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Official account of South European Society and Politics, a leading journal for scholars interested in Southern Europe. Edited by Nicolò Conti and Bonnie Field.
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📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #Italy
The feminisation of Italian governments. Towards a more gender-equal distribution of political power?

Read the article by C. Barbieri & P. Pansardi here 👇
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February 5, 2026 at 6:43 AM
📊 As #Spain moves toward a new regularisation policy, recent research helps place this debate in a broader context.

R. Perna & M. Puig Batalla analyse opposite #regularisation #policy #outputs in #Italy & #Spain during #COVID19

Read it here #OPENACCESS 👇
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February 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
📢 #NewIssue #SpecialIssue 30/4
The Makeover of Southern Europe: Fifty Years after the Transitions to Democracy in #Greece #Portugal #Spain

Guest Editors: @jmfernandes86.bsky.social, N. Garoupa, @mjhierro.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social

Don't miss it!👇
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February 2, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🧭 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
@andrea-pedrazzani.bsky.social & F.Zucchini analyse #Italy's #premierato reform. According to their study, it would improve cabinet duration, but greater stability could be achieved through the constructive vote of no-confidence

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January 26, 2026 at 11:17 AM
🧭 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
This study by A. Ceron, @scopelliti.bsky.social & T. Grechanaya focuses on the political determinants of the use of appeals for responsibility

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January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
🧭 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
The study by @galais.bsky.social & @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social reveals that sadness can reduce support for far-right parties in Spain, whereas anger—the most studied emotion—shows only a limited reinforcing effect

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January 21, 2026 at 3:58 PM
🧭 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
In light of #Portugal’s presidential election first round, we recommend the analysis by @marianasmendes.bsky.social of the transformation of Portugal’s party system, revealed by the 2025 general election.

🔓 Read the article #OpenAccess: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
📢 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
The analysis by @davevitto.bsky.social, S. Rojon, J.-B. Pilet and E. Paulis uncover distinctive associations between governing preferences and propensity to vote for the main Italian parties

✳️⏳NOW #FreeAccess! Read & download here:
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January 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Presidential elections are this Sunday in Portugal. Want to learn more about recent elections in Portugal? Take a look at these articles published in @sespjournal.bsky.social.
@marianasmendes.bsky.social examines the 2025 parliamentary elections (open access)
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Late, but swift: the restructuring of Portugal’s political space in the May 2025 general election
Long considered a beacon of stability, Portugal has recently undergone a swift political reconfiguration. The 2025 general election, in particular, marks a potential critical juncture in the transf...
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January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess
Divergent paths of political #trust in Southern Europe: the roles of economic performance, #corruption, congruence, and #polarisation

🔓Christmann @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social👇
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2025.2576094
January 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
📢 #NewIssue 30/3

with articles on
- ‘premierato’ reform in #Italy
- parties’ appeals for responsibility in #Italy
- emotional dynamics and Vox's appeal #Spain
- preferences for experts and citizens in government
- 2025 General election in #Portugal

Don't miss it! 👇
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January 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
🔎 Revisiting #Issue 30/1 #SpecialIssue
Everything changes, everything stays the same? #ItalianPolitics after the 2022 general elections

Guest editors: @edegiorgi.bsky.social & @andrea-pedrazzani.bsky.social

#polisky #academicsky

Dive in! ⬇️
January 7, 2026 at 3:23 PM
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess

The polarised electorate: affective polarisation and electoral loyalty in #Turkey’s 2023 critical election

🔓 Read the article by @seaytac.bsky.social, @sedairmak.bsky.social & @busrask.bsky.social here 👇
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December 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Greece #Portugal #Spain
democratic transitions redefine national boundaries through distinct processes:
🔸ideologically expanding the political community
🔸redrawing the demos
🔸altering the nation’s ascriptive foundations

Read the article 👇
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢
Struggling against spectres of the past: democratisation and nation-building in Southern Europe (#Greece, #Portugal, #Spain)

Read the article by @mjhierro.bsky.social, José Pedro Monteiro & @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
December 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Survey of 5,000 Italians: people’s preferences for who should govern mirror European patterns 🌍. Preference for experts is linked to left-wing votes, not right-wing 🧠 . Preference for empowering citizens is not consistently linked to support for populist parties 🗳️
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
‘preferences for experts in government are positively linked to voting for left-wing parties but not for right-wing ones’ in #Italy

Read the article by @davevitto.bsky.social, S. Rojon, J.-B. Pilet and E. Paulis 👇
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December 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess
The potential impact of the Italian ‘premierato’ reform on cabinet durability: the increased risk of early elections

🔓Read the article by A. Pedrazzani & F. Zucchini👇
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December 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Portugal
the gap in electoral participation between younger and older voters has remained relatively stable in #Portugal in the new millennium, rather than widening over time

Read the article by P. Costa, C. Jalali and P. Silva 👇
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December 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
📘 SESP #ArticleCollections
🔥 The Radical Right in Southern Europe

📄 21 #FreeAccess Articles
✨ introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social

🔍 Explore the collection here ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🔍 To analyse the evolution of digital party procedures in #Podemos, M. Meloni & F. G. Lupato suggest a compelling typology:
✨ Consolidation
🔧 Reconfiguration
🔄 Mutation
🗑️ Elimination

Read the article #OpenAccess 👇
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December 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Italy #OpenAccess
'The politics of pre-electoral coalition formation can ‘freeze’ political influence at least to some degree'

🔓Read the article by G. Del Panta, @mattiaguidi.bsky.social & @klingelt.bsky.social 👇
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December 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
💡 @francescostolfi.bsky.social & Oliver Fritsch FIND…💡

‘labour flexibilisation reforms have had unexpected negative consequences on #productivity’ in #Italy

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December 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #OpenAccess
‘Satisfaction hinges on whether citizens see their in-group as winning’

S. Toros, G. Zeybek Kabakçı and E. Toros analyse Democratic #backsliding and democratic satisfaction in #Turkey

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December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Party #Cartelisation? The case of Cypriot #RadicalLeft #AKEL provides mixed evidence, indicative of the strong influence of party history

Read the article by Y. Katsourides & C. Agathocleous
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December 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Rodríguez Teruel, @eloisadelpino.bsky.social, Real-Dato analyse the executive’s strategy of power concentration during the first phase of the #Covid-19 #Pandemic in #Spain, and the factors that shaped its implementation

🔓#OpenAccess 👇
🔗https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2022.2091861
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
‘low turnout and the success of a small opposition party (AVS) [in the 2024 #EuropeanElections in #Italy] align with the second-order model’

Read the article by N. Maggini, D. Angelucci, L. Carrieri, and E. Mannoni here 👇
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December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM