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Political Insight - Volume 16, Number 4
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1/4. We're thrilled to announce the publication of “Presidential approval and power concentration as leverage of political support: Evidence from Latin America”, by Asbel Bohigues and Mariana Sendra.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
1/4. We're thrilled to announce the publication of “Presidential approval and power concentration as leverage of political support: Evidence from Latin America”, by Asbel Bohigues and Mariana Sendra.
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4/4. The takeaway: Executive aggrandisement creates powerful incentives for leaders to maintain popularity, while putting democratic institutions at greater risk when approval falls.
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Presidential approval and power concentration as leverage of political support: Evidence from Latin America - Asbel Bohigues, Mariana Sendra, 2025
This article examines how presidential approval influences political support, conditional on the degree of power concentration in the executive. While previous ...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
4/4. The takeaway: Executive aggrandisement creates powerful incentives for leaders to maintain popularity, while putting democratic institutions at greater risk when approval falls.
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👏 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Prize Winners
• Naomi Head: University of Glasgow (UK)
• Niels Spierings: Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)
• Liam Stanley: University of Sheffield (UK)
• Sabine Volk: University of Tübingen (Germany)
• Naomi Head: University of Glasgow (UK)
• Niels Spierings: Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)
• Liam Stanley: University of Sheffield (UK)
• Sabine Volk: University of Tübingen (Germany)
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
👏 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Prize Winners
• Naomi Head: University of Glasgow (UK)
• Niels Spierings: Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)
• Liam Stanley: University of Sheffield (UK)
• Sabine Volk: University of Tübingen (Germany)
• Naomi Head: University of Glasgow (UK)
• Niels Spierings: Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)
• Liam Stanley: University of Sheffield (UK)
• Sabine Volk: University of Tübingen (Germany)
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We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Politics Outstanding Reviewer Prize 2025 🎉
Peer review is essential to ensuring the integrity, originality, and quality of what we publish, and we are deeply grateful to all our reviewers
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Peer review is essential to ensuring the integrity, originality, and quality of what we publish, and we are deeply grateful to all our reviewers
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December 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Politics Outstanding Reviewer Prize 2025 🎉
Peer review is essential to ensuring the integrity, originality, and quality of what we publish, and we are deeply grateful to all our reviewers
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Peer review is essential to ensuring the integrity, originality, and quality of what we publish, and we are deeply grateful to all our reviewers
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Warm congratulations to all four winners, and a huge thank you to every reviewer who supported Politics this year. Your work strengthens our field and the research we publish. 🙏
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December 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Warm congratulations to all four winners, and a huge thank you to every reviewer who supported Politics this year. Your work strengthens our field and the research we publish. 🙏
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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
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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📘@polstudies.bsky.social is always looking out for the next big idea that can be communicated in a shorter-length, high impact research note. Go to our submission page for more information: buff.ly/ZTiRbOY
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December 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
📘@polstudies.bsky.social is always looking out for the next big idea that can be communicated in a shorter-length, high impact research note. Go to our submission page for more information: buff.ly/ZTiRbOY
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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
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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*The PSA office is closed from 22 Dec – 5 Jan* During this time final technical work will take place for the new PSA website, launching in January 2026. We anticipate minimum disruption to the PSA website but bear with us as we implement these exciting changes!
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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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
📝 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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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
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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📝 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
📝 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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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
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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📝 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
📝 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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🌟 The PSA office will be closed from 22 Dec – 5 Jan🌟and we will be taking a short break from posting on our social media platforms. We wish you all a restorative holiday and a happy new year. See you in 2026!
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🌟 The PSA office will be closed from 22 Dec – 5 Jan🌟and we will be taking a short break from posting on our social media platforms. We wish you all a restorative holiday and a happy new year. See you in 2026!
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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
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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*The PSA office will be closed from 22 Dec – 5 Jan* During this time final technical work will take place for the new PSA website, launching in January 2026. We anticipate minimum disruption to the PSA website but bear with us as we implement these exciting changes!
December 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
*The PSA office will be closed from 22 Dec – 5 Jan* During this time final technical work will take place for the new PSA website, launching in January 2026. We anticipate minimum disruption to the PSA website but bear with us as we implement these exciting changes!
*PSA PUBLICATIONS* 📚Political Insight December issue is out now!📚
Featuring #OpenAccess article 'Freedom of Information at 20' by @benworthy.bsky.social
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December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
*PSA PUBLICATIONS* 📚Political Insight December issue is out now!📚
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Featuring #OpenAccess article 'Freedom of Information at 20' by @benworthy.bsky.social
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*PSA PUBLICATIONS* 📚Political Insight December issue is out now!📚
Featuring #OpenAccess article 'The Fragile Strength of #Brazil’s Democracy' by Mahrukh Doctor & Daniel H. Alves.
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Featuring #OpenAccess article 'The Fragile Strength of #Brazil’s Democracy' by Mahrukh Doctor & Daniel H. Alves.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
*PSA PUBLICATIONS* 📚Political Insight December issue is out now!📚
Featuring #OpenAccess article 'The Fragile Strength of #Brazil’s Democracy' by Mahrukh Doctor & Daniel H. Alves.
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Featuring #OpenAccess article 'The Fragile Strength of #Brazil’s Democracy' by Mahrukh Doctor & Daniel H. Alves.
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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
📝 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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*#PSA26 Annual Conference* 🚨Registration Open🚨
Join us in Oxford 30 March - 1 April 2026 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'
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December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
*#PSA26 Annual Conference* 🚨Registration Open🚨
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📚New 'Political Insight' issue📚
Featuring #OpenAccess article 'The #British #GeneralElection of 2024: A #Labour Landslide Built on Fragile Foundations' by @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @timbale.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social & @psurridge.bsky.social
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Featuring #OpenAccess article 'The #British #GeneralElection of 2024: A #Labour Landslide Built on Fragile Foundations' by @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @timbale.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social & @psurridge.bsky.social
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📚New 'Political Insight' issue📚
Featuring #OpenAccess article 'The #British #GeneralElection of 2024: A #Labour Landslide Built on Fragile Foundations' by @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @timbale.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social & @psurridge.bsky.social
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Featuring #OpenAccess article 'The #British #GeneralElection of 2024: A #Labour Landslide Built on Fragile Foundations' by @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @timbale.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social & @psurridge.bsky.social
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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
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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For International Migrant’s Day, Political Studies Review has curated a research collection of articles on key contemporary issues relating to international migration.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For International Migrant’s Day, Political Studies Review has curated a research collection of articles on key contemporary issues relating to international migration.
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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
📝 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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