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📢 OUT NOW Legitimating #Austerity: The #Politics of Crisis in Southern Europe by @tiagomramalho.bsky.social Focusing on #Greece, #Portugal, and #Spain this book reexamines the politics of austerity during the #EuroCrisis💶 Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4iG2z61 #PoliticalEconomy

[OUT] 'The European elections in Portugal', new paper by @tiagomramalho.bsky.social, professor at SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol / Institut d'études européennes ULB) in Politique européenne shs.cairn.info/journal-poli...

For anyone keen on reading a bit more about Portuguese elections, now that the government fell, I also wrote a short piece on the previous one, which took place one year ago almost to the day. It was published in the Green European Journal. www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/a-portuguese...

The Portuguese government fell today, after losing a confidence vote in Parliament. We'll have new elections in May. Also today, my piece on the PT elections for the EU Parliament ('Second Order or Second Round?') was published in Politique Européenne. It can be read here: tinyurl.com/hnh6m5n2

📢 Next week is our first seminar of the @psabcpe.bsky.social online series with fantastic @ankehassel.bsky.social talking about Growth Strategies And Welfare Reforms: How Nations Cope With Economic Transitions💡Please sign up 💻 & share widely ‼️

"First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in any way, will you move swiftly to remove it?" What does this even mean? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Coming soon! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/legitimat...

In the piece we discuss how the EU response to the pandemic crisis constituted a major reconfiguration of economic governance, as well as a shift in how we think about "responsible" government in the EU. It's a special issue with great colleagues, so make sure to explore it all!

💥 New JEPP Collection 💥 The EU is in crisis! Sounds familiar? In this new JEPP collection, @vanghel.bsky.social and Berthold Rittberger bring together ten papers that explore how crises shape EU integration. Whether you're new to the literature or revisiting, it's a great starting point 👇

Fantastic to be on this great list! 🥳

As engagement has really improved on @bsky.app I'm reposting my latest publication co-authored with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social - we show house prices have positive effects on the fiscal capacity of states to increase public spending on welfare and education www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you're around Washington DC tomorrow, this lunchtime conversation with Ambassador Francisco Duarte Lopes and @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social should be a treat. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/small-stat...

More than a 'ha-ha' moment, this truly should invite debt hawks to think about the profoundly misguided austerity mania of the past 15 years in Europe. www.ft.com/content/2854...

Made a starter pack for those working on #SustainableWelfare, #JustTransition, and #EcoSocial Feel free to recommend (or self-recommend!) people to add. Let’s grow this network 🌱 @karabadjieva.bsky.social @tiagomramalho.bsky.social go.bsky.app/PzBGzR1

Fantastic pack on just transition & sustainable welfare @biancalunafabris.bsky.social !

Created this starter pack about a week ago with 27 profiles. Now it only has 27 spots left. It's a great list of people doing a bit of everything in European Politics (party competition, political economy, integration, public policy). I'll keep adding people until it's full :) go.bsky.app/8UntgMG

The Excel sheets of the party of 'working people'. americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaire-...

Celebrity Big Brother vibes. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

I created a starter pack of academics working on EU 🇪🇺 politics and European integration 👇. Let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp

It's been a week and the starter pack has now more than 80 profiles. Feel free to make suggestions and self-nominate. Let's make the X-odus cool(er).

I like how Bluesky's feed invites people to seek interactions and mutuality rather than merely an audience. The starter packs seem to be part of that. To be honest, even academic twitter was getting very spectacular.

The trouble with the "anti-system" language is that it propagates the idea that MAGA & Co want to "dismantle" the state (an appealing idea for those not feeling they're getting a lot from it). Gamble, Pierson et al. showed that was not the case in the Thatcher-Reagan period. It's not the case today.

I created this starter pack with political scientists based in 🇧🇪, working on BE, Belgians abroad, or scholars with a past/present/future connection with 🇧🇪 A way to discover an awesome community of brilliant colleagues, including young scholars! Very incomplete since I just joined go.bsky.app/ULqBpam

The NYT published this a couple of weeks ago, but it's a good illustration of how "anti-system" projects are "system takeover" projects. The Musk's case is too egregious to ignore. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/u...

Thinking and writing about the state has gone a little out of fashion. Not the least (ironically, perhaps) when we speak about electoral politics. Perhaps this methodical takeover of the courts, all sorts of executive branches and media infrastructure will force us to "bring the state back in".

