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📣 @polstudies.bsky.social now publishes research notes that make big points, weigh in on critical debates, and provide novel empirical contributions in under 5k words. This week, read the latest cutting-edge research contributions in this new format that we've published in 2025

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🎄 Happy holidays everyone! We at @polstudies.bsky.social wish you a restful and rejuvenating time! We're taking a short break from social media for the holidays but we're still accepting articles.

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December 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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How do youth bulges reshape political participation in Africa? @michaelkumove.bsky.social & Karin Dyrstad examine age-period-cohort effects showing rising protest & declining turnout as youth ratios grow. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/28U1J2a

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Do Youth Bulges Affect Voting and Protesting? An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis - Michael Kumove, Karin Dyrstad, 2025
Most African countries are experiencing a youth bulge, where a very large proportion of their populations are made up of young people. How might this affect pol...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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📝 We hope you enjoyed the #PSNotes we highlighted this month. Click the hashtag to check all the latest cutting-edge research contributions that we've published in 2025 in this new format.

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December 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Automation ‘losers’ prefer the radical right, but have they become more authoritarian? @gregoriobuzzelli.bsky.social, @francesconicoli.bsky.social & S Sacchi find no deep ideological shift among routine workers: buff.ly/Bo9bpQB

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December 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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📝 How often do ethnic elites use grievance frames online? @frederikgremler.bsky.social, Haiges, @nilsweidmann.bsky.social & Zuber examine 646k posts showing such frames are rare & track political, not economic, inequality. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/lC7RH6t

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December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/2moFPgZ

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December 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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📝 Do patterns of coalition management affect governance outcomes in multiparty presidential regimes? Chaisty & Power examine how cabinet proportionality predicts accountability and public goods. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/v9ivWYQ

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December 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Does the public disapprove of leaders who back down to initiate negotiation with non-state armed actors? Zlatin Mitkov & Michael Yekple examine leader-public interactions during domestic security crises: buff.ly/tnYuzNL

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December 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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📝 How does electoral volatility influence party system polarization? Juliusz Gastev explores the relationship in the Latin American context from 1992 to 2018. Read the research note OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/8uwlW9u

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December 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Politics for Survival: W Lu, S Fan & W Chen examine ideological control in authoritarian regimes from a bottom-up perspective, wherein firms not only comply but also utilize the control to advance their interests: buff.ly/GPEToGx

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December 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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📝 What drives party support for deliberative democracy in Europe? Sergiu Gherghina & Bettina Mitru find support is shaped by left ideology, governing status, party novelty & manifesto length - not electoral strength or populism. OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/onjD7yS

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December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Kimonos, Ponchos and Blue Jeans: Rafael Shimabukuro explores the role of clothing in populism through an analysis of Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s one-time autocrat (1990–2000). Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ugMhqzt

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December 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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📝 What gets a country elected to the UN Security Council? Gary Uzonyi explores the role of regional relative democracy - read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ig6y9j8

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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Who deserves representation, and when? August De Mulder, Ine Gevers & @zeljkopoljak.bsky.social unpack the temporal dynamics of politicians’ claims of representation on social media: buff.ly/ad5RiqW

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December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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📝 How do different types of #polarization affect political #corruption? Áron Hajnal analyses a panel of 153 countries (2000-2021) to examine this & how regime type moderates these effects. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/qjFVoBg

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December 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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My paper "Technical Legitimacy" has just been accepted for publication in @polstudies.bsky.social. A preprint available here for those who just can't wait for the typeset version: www.trymnf.com/files/papers...
Abstract: In studies of non-majoritarian institutions, there is a widespread idea that political neutrality, epistemic authority, and technical expertise are sources of legitimacy. Empirical studies tend to find that such appeals are effective sources of legitimacy, but theorists are overwhelmingly skeptical of their normative appeal. This paper’s conceptual ambition is to unify the disparate debates under the term technical legitimacy. The paper’s theoretical ambition is to improve on the normative debate on technical legitimacy. Existing defenses fail to robustly satisfy the reasons that ground delegation to non-majoritarian institutions. I propose conditions for accepting technical legitimacy that are reasonably robust against counterfactuals. Technical legitimacy must meet three criteria. Institutions must promote a functionally specified common good; build on sound and undistorted expertise; and, perhaps counterintuitively, contain appropriate venues for value input.
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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For the AfD's foreign policy outlook, see my piece in @polstudies.bsky.social : Theorizing Far-Right Foreign Policy: Insights From Germany. Available here: doi.org/10.1177/0032...
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Who Do People Prefer to Be in Charge? Tessa Haesevoets, @verschuerebram.bsky.social, Kim Dierckx, Alain Van Hiel & Arne Roets examine UK Citizens’ preferences for politicians, citizens, experts & AI in policymaking: buff.ly/KNC1VtV

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December 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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📣 @polstudies.bsky.social now publishes research notes that make big points, weigh in on critical debates, and provide novel empirical contributions in under 5k words. This week, read the latest cutting-edge research contributions in this new format that we've published in 2025

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December 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Who commits religious discrimination, and why? Brendan Szendro's article 'Defining the Contours of Religion, State, and Modernity' examines this question. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/LcRUzqQ

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December 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Perceived Democraticness of Parties From Citizens’ Perspectives: @chankaming.bsky.social & Laura B Stephenson use evidence from Canada to examine this subject. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/NInK4Kl

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December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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What drives populists to accept expert advice? Cross-country study by A Peresman, @thoruplars.bsky.social, @honoratam.bsky.social & @m-b-petersen.bsky.social compares how populists & non-populists evaluate expertise: buff.ly/e3JweIV

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December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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How often do ethnic elites use grievance frames online? @frederikgremler.bsky.social, Lea Haiges, @nilsweidmann.bsky.social & Christina Zuber examine 646k posts showing such frames are rare & track political, not economic, inequality. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/lC7RH6t

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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Politics Vs Economics: @daparicio95.bsky.social, Maria Teresa Balaguer-Coll, Arne Risa Hole & Emili Tortosa-Ausina examine how Spain’s asymmetric fiscal system has shaped regional inequality: buff.ly/2lndh6r

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December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Inequality matters for ethnic conflict. But do group elites actually frame a situation as unjust? In a recent article (doi.org/10.1177/00323217251401758), @frederikgremler.bsky.social, Lea Haiges, Christina Zuber and I analyse “grievance frames” in social media posts of ethnic organisations.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM