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South European Society & Politics
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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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📚 In our Collection on #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe

Gender equality policies in #Turkey’s opposition municipalities: factors that impact policy-making according to gender advocates

READ article by Ebru Ertugal and @ibagdadi.bsky.social here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe

The relevance and resilience of the cordon sanitaire in #Portugal: the March 2024 legislative elections

DOWNLOAD #FreeAccess the article by J. Santana-Pereira & S. Rogeiro Nina here 👇
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November 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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📚 In our Collection on #Gender and #Sexuality
When is gender on party agendas? Manifestos and (De-)democratisation in #Greece #Portugal #Spain

🔓 @anacweeks.bsky.social @pcaravantes.bsky.social @elombardo.bsky.social Espírito-Santo Stratigaki & Gul #OpenAccess 👇
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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📚 In our Collection on #Polarisation in #Turkey

Polarisation and youth in Turkey: young people as gatekeepers or challengers of polarisation?

🆓Read the #FreeAccess article by Begüm Uzun and Demet Lüküslü 👇
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November 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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📢NEW ARTICLE!📢
Giorgia #Meloni succeeds in a second-order contest: the 2024 #EuropeanElections in #Italy

Read the article by N. Maggini, D. Angelucci, L. Carrieri, and E. Mannoni here 👇
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November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Turkey
‘approaching foreign policy as a solely external matter... may run the risk of attributing it marginal significance in electoral contests where populists compete for power’

Read the article by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social here 👇
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November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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📢NEW ARTICLE!📢
Narratives of social democracy’s demise: insights from the Portuguese case

Read the article by A. Espírito-Santo, @sofiaserrasilva.bsky.social, and N. Santos here 👇
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November 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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💡 J. P. Lopes FINDS…💡

‘Working in interpersonal jobs drives a culturally progressive attitude, which in turn drives radical left support’ in #Portugal, #Spain & #Greece

🔓Read the article #OPENACCESS 👇
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November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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🚨 #NowFreeAccess 🚨

the article by @mjhierro.bsky.social, J. P. Monteiro & @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social is now available on #FreeAccess for 30 days

⏳Don’t miss out — read and download it now! 👇
sespjournal.bsky.social South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · 11d
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
‘Transitions to democracy compel ruling elites to confront unresolved historical legacies that raise fundamental questions about membership in the nation’

Read the article by @mjhierro.bsky.social, J.P. Monteiro & @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social 👇
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November 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
‘Appeals for responsibility are driven by the need to justify policy compromises’ in Italian investiture debates from 1946 to 2022

Read the article by A. Ceron @scopelliti.bsky.social & T. Grechanaya here 👇
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October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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💡 R. Perna & M. Puig Batalla FIND… 💡
‘the type of actors that mobilised in favour of a collective #regularisation and their arguments [] were central in shaping policy outcomes’ in #Italy and #Spain

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October 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
‘Transitions to democracy compel ruling elites to confront unresolved historical legacies that raise fundamental questions about membership in the nation’

Read the article by @mjhierro.bsky.social, J.P. Monteiro & @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social 👇
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October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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📚 In our #Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe

Perceptions of populist radical right mainstreaming as a threat to democracy: evidence from Italian voters

🆓Read the #FreeAccess article by A. Seddone & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social 👇
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October 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Recent articles on the radical left in Southern Europe in @sespjournal.bsky.social. @raulgomez.bsky.social @ljramiro.bsky.social & @lamprinirori.bsky.social analyze whether changes in programmatic stances & voter base are associated w/major events. Open access
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October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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📚 In our Collection on #Polarisation in #Turkey

Democratic Backsliding, Conflict, and Partisan Mobilisation of Ethnic Groups: Local Government Control and Electoral Participation in Turkey

🆓Read the #FreeAccess article by Reşat Bayer & @ozgekemah.bsky.social 👇

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October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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📚 In our Collection on #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe

Bridging gaps: how investment in public childcare affects women’s employment in #Italy and #Spain

🔓#OpenaAccess article by @laramaest.bsky.social, @davidpalomera.bsky.social & R. Rizza 👇
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October 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in #SouthernEurope

A moral or class divide for populist parties? ‘The people’ in the discourse of #Podemos and #Vox in #Spain

🔓Read #OpenAccess article by @juanroch.bsky.social & @guillermocordero.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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💡 @gcapano.bsky.social & A. Pritoni FIND…💡
‘the likelihood of high-level civil servants soliciting information [from interest groups] is greater when they hold high policy capacities’ in #Greece, #Italy and #Portugal

🔗https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2024.2326287
October 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Lea Heyne, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social, @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social examine how party conflict and EU politicisation influence public attitudes, finding a negative link between EU polarisation and membership support. In @sespjournal.bsky.social
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Fading EUphoria: party system polarisation and EU attitudes in Greece, Portugal and Spain
Greece, Portugal, and Spain transitioned to democracy in the 1970s and joined the EEC in the 1980s, fostering positive EU attitudes through economic growth. However, the Southern European financial...
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October 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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📢NEW ARTICLE!📢
Vote choice and performance evaluations in competitive authoritarianism: evidence from #Turkey

🔓 Read #OpenAccess the article by A. Carkoglu, Y. Hazama, C. Paksoy, & S. Andı here 👇
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October 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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💡M. Alcañiz, E. Gómez Nicolau & J. Sanfélix Albelda FIND💡
‘Working mothers’ social discourse on the pandemic [] are along the lines of not questioning the unequal distribution of tasks among women and men in family contexts’

🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2024.2367829
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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💡 in their study, @gaetanoscaduto.bsky.social & Fedra Negri FIND…💡
that Italians interested in politics and the media tend to associate political preferences even with foods, with consequences on cross-group interactions 🥩🍓🍆🍤

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October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
The 2024 local election in #Turkey was a pivotal moment in Turkish political history as the long-ruling #AKP faced its first nation-wide defeat

🆓 Read the article by Kursat Cinar #FreeAccess here 👇
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October 21, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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A great special collection on Gender and Sexuality in Southern Europe!
Thanks for inviting me to introduce it with you N. Conti and @bonniefield.bsky.social
sespjournal.bsky.social South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · 25d
📚 SESP #ArticleCollections
#Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe

1⃣5⃣ articles
🎯Introduction by @elombardo.bsky.social, N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social
#Equality #LGBTIQ* #Sexism #Feminism #Rights

🔗https://tandfonline.com/journals/fses20/collections/Gender-and-Sexuality-in-Southern-Europe
October 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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💡 Valerio Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social FIND…💡
a curvilinear support for military aid across the left–right axis. Yet, FdI’s backing constitutes a deviation from this model.

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October 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM