Joni Lovenduski

@jonilo.bsky.social

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Feminist, retired professor of political science, Chair The Political Quarterly board, politics obsessed,cat lover, Bridge player, Italy, food.

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Joni Lovenduski, is Professor Emerita of Politics at Birkbeck, University of London.

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Sociology 11%

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · Jul 6

Important observation by Theda SKOCPOL on US police state.

Reposted by Joni Lovenduski, Ben Worthy, James Connelly

Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · 2d

@jonilo.bsky.social @politicalquarterly.bsky.social what would it take for a women to become President of the United States? A series of unlikely events. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States?

In this article we consider what it will take for a woman to be elected President of the United States. We examine the available data from the 2024 election, in comparison to previous elections; we i....

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 9d

From our porch as the valley fog lifted this morning

Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 10d

My neighbour in Umbria

Reposted by Joni Lovenduski, Robin Celikates, Josef Früchtl , and 4 more Joni Lovenduski, Robin Celikates, Josef Früchtl, Rense Corten, Daphne Halikiopoulou, Marini Marini, Tarik Abou‐Chadi

Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 11d

On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱

The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer:

2021: 28
2023: 41
2025: 42 👈

And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11d

I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations to the Netherlands for showing authoritarianism the door!

It can be done - Wilders' far-right party just lost 12 seats in their 150 seat House of Representatives, leaving them only 25.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...

Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders

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Reposted by Steve Peers, Joni Lovenduski, Thomas A. Tweed , and 1 more Steve Peers, Joni Lovenduski, Thomas A. Tweed, John Kenneth White

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12d

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 13d

I would pay more attention to this Teams meeting, but a heron has just landed on top of this tree out my window.

@everyheron.bsky.social

Reposted by Joni Lovenduski, David Darmofal

Elin Bjarnegård @elinbja.bsky.social · 14d

It’s here! Gendering Party Politics published with Oxford University Press & available in all good bookshops in hardcover & paperback.

Edited by @merylkenny.bsky.social and @elinbja.bsky.social

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Gendering Party Politics: Feminist Institutionalist Perspectives

Abstract. Gendering Party Politics explores the relationship between gender and political parties through a feminist institutionalist lens. Across 17 chapt

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 14d

Might we think of January 6 2020 invasion of the capitol as
Trump’s Beer Hall Putsch?

Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 19d

this has pretty evidently been the plan from the outset, where is the plan to stop it?

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20d

ICE has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.

You read that right — SEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT.

Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.

Reposted by Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Patrick Dunleavy, Iain Davidson , and 20 more Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Patrick Dunleavy, Iain Davidson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Christoph Bertram, Philip Nel, Dawn J. Wright, Joni Lovenduski, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, W. Andy Knight, Gerald Friedman, Alison Johnson, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Michael D. McDonald, Shannon W. Anderson, David Koepsell, Samuel Gerald Collins, Dan Hicks, Constance Bantman, Jesse D. Berman, David Darmofal, Deborah M. Kolb

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20d

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20d

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers , and 8 more Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers, Ernesto Priego, Lesley A. Hall, Anand Menon, Joni Lovenduski, John Hogan, Stuart White, Nicolai von Ondarza, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 20d

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Joni Lovenduski, Mark Rice , and 1 more Norbert Schwarz, Joni Lovenduski, Mark Rice, Timothy D. McBride

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22d

Page One.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 22d

Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 22d

I did predict he would turn the experience into a substack. A lot of lessons to learn ( for Sam and the NHS!)

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22d

New post just out:

"On the edge"

On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.

(Free to read)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...

On the edge

My week in the NHS

open.substack.com

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell, Joni Lovenduski , and 2 more Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell, Joni Lovenduski, Stuart White, Christina Pagel

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 22d

I genuinely find this very worrying, as someone with settled status! sure, Lam probably won't be home secretary tomorrow, but the mood music is changing, you can feel it, and I just don't trust Labour to fight like hell on our behalf, so unclear where this is going to go

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22d

Lam hears "settled status" and "guaranteed by withdrawal treaty" as up for grabs:understood to be temporary "provisional arrangements" which can be transitional and unsettled if and when you want to

That is highly counterintuitive as language of 'settled', as law & as politics of Treaty guarantees.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Joni Lovenduski

Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 22d

I’m beginning to think the passage of time has washed away that raw understanding of 1914-45 that protected us from lurching back to madness

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23d

Katie Lam tries to explain to the Sunday Times how her grandparents experience under Nazism informs her view that the postwar institutions forged after the horrors of war, dictatorship & the holicaust won't now work in our times - because "they assume everyone would want to be nice to each other"

Reposted by Martin McKee, Will Jennings, Joni Lovenduski , and 5 more Martin McKee, Will Jennings, Joni Lovenduski, Andrew Leyshon, Holger Nehring, Scott A. Imberman, Judith Freedman, Ian Bruff

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22d

New post just out:

"On the edge"

On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.

(Free to read)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...

On the edge

My week in the NHS

open.substack.com

OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 23d

#NoKings Miami!

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 24d

I know how the media works. The whole China kerfuffle is being bigged up to avoid the bigger picture about Russia.

China is not a friend. On the other hand, it hasn't launched the biggest land war in Europe for 80 years with well over a million casualties so far

Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 24d

To be boycotted

Reposted by Joni Lovenduski, Shelly Lundberg, David R. Miller , and 1 more Joni Lovenduski, Shelly Lundberg, David R. Miller, S. Laurel Weldon

Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 29d

PDX continuing to show why it's the best airport in the country.

PDX chooses not to air video of Sec. Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown

The Port of Portland is choosing not to broadcast a new video that shows DHS Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown."Democr

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Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Jane E. Fountain, Joni Lovenduski , and 2 more Rebecca Solnit, Jane E. Fountain, Joni Lovenduski, Robert C. Richards, Nathan P. Kalmoe

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29d

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.