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Bonnie Field
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Professor, Editor of South European Society and Politics (@sespjournal.bsky.social). Spain, European politics & political science. My views. https://www.bonnienfield.com

Political science 88%
Sociology 5%

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Everybody panic – the workplace has become too ‘feminized’! | Arwa Mahdawi
Everybody panic – the workplace has become too ‘feminized’! | Arwa Mahdawi
This week, Mexico’s president was groped in public. But a New York Times podcast is fretting about excessive wokeness
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📢NEW ARTICLE!📢
Giorgia #Meloni succeeds in a second-order contest: the 2024 #EuropeanElections in #Italy

Read the article by N. Maggini, D. Angelucci, L. Carrieri, and E. Mannoni here 👇
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📢NEW ARTICLE!📢
Narratives of social democracy’s demise: insights from the Portuguese case

Read the article by A. Espírito-Santo, @sofiaserrasilva.bsky.social, and N. Santos here 👇
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

We had 35 kids. Wish there were more but still nice
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
‘Transitions to democracy compel ruling elites to confront unresolved historical legacies that raise fundamental questions about membership in the nation’

Read the article by @mjhierro.bsky.social, J.P. Monteiro & @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Two additional election articles are currently free access. @tonirodon.bsky.social & @irenerodriguez.bsky.social examine the outcome of the July 2023 national parliamentary election in Spain. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A bitter victory and a sweet defeat: the July 2023 Spanish general election
This article examines the outcome of the July 2023 election in Spain. Despite the right- and far-right bloc winning a higher share of the votes, the two main incumbent parties on the left (PSOE and...
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Recently published in @sespjournal.bsky.social, Pablo Simón & Anna Bosco analyze Spain’s 2024 European Parliament election through the second-order elections (SOE) frame, examining party strategies and voter behavior. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Less second-order, more Europeanised? The 2024 European Parliament election in Spain
This article analyses Spain’s 2024 European Parliament election through the second-order elections (SOE) frame, examining party strategies and voter behaviour. Despite some classic predictions pers...
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Marco Meloni & Fabio G. Lupato examine the evolution of digital procedures and their consequences on intra-party democracy and party change, using the Spanish party Podemos as a paradigmatic case. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Evolution of Democratic Digital Innovations in Podemos
While the digitalisation of political parties is increasingly analysed, less attention has been paid to the evolution of digital procedures and their consequences on intra-party democracy and party...
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📚 In our Collection on #Polarisation in #Turkey

Democratic Backsliding, Conflict, and Partisan Mobilisation of Ethnic Groups: Local Government Control and Electoral Participation in Turkey

🆓Read the #FreeAccess article by Reşat Bayer & @ozgekemah.bsky.social 👇

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Yiannos Katsourides & Chrystalla Agathocleous analyze the effects of cartelisation on the intra-party balance of power among the three ‘party faces’ of the Cypriot radical left AKEL. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Intra-party Balance of Power: Cartelisation versus Communist Organisational Tradition in the Cypriot Radical Left AKEL
The article analyses the effects of cartelisation on the intra-party balance of power among the three ‘party faces’ of the Cypriot AKEL. Aiming to provide a testable hypothesis for other radical le...
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-- @juanroch.bsky.social & @guillermocordero.bsky.social examine whether left and right populist parties refer to class identities in their discourses or mainly highlight a moral distinction between ‘people’ and the ‘elite’. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A moral or class divide for populist parties? ‘The people’ in the discourse of Podemos and Vox in Spain
Do populist parties refer to class identities in their discourses or do they, as most populism literature assumes, mainly highlight a moral distinction between ‘people’ and the ‘elite’? To explore ...
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José Pedro Lopes identifies a post-industrial pattern of class support for the radical left in Spain, Portugal and Greece. Open access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Post-industrial alignment and class support for radical left parties in Southern Europe
Focusing on Southern Europe during the sharp electoral rise of radical left parties (RLPs) (2008–2020), this article identifies a post-industrial pattern of class support for the radical left. Leve...
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Recent articles on the radical left in Southern Europe in @sespjournal.bsky.social. @raulgomez.bsky.social @ljramiro.bsky.social & @lamprinirori.bsky.social analyze whether changes in programmatic stances & voter base are associated w/major events. Open access
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📚 In our Collection on #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe

Bridging gaps: how investment in public childcare affects women’s employment in #Italy and #Spain

🔓#OpenaAccess article by @laramaest.bsky.social, @davidpalomera.bsky.social & R. Rizza 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in #SouthernEurope

A moral or class divide for populist parties? ‘The people’ in the discourse of #Podemos and #Vox in #Spain

🔓Read #OpenAccess article by @juanroch.bsky.social & @guillermocordero.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Happy to share my our publication in @sespjournal.bsky.social by Tiago Silva and me on the 2024 EP Elections in Portugal. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10...., part of a Special Issue on the 2024 EP Elections in Southern Europe, edited by Aldo Paparo, @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social and myself. 1/5
The 2024 European Parliament elections in Portugal: media, results, and vote determinants in national and European elections
This study examines the 2024 European Parliament election in Portugal by testing the second-order national election (SONE) model across three key dimensions: media coverage, electoral outcomes, and...
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Many studies attribute the success of right-wing parties to sexism.

What is sexism? How is it measured? How does it influence elections?

My systematic review of studies on sexism as a predictor of political behavior and attitudes is about to appear in @poqjournal.bsky.social!
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💡 @gcapano.bsky.social & A. Pritoni FIND…💡
‘the likelihood of high-level civil servants soliciting information [from interest groups] is greater when they hold high policy capacities’ in #Greece, #Italy and #Portugal

🔗https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2024.2326287

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📢NEW ARTICLE!📢
Vote choice and performance evaluations in competitive authoritarianism: evidence from #Turkey

🔓 Read #OpenAccess the article by A. Carkoglu, Y. Hazama, C. Paksoy, & S. Andı here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🆕📝 Excited to share our new article out today in Socius: “Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers” (with @helenkowalewska.bsky.social & @leahruppanner.bsky.social)!

Even when women earn more or have less time, the mental load of running a household still falls on them.

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers: Gender, Cognitive Labor, and the Limits of Time and Money - Ana Catalano Weeks, Helen Kowalewska, Leah Ruppanner, 2025
Globally, women perform the lion’s share of domestic labor. Research indicates that gender disparities in cognitive labor—the “thinking work” required to antici...
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💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗

👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...

w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social

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Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - Volume 55
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💡 in their study, @gaetanoscaduto.bsky.social & Fedra Negri FIND…💡
that Italians interested in politics and the media tend to associate political preferences even with foods, with consequences on cross-group interactions 🥩🍓🍆🍤

Read the article here 👇
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Recently published, this study, by Tiago Silva & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social examines the 2024 European Parliament election in Portugal by testing the second-order election model across three key dimensions: media coverage, electoral outcomes & voting behavior.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Open access. Using original data from party manifestos, @anacweeks.bsky.social @pcaravantes.bsky.social @elombardo.bsky.social et al investigate the role of party ideology & critical junctures in the attention parties give to gender-related political interests. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When is gender on party agendas? Manifestos and (De-)democratisation in Greece, Portugal, and Spain
When do political parties give attention to gender-related political interests, and what determines their positions? We argue that progress in gender equality commitments is an essential component ...
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🆕 #Greece #PoliticalData
🗳️ In a turbulent 2024, Greece saw low-turnout for the #EUelections, #SYRIZA's leadership crisis, #Wildfires, inflation + became the 1st Orthodox Christian country to legalise 💒 #SameSexMarriage, reports @harrismylonas.bsky.social.
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Nothing captures the current state of U.S. democracy as accurately as this (real) picture of the White House.

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💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
The 2024 local election in #Turkey was a pivotal moment in Turkish political history as the long-ruling #AKP faced its first nation-wide defeat

🆓 Read the article by Kursat Cinar #FreeAccess here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

- @mjhierro.bsky.social, José Pedro Monteiro & @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social explore the nexus between democratization & nation-building. Democratization transforms the boundaries of membership by reinterpreting the political community, the demos & ascriptiveness www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Struggling against spectres of the past: democratisation and nation-building in Southern Europe
We explore the nexus between democratisation and nation-building by examining the boundaries that delimit membership. We argue that democratisation transforms these boundaries by reinterpreting the...
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💡 Valerio Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social FIND…💡
a curvilinear support for military aid across the left–right axis. Yet, FdI’s backing constitutes a deviation from this model.

Read the article here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....