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🍂 17.4 How do #Populist radical right parties learn to survive? 🧩 In 🇳🇱, the FvD combines the tight control of Wilders’s PVV with lessons from the short-lived LPF showing how today’s PRRPs evolve to last according to @leoniedejonge.bsky.social & Gerrit Voerman

🍂 17.4 Analysis of 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 by @ndurazzi.bsky.social & @simonetonelli.bsky.social shows that collective skill formation systems promote #EconomicPerformance & #SocialInclusion in the #KnowledgeEconomy

🆕 What really drives support for #DeliberativeMiniPublics R. Ramis-Moyano, E. Lancha & S.Pasadas-del-Amo use study data across 716 representatives to suggest mixing citizens & civil society has a greater impact on attitudes of deliberative procedures 🤲 💭

🍂 17.4 💬 What drives support for #DiversityPolicies? @nicolasfliess.bsky.social & Karen Schönwälder use a survey in 🇩🇪 cities to find it is not who benefits, but what people believe about #Equality and #SocialInclusion

🍂 17.4 💻 What happens when the higher-educated fear being replaced by #Technology? A study by Carlo Michael Knotz shows how technological vulnerability among skilled workers 👷 links to shifting political preferences 🔀

🍂 17.4 🚧 Do roadblocks and radical protests help or hurt the climate movement? 🌍 Philippe Joly, @aikowagner.bsky.social & Arne Carstens (all @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) assess how the public reacts to obstructive tactics–and the impact on #ClimateActivism and coalition building

🍂 17.4 How do citizens in diverse federal states prefer to make democratic decisions?🇧🇪🇨🇦🇨🇭 A study by C.Niessen, S.Mueller & M.Reuchamps finds that both group #Identity and personal outlooks—like satisfaction with #Democracy or ideology—shape these preferences

🍂 17.4 🗳️ What makes people join #DemocraticAssemblies? Daniel Kübler & Philippe E. Rochat use a🇨🇭study to find that fostering #Community connection and a mix of debate + consensus draw in more–and more diverse–citizens

🍂 17.4 📊 How does political #Polarization shape #Participation? @mkolczynska.bsky.social reviews 25 studies to examine how individual and system-level polarization relate to electoral and non-electoral engagement, revealing key trends and research gaps

🍂 November Issue Now Out! 17:4 offers the latest #PolSci research covering topics including #Autocratization, #Polarization, #Populism and so much more! #OpenAccess now (and forever 😱 )

🆕 🌍 #Climate backlash at the ballot box? 🗳️ A new study by @dafnoukos.bsky.social @chvrakopoulos.bsky.social & C.Arndt finds that resistance to #EnvironmentalProtection is fueling a divide between urban greens and rural #FarRight voters across #WesternEurope

🆕📊 What if we could combine qualitative & quantitative methods in a single case? Federico Podestà & Joan E. Madia do just that, using Thatcher’s election & the UK pension system as a test case #MixedMethods

🆕 How legitimate are upper chambers in #BicameralSystems? 🏛️ Jan Hruška uses interviews with Czech 🇨🇿 senators and citizens to show that legitimacy isn’t just about rules but depends on who the senators are and what the chamber does buff.ly/9Z0R33I

🔓 Wrapping up #OAWeek with some number crunching! 📈 In 2024, 77% of all articles published in our 5️⃣ journals were #OpenAccess – and we’re powering towards full #OA from Jan '26, thanks to our partnership with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 👉 Learn more: buff.ly/vDBfDq0 #PoliSky #IRSky #OpenScience

#OpenAccessWeek may be ending, but our paywalls are still missing. 👀🔓 Keep exploring 🧗‍♀️ reading 📖 and sharing 🫴 EPSR research — because open access is here to stay. 💡📚

#OpenAccess means more voices, more visibility, and more impact. 🌍 We’re proud to make political research freely available for all — not just this week, but every week. 🔓📚 #OpenAccessWeek #OpenResearch

No paywalls. No limits. Just pure political science brilliance. 🔓🧠 Celebrate #OpenAccessWeek with the ECPR 2025 Conference Collection featuring freely available papers from ECPR’s leading academic journals. 🔓📖👇

Time flies when you’re open! ⏰💫 We’re marking our second #OpenAccessWeek as a Gold Open Access journal 🌍📖 — two years of breaking paywalls and spreading knowledge far and wide 🎂 Thanks to our authors, reviewers, and readers for making open science shine! ✨💛

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📖 Leader-driven democratic decline 📉 Creating a 'toolkit' of over 400 actions used by would-be autocrats, @jmvanlit.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham make it easier to compare cares, spot patterns and understand when and why #autocratization succeeds 📖

🆕 Does authority transfer lead to greater legal contestation? 🧑‍⚖️ @detershenning.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy & @jonasbornemann.bsky.social look at #AuthorityTransfer and #EuropeanIntegration since the 1990s and find rising opposition to lawmaking, implementing and enforcing. 📖

🆕 "Do I want it if we'll lost it?' #DemocraticPreferences C.Niessen, S.Mueller & M.Reuchamps use survey data from 🇧🇪 🇨🇦🇨🇭to determine whether national or linguistic minorities prefer different decision-making methods thans majority members . 📖 buff.ly/NMms55y #OA #PoliSci

⭐️ FREE to read ⭐️ We had a fantastic time at #ecprgc25 🇬🇷🥳 and hope you did too! Our 2025 specially curated conference collection of standout ECPR blog posts & articles on #AI and is still completely #OpenAccess Dive in now 🔎 buff.ly/HfIuEDG

Thank you for reading our new issue and thank you to all the contributors! 🆕 17:3 presents the latest #PolSci research covering topics including #Immigration opinions, #Decentralisation in Europe, the utility of #Discrimination and so much more! Available #OpenAccess 🔓 buff.ly/JP4kmF6

📣 Curious about publishing? Join us for Meet the Editors 📝 for your chance to hear directly from our experts shaping the discipline. 🇬🇷🏛️ 👇

📢1 HOUR TO GO! #ecprgc25 🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with @epsjournal.bsky.social & EPSR 📆 Wednesday 27th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP

☀️ Vol 17.3 Nicolas Bicchi & Javier Arregui look at five major datasets 📊 to review what interview-based studies has uncovered about how the #CounciloftheEU 🇪🇺 make decisions. Is the future of expert interviews up for debate? 🤷 buff.ly/LO0Gxlr 📖#OA

📢 TODAY! #ecprgc25 🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with @epsjournal.bsky.social & EPSR 📆 Wednesday 27th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP

Have you arrived in #Thessaloniki for the #ecprgc25? If so you may have caught this #goldenhour magic at the waterfront. If not, you got some days ahead to explore while enjoying our conference @ecpr.bsky.social See you all tomorrow at Day 1!

🙌 Tomorrow! #ecprgc25 🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with @epsjournal.bsky.social & EPSR 📆 Wednesday 27th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP

⭐️ FREE to read ⭐️ 🇬🇷 Will you be at #ecprgc25 this week? Why not take a look 👀 at our specially curated collection of standout ECPR blog posts & articles on #AI and come along to some panels! Dive in now 🔎 buff.ly/HfIuEDG

☀️ Vol 17.3 How to improve discussions in #MiniPublics? 🤝 Francesco Veri & Simon Niemeyer look at the impact that common #Democratic tools had across 22 mini-publics, noting that these elements can weaken the quality of discussion. buff.ly/nAxsKDA #OA 📖

📝 If you are joung us – add us to your itinerary #ecprgc25 🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with @epsjournal.bsky.social & EPSR 📆 Wednesday 27th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP

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☀️ Vol 17.3 This author is calling for a constitutional overhaul. 🗞️ @erikoer.bsky.social argues that the EU's 🇪🇺 success is dependent on not sovereign power, but instead by joint lawmaking and a binding judicial system🧑‍⚖️. buff.ly/W8qfrpZ

📢 One week to go! #ecprgc25 🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with @epsjournal.bsky.social & EPSR 📆 Wednesday 27th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP

☀️ Val 17.3 Do governments discriminate minorities because it is politically popular? 🚨 @arielzellman.bsky.social & Jonathan Fox look at 58 Christian-majority countries between 1990 & 2014 to decide if where discrimination is popular, politicians appeal buff.ly/7l3JRyO #OA 📖

☀️ Vol 17.3 Is better policy design needed to boost support for #ClimateAction? 🌍🤷 Dragana Davidovic uses 135 regions in 15 🇪🇺 countries to see if government function is more important than citizens values when it comes to policy support. buff.ly/AxFHC5O #OA 📖

🇬🇷 We can't wait to see you all at #ecprgc25 🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with @epsjournal.bsky.social & EPSR 📆 Wednesday 27th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP

☀️ Vol 17.3 Economic shifts are changing how European citizens vote? These authors (🧵⬇️) look at how different job worries lead to different political preferences across 13 European 🇪🇺 countries. What kind of #Europe do citizens want to see? buff.ly/7rWCRyD #OA

☀️ Vol 17.3 How is #Decentralisation affecting #Populism? 🤨 Using data across 30 🇪🇺 countries, Laura Cabeza Pérez finds that #Decentralisation may indirectly help populist parties. contingent on the degree of regional authority. 📖https://buff.ly/RidMILg #OA #PoliSci

☀️ Vol 17.3 The impact of elite manipulation? 🤷 Nino Junius proposes a framework that analyses elite influences during the inpt, throughput and output stages of mini-publics to determine how 🇩🇪 & 🇧🇪 citizens are being targeted by powerful elites. buff.ly/dKDsa5v #OA

☀️ Vol 17.3 Broadening #Immigration studies @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social & Federico Vegetti look across 13 European democracies 🇪🇺 to determine whether public immigration preferences relate to socio-political indicators or underlying societal mechanics. 💭 #OA #PoliSky

☀️ Vol 17.3 Arguing that current views on #NegativeCampaigning are too narrow, these authors (🧵⬇️) outline a complete model building on personality traits, values, social norms and attitudes toward #NegativeCampaigning across 12 elections 🇩🇪 buff.ly/EHKUM1w 📖 #OA #PoliSky

☀️ Vol 17:3 Bridging the gap between #ParticipatoryDemocracy & #ParticipatoryResearch, the authors (🧵⬇️) ask what they can learn from each other, offering a critical reflection on how shared commitments of both fields can be realised. 🤔 #OpenAccess #PoliSky

🆕 Now on Bluesky! 🦋 📗 We are @ecpr.bsky.social's professional journal featuring contributions by and for the #PoliticalScience community #AcademicSky #Polisky #IRsky @ljramiro.bsky.social

The far-right SVP continues to frame itself as the voice of the “little man”. Yet it is now the Swiss party with *the highest* number of formal ties between its MPs & the banking lobby. Also, in Switzerland, public skepticism toward deregulatory policies is growing, as shown in my new publication

☀️ August Issue Now Out! 🆕 17:3 presents the latest #PolSci research covering topics including #Immigration opinions, , #Decentralisation in Europe, the utility of #Discrimination and so much more! Available #OpenAccess 🔓

📢 Heads up! EPSR is taking a summer break ☀️ 🛑 No submissions will be accepted during August — we’ll be back in action come September! Perfect time to refine your manuscripts! ✍️📚 But stay tuned for our August Issue! ☀️