The Trump appointments show how inadequate the "anti-system" frame is. These actors don't want to break the "system" (the state apparatus, really); they want to control it. They are not against a "deep state"; they want their own. MAGA & Co are, perhaps above all else, good old state projects.

Just joined Bluesky? Here is an aspirational starter pack on social policy! I hope it is a useful nudge to connect the network: go.bsky.app/AvJWyV4

"Who is speaking through you?" www.newyorker.com/magazine/dis...

Want to follow experts on European politics, check out this starter pack ⤵️ Big thanks to @tiagomramalho.bsky.social for putting it together!

As usual James was ahead of the curve and set up this starter pack of political economists 2 months ago. It's a really cool list!

I just started following starter packs in bulk. I guess I am trusting institutions.

The group keeps growing -- with around 60 people now. I'll keep adding people as the exodus unfolds. Feel free to help with recommendations.

IMHO as a corruption researcher, pundits seriously UNDERestimate crony capitalist Orbanseque turn in 🇺🇸 politics moving forward Similarly, pundits OVERestimate voter punishment of corruption Here’s why ⤵️ Based on 2017 research overview with @hectorsolaz.bsky.social: shorturl.at/HfNlU A 🧵 1/n

EU authorities are changing rules on regional cohesion funds (good chunk of the budget) to invest in defense projects. For all the talk about 'rules', the EU offers a great deal of experimentation. But defense policy by stealth might be a little too far in that game. www.ft.com/content/eb0d...

🇺🇲 Until the end of 2024 I'll be in Washington DC as FLAD Visiting Professor at the Dept of Government of Georgetown University. More than happy to connect with locals and other visitors 👋🏼

As I listen to too many 'what went wrong' takes, I'm struck by the dominant narrative around Democrats needing to leave 'woke' stuff aside. I followed the campaign closely and Harris barely spoke of societal issues. Meanwhile, MAGA was pushing anti-trans rhetoric down people's throats every second.

This will be four more years of youtube channels, podcasts, and tiktok content geared towards MAGA ideology. People voting for Chega, FI, RN, PVV or FPO don't really form a mass ideological movement, not the least because they don't understand each other. But all can listen to Rogan and friends.

As we speculate about the impacts of a second Trump presidency in Europe, I really worry about 'bottom up' political effects. The MAGA movement has been a common source of much ideological work in Europe's far-right, especially as it travels well -- and increasingly better -- through the Internet.

Added a bunch of new profiles since yesterday. Let me know if you'd like to see other profiles here (including yours!) The more the merrier :)

Made a starter pack for European Politics. Started with 27 profiles (wink wink) on a bit of everything, but feel free to (self-)recommend people to add. go.bsky.app/8UntgMG

I’m working on an industrial policy starter pack — here’s a first stab. Send suggestions! go.bsky.app/Ej9XsNu

Liking these academic "starter packs". Is there one for EU politics? I might just set one up today -- feel free to reply with recommendations.

Here's a Starter Pack of Political Economists (broadly defined!) to follow on @bsky.app go.bsky.app/NgpPxi4

EUsky polisky Happy to see our article w/ Diane Fromage & Michael Blauberger on EU economic governance & the courts out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social SI by Amandine Crespy @tiagomramalho.bsky.social & Vivien Schmidt doi.org/10.1080/1350... @sceus.bsky.social

🚨It’s #MaxCPE week again! This Wednesday @ 3pm 🗞️ @vapunkt.bsky.social will present her excellent & seasonally fitting paper “Decoupling climate change: winter tourism and the maintenace of regional growth” ⛷️ @donatodc.bsky.social will join as a discussant Details👉 www.mpifg.de/1030945/curr...

“Hey! Remember me? I’m the Inflation Monster! In 2010, the ECB was telling I was downsized & encapsulated for good but I’m back now. Want to hear my story? Come closer and read this JEPP article by @agoutsmedt.bsky.social & Clément Fontan” 1/10

📣⏰ Last day to submit a paper proposal to the Political Economy panel at the upcoming congress of the Belgian Political Science Association. If you would like to discuss your work with a happy bunch in Liège (31-Jan to 2-Feb 2024) send us an abstract TODAY 😁 In any case, help us spread the word! 🤓

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