratisation and nation-building in Southern Europe (#Greece, #Portugal, #Spain) Read the article by @mjhierro.bsky.social, José Pedro Monteiro & @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Our article "‘Free Palestine!’: protesting Israel’s war on Gaza in Italy and Spain" was just accepted at @sespjournal.bsky.social

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 a curvilinear support for #MilitaryAid to #Ukraine across the left–right axis. Yet, #FdI’s backing constitutes a deviation from this model. Read the article by V. Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social here 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘The Great Recession was associated with programmatic changes [] but does not appear to have changed the individual-level foundations of the RLP vote’ 🔓Read #OpenAccess by @raulgomez.bsky.social @ljramiro.bsky.social & @lamprinirori.bsky.social 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Italy ‘FDI’s radical positions on cultural issues, particularly the #EU and #immigration, were key to its success’ in 2022 Read the article by P. Gambacciani, D. Giannetti, A. Pedrazzani & Luca Pinto here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 When opposition parties challenge laws in the Spain’s CC, ‘Incentives related to partisan competition prevail over the likelihood of winning the case’ Read the article by Andreu Rodilla Lázaro 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 following the reduction in the size of the Italian parliament 'absenteeism rates have slightly increased, reflecting no major improvement in commitment to parliamentary duties' Read #OpenAccess by A. Kushi, F. Russo & M. Carammia 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘a negative link between EU polarisation and membership support’ in #Greece, #Portugal and #Spain Read the article by Lea Heyne, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢In our #NewIssue (29.3)!📢 F. Melito & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social analyse FdI's organizational structure: “a party modeled on the mass party tradition, while adapting to [] personalized politics through the strong leadership of #Meloni” 🆓Read #FreeAccess 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢In our #NewIssue (29.3)!📢 Roula Nezi & Zoe Lefkofridi provide a systematic analysis of the June 2023 election in #Greece, using Bartolini’s dimensions of politico-electoral competition. 🔓Read the article #OpenAccess here 👇