Catherine E. De Vries

Politiek journalist Coen van de Ven: ‘De woede richt zich op links, terwijl rechts vooral regeert’

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 2d

Heel goed gesprek, dank Coen! (Dit is 1 van mijn favo podcasts! Pieter is een hele goede interviewer!)

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Coen van de Ven @coenvdven.bsky.social · 2d

Dit was een heel fijn gesprek, met Pieter van der Wielen.

Hier te luisteren en te lezen: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Het Uur: Coen van de Ven is politiek journalist. In zijn nieuwe boek Een links verhaal vertelt hij wat er gebeurde op links, terwijl Nederland zich blindstaarde op rechts. In Het Uur spreekt hij met P...

www.nrc.nl

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 4d

🙏🏼 Thank you for taking the time @dziblatt.bsky.social

Next week’s conversation with @katemcnamara.bsky.social

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 4d

He reminds us that the work of writing, slow, deliberate, full of revision, mirrors the work of democracy itself: staying with difficulty to resolve contradictions

Full conversation here 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

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Etched in Marble: Daniel Ziblatt on Writing, Struggle, and How Democracy Depends on Both

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

Etched in Marble: Daniel Ziblatt on Writing, Struggle, and How Democracy Depends on Both

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 4d

Ziblatt’s advice to his students should be etched on every writer’s desk:

- Do your own writing.
- Bring your history to the problem.
- Write now, revise later.

Three short lines form an entire philosophy of the craft of writing.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 4d

He told me: “Writing really reminds me of practicing the piano. You work away at it. Time disappears. It’s frustrating and exhilarating at once.”

It’s such a beautiful image: writing as practice, not performance. Precision as discipline.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 4d

Ziblatt treats writing not as performance, but as a form of public thinking.

He writes with patience & accountability to his readers.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 4d

Daniel Ziblatt writes the way he studies democracy: with discipline, patience, and a refusal to look away from complexity.

He writes with the conviction that democracy depends on the continuous work of understanding.

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New on Etched in Marble: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS

Reposted by Steve Peers, Catherine E. De Vries, Steven H. Seggie

Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 4d

I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t forget to apply to EPSS!

Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 7d

Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026

really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting

⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...

Submissions are coming in fast for Belfast 2026 and so are your questions about submissions. Here are answers to the most common questions: Where do I go to submit? For panel submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/75765/symposia/create For paper submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79266/submissions/new? How many papers can I submit? We put a constraint of max one presentation per person. This does …

EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 5d

Deadline for EPSS 2026 is this Friday!

Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 7d

EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS

Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Max Weber, Will Jennings , and 4 more Jan W. Mueller, Max Weber, Will Jennings, Ruth Dassonneville, Catherine E. De Vries, Rosie Campbell, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

Ansgar Hudde @hudde.bsky.social · 7d

📊 now in English @fesonline.bsky.social:
Gender gap in voting behavior in Germany📊

It's about the “big picture” since 1953 & current trends 2021-2025.

The gender gap keeps growing, especially among the young.

-> Longer trends are continuing & partly accelerating.

library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...

Reposted by Simon Hix, Sara B. Hobolt, Stefanie Walter , and 3 more Simon Hix, Sara B. Hobolt, Stefanie Walter, Catherine E. De Vries, Lisa Dellmuth, Tarik Abou‐Chadi

Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 7d

Het bejubelde herstel van het politieke midden maskeert de gestage uitholling ervan

Reposted by Catherine E. De Vries, Matthijs Rooduijn

Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · 7d

De Nederlandse politiek zit al 36 jaar in een slingerbeweging. Lange periodes van brede, richtingloze middencoalities worden afgewisseld door korte oprispingen van instabiel bestuur met radicaalrechts.
Maar die slinger zwaait steeds iets minder ver terug.
www.groene.nl/artikel/de-p...

De media interpeteren de verkiezingsuitslag als ‘een herstel van het politieke midden’, maar het radicaal-rechtse blok is als geheel niet kleiner geworden en het midden is niet zo ver teruggeveerd als...

www.groene.nl

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 7d

My take on what 🇳🇱 elections may mean for 🇪🇺 @ Politico.eu

“What is already clear is that the Dutch electorate voted far more pro-European than it did in 2023. […] Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation”

www.politico.eu/article/neth...

As the Netherlands moves to the center, Brussels is watching

It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.

As the Netherlands moves to the center, Brussels is watching

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 7d

On the 🇳🇱elections and the EU @catherinedevries.bsky.social:

"For years now, Dutch politics have been oscillating between pragmatic euro-realism and latent Euroskepticism. But this election may finally signal the pendulum’s slow return toward a more pro-Europe center"
www.politico.eu/article/neth...

It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.

As the Netherlands moves to the center, Brussels is watching

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 7d

Very good piece by @catherinedevries.bsky.social on what the Dutch election might mean for Europe www.politico.eu/article/neth...

It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.

As the Netherlands moves to the center, Brussels is watching

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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 8d

As the #Netherlands moves to the center, #EU is watching: @catherinedevries.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/neth... #politics

It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.

Politicoloog Peter Mair waarschuwde voor het verdwijnen van harde ideologische tegenstellingen. Heeft de kiezer wel wat te kiezen?

Reposted by Catherine E. De Vries, Alessandro Nai

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 8d

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Support for liberal democracy in times of crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic - https://cup.org/3X0aJ0i

- @vinarceneaux.bsky.social, Bert N. Bakker, Sara B. Hobolt & @catherinedevries.bsky.social

#FirstView #COVID19

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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 9d

Profiel | Het politieke midden liep vanaf het begin van deze eeuw langzaam leeg, constateerde de Ierse cult-intellectueel Peter Mair (1951-2010). Kan het zich ook weer vullen? buff.ly/NFm53Dv

Het politieke midden liep vanaf het begin van deze eeuw langzaam leeg, constateerde de Ierse cult-intellectueel Peter Mair (1951-2010). Kan het zich ook weer vullen?

buff.ly

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Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · 9d

VNG: aantijgingen verkiezingsproces zijn 'bedreiging voor de democratie'

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VNG: aantijgingen verkiezingsproces zijn 'bedreiging voor de democratie'

"Het verkiezingsproces wordt in de gemeentes met de grootste zorgvuldigheid uitgevoerd. Onze medewerkers en de vele vrijwilligers werken keihard om alles transparant, zorgvuldig en goed te laten verlo...

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Reposted by Stefanie Walter, Catherine E. De Vries, Alexander Wuttke , and 7 more Stefanie Walter, Catherine E. De Vries, Alexander Wuttke, Ingo Rohlfing, Tom van der Meer, Nazita Lajevardi, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Stephen A. Meserve, Karsten Mäuse, Anita Gohdes

Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 9d

Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

What Would happen if The Netherlands had a 4% Electoral Threshold?

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 10d

Leestip!

Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 10d

I have just written a Substack piece with some scenarios of what would have happened in the recent Dutch election if there had been 4% electoral threshold (with apologies to my Dutch friends for banging on about this!) substack.com/home/post/p-...

Political scientists of electoral systems love The Netherlands.

substack.com

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers, Tim Bale , and 4 more Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers, Tim Bale, Erik Voeten, Catherine E. De Vries, Jon H. Fiva, Tom Louwerse

Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 10d

What Would happen if The Netherlands had a 4% Electoral Threshold?

Political scientists of electoral systems love The Netherlands.

substack.com

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 10d

Absolutely, @anandmenon.bsky.social has done us a huge public service!

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 10d

Absolutely, @anandmenon.bsky.social has done us a huge public service!

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 10d

I'd never really thought explicitly about writing, how I do it, and why I do it, til this conversation with @catherinedevries.bsky.social Who makes it sound like I've thought it all through much better than I have... catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Etched in Marble: Anand Menon on Clear Thinking, Public Writing, and the Joy of Being Useful

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures