@louis-stockwell.bsky.social and Özlem Atikcan have a new article in @epsrjournal.bsky.social 🎉 👓 Read "On the determinants of referendum boycotts in Europe" in full at: doi.org/10.1017/S175...

Boycotting boycotts? 🖐️ @louis-stockwell.bsky.social & Ece Özlem Atikcan of @ecprpublicpolicy.bsky.social use data across 223 #Referendums to identity key reasons parties give for #Boycotts, examining referendums as a strategic tool of #DemocraticParticipation 🗳️ buff.ly/8KqRuyS

In this new publication Özlem and I ask under what conditions, and with what justification, political actors boycott or abstain from participatory direct democratic processes. I think what we found was kind of interesting - please do take a look!

Has Britain moved on from Brexit? New focus group evidence shows that while Brexit has receded from the spotlight, it continues to haunt the political imagination of voters. ✍ annemhoude.bsky.social & @louis-stockwell.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

🎓 New article by Louis Stockwell on "Contesting regional sovereignty from below: the unsettling effect of unilateral independence and autonomy referendums" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....