Thomas Legein
@thomlegein.bsky.social
🎓Postdoctoral Researcher - VUB (DFUTURE) | Party organization, Party reform and Grievance politics | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Legein
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[OUT] 'Ideas vs. interests: explaining party elites’ support for party democratic innovations', new paper by @s-rgi.bsky.social & @emilievh.bsky.social, researchers at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), with @thomlegein.bsky.social & David Talukder, in Contemporary Politics
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Ideas vs. interests: explaining party elites’ support for party democratic innovations
Over recent decades, political parties have experimented with organisational reforms aimed at enhancing more inclusive, direct models. More recently, one emerging model involves Party Democratic In...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
[OUT] 'Ideas vs. interests: explaining party elites’ support for party democratic innovations', new paper by @s-rgi.bsky.social & @emilievh.bsky.social, researchers at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), with @thomlegein.bsky.social & David Talukder, in Contemporary Politics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📰 Our colleague @thomlegein.bsky.social was interviewed by the French online media of @mediapart.fr to talk about the new Belgian government and the broader European phenomenon of shifts to the right of traditional right-wing parties.
Read it here 🔍 : www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
Read it here 🔍 : www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
Le gouvernement belge vire à droite, sous l’égide des séparatistes
Bart De Wever, le leader nationaliste flamand, a été investi comme premier ministre d’une coalition de cinq partis. Avec l’aide des libéraux francophones, il a défini un agenda de réduction de l’État…
www.mediapart.fr
February 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📰 Our colleague @thomlegein.bsky.social was interviewed by the French online media of @mediapart.fr to talk about the new Belgian government and the broader European phenomenon of shifts to the right of traditional right-wing parties.
Read it here 🔍 : www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
Read it here 🔍 : www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
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Seems like a good day to reshare this recent study that shows how mainstream parties can fuel the success of the radical right by opening the door to them
Super important experimental study by @lcjacobs89.bsky.social and @jbpilet.bsky.social showing that mainstream parties signaling willingness to govern with radical right legitimize these parties with higher propensity to vote for radical right as a result
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To rule or not to rule? An experimental study of the electoral ramifications of claims to (not) rule with radical right populist parties - Laura Jacobs, Jean-Benoit Pilet, 2024
In a between-subjects experiment (n = 3270) conducted in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium), we examine the electoral ramifications of claims by a ri...
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January 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Seems like a good day to reshare this recent study that shows how mainstream parties can fuel the success of the radical right by opening the door to them
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The transformation of the Belgian Christian-democratic party (cdH) - @thomlegein.bsky.social & @s-rgi.bsky.social examine how this process concentrated power in the party leader's & a shadow advisor's hands: https://buff.ly/40wBrjS (OPEN ACCESS)
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
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January 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The transformation of the Belgian Christian-democratic party (cdH) - @thomlegein.bsky.social & @s-rgi.bsky.social examine how this process concentrated power in the party leader's & a shadow advisor's hands: https://buff.ly/40wBrjS (OPEN ACCESS)
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
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📢 [#JOB] Le #PolicyLab recrute un.e #logisticien.ne de recherche 📢
L’action publique et les processus co-créatifs sont au 💛 de vos intérêts de #recherche? Vous souhaitez contribuer au développement et à la valorisation de projets innovants?
Cette opportunité est faite pour vous !
Date limite: 20/01
L’action publique et les processus co-créatifs sont au 💛 de vos intérêts de #recherche? Vous souhaitez contribuer au développement et à la valorisation de projets innovants?
Cette opportunité est faite pour vous !
Date limite: 20/01
January 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📢 [#JOB] Le #PolicyLab recