How does mediatization affect the norms and everyday practices of civil servants? Media logic not only demands communication skills but also penetrates the internal culture of the civil service. Read more in Mediatization of the Danish Central Government, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

Does proportional distribution of office payoffs between coalition partners hold at the local level? And the radical right? Read more in Gamson's Law in the City Hall: The Populist Radical Right and the Dilemma of Allocating Municipal Portfolios in Sweden. @mariusperrin.bsky.social

How does elite communication affect perceptions of conflict? For political leaders, it is apparently easier to fan the flames of conflict than to put out the fire. See the new article Asymmetric Influence: Politicians Can Fuel but Not Dampen Conflict, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

Is maintaining food production levels and economic sustainability more fundamental than introducing new animal welfare measures? Read more on conflicting policies and diverse narratives in Narratives in the Farm Animal Welfare Policy Process, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

How do political groups produce, value, and judge knowledge? And how does that conform with such knowledge connected with other political groups? Read more in The Epistemic Habits of Danish Populists: Objectivity, Legitimacy and Evidence, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

In Iceland, those who rely on social media are found to be highly interested in politics, diverging from patterns elsewhere. Read more in Political News Consumption and Media Source Preferences During Election Campaigns: A Rolling Cross-Sectional Analysis, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

High-ranking political aides in Finland are often linked to lobbyism. Read more in Distinct From the Nordic Revolving Door? The Before and Post-Appointment Employment of High-Ranking Political Aides in Finland, by Ville-Pekka Niskanen and Jari Autioniemi, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

Voters rallied behind the Danish Government at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that increased support gradually diminished during the pandemic period. See Kasper M. Hansen’s research note Rally-Round-the-Flag: The Case of COVID-19 in Denmark, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

Does political hypocrisy affect the functioning of democracy? Read The Sole Effect of Double Standards—How Public Scandalization of Political Hypocrisy Influences Citizens' Democratic Trust and Engagement by Silas Harrebye, Anders Ejrnæs and Mark Ørsten, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

Are MPs able to influence climate policy in Sweden? Through output structures yes. Less so in terms of influencing the electorate, if the policies involve lifestyle changes. See Swedish Members of Parliament's Perceived Ability to Act on Climate Change, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

Women’s stronger environmental concern does not mean they are more likely to support climate policies, according to a new study by Henning Finseraas and Charlotte Luckner, Gender and Support for Climate Change Policies: The Case of Offshore Wind Farms, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

Have external crises like Fukushima, the occupation of Crimea and Russia’s attack on Ukraine in 2022 challenged the legitimacy of Finland’s nuclear energy policy? See The Impact of Three Crises on the Hegemony of Finland's Nuclear Power Elite, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

Civil society organizations play an important role in shaping climate action through normative governance mechanisms. Read more in Normative Governance for Green Policies: Exploring the Practices of Civil Society by Håkon Solbu Trætteberg and Marte Winsvold, doi.org/10.1111/1467....

Can states extend collective wage agreements through the force of law, thus propping up dwindling collective bargaining? Trond Holmen Erlien and Georg Picot @gpicot.bsky.social examine this feature in Norwegian labour market politics and the appears to be positive. doi.org/10.1111/1467....

A small but significant share of surveyed political scientists experience harassment or threats, particularly when engaged in politically sensitive research or public discourse, according to a new study by @arjupskas.bsky.social, Iris B. Segers and @audreygagnon.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

How are Nordic municipalities using social media and how engaged are their citizens? Raphaël Zumofen, Vincent Mabillard and Martial Pasquier explore the adoption and use of social media by Nordic municipalities, and citizen engagement using such platforms. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Entrepreneurship occupies a central position in Finnish policy. But its reality differs starkly from policy expectations and predictions. In this article, Anuhya Bobba analyses strategy documents and argues they advocate market deregulation and stripping labour protections. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

What makes ministers lose their posts while a government is still in office? Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid examine the ministerial resignation process in terms of accountability concepts, drawing on eight recent examples from Norway. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Does elite deliberation at the local level live up to the ideals of a deliberative and consensus-oriented model for decision making? Yes, largely it does according to a new study by Sofie Blombäck and Gustav Lidén (@gustavliden.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Drawing on Norway‘s EU referendum, Troy Saghaug Broderstad, Sveinung Arnesen, Mikael P. Johannesson and Jonas Linde conclude there is an elite-citizen procedural congruence when it comes to the legitimacy of majority-rule procedure. See the full article here: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Do predispositions—such as beliefs, attitudes and biases—shape misperceptions about immigration and immigrants? Not according to a new study by Rasmus Sandy Harboesgaard Nielsen, Karen N. Breidahl and Troels Fage Hedegaard. Nor does self-reported knowledge. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Did you know that SPS is accepting proposals for virtual issues? All details and instructions can be found on our website at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467....

How do personality traits shape individuals‘ willingness to participate in deliberations? Marina Lindell and Kim Strandberg examine how the Big Five personality traits shape individuals‘ willingness to participate in deliberation. See the full article here: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Is the Swedish Parliament a racialized workplace? Matilda Albertsson and Josefina Erikson examine how MPs in Sweden with immigrant backgrounds experience discrimination in their parlimentary work, racialized or gendered. See the full article here: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Social trust and crises. Ali Abdelzadeh and T. Sedelius @sedelius.bsky.social examine the dynamics of social trust and its interaction with different fears during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a three-wave longitudinal dataset from Sweden (2020-2022). See the full article at doi.org/10.1111/1467...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT: Karin Fossheim examines the potential for democratic legitimacy of non-elected actors, such as interest groups and experts, along with that of elected officials, in contemporary politics. See the full article here: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT: Ole Martin Lægreid, Marit Klemetsen @illustriousbird.bsky.social and Marianne Aasen @maasen.bsky.social examine the interaction between political orientation and climate concern, drawing on Norwegian survey data. See the full article here: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Johanna Vuorelma @johannavuorelma.bsky.social and Pinja Lehtonen study how public performances by pandemic authorities were evaluated and contested during the intensive pandemic years 2020–2022 in Finland. See the full article here: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

New article alert: Thea Gregersen (@theagregersen.bsky.social), Mari S. Helliesen and Sverker C. Jagers investigate whether the Norwegian public acknowledges a link between climate change and (in)justice, and, if so, what they consider unjust. See the full article here: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

@drbergh.bsky.social and Gissur Ó Erlingsson explore seven tentative explanations why both tax revenue and economic freedom have declined in Sweden after 2000, opposite to the trends from 1980 to 2000. See the full article here: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Julie Hassing Nielsen and @agustingoenaga.bsky.social examine how different pandemic strategies in Denmark and Sweden affected business owners‘ opinions regarding not only public health measures but also democratic rights. See the full article at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/....

Does the internet matter? In this recently published article, Jakob Linaa Jensen analyzes survey data spanning 15 years and five Danish national elections. Dive into the full findings on our website at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Does family background matter in determining adolescents' voting turnout intention? Or can schools bridge inequalities in political engagement? Check out the results of Elina Kestilä-Kekkonen, Josefina Sipinen, and @petersoderlund.bsky.social's new article at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

SPS wishes you all a happy New Year and is excited to announce the publication of four new original articles that are all part of the first issue of 2025. Please feel free to check them out on our website at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679477....

SPS is happy to announce the publication of issue 47(4), featuring eight original articles and one research note. Almost all articles are available in open access. Check it out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679477...

We are very happy to announce that Scandinavian Political Studies has now also joined the BlueSky community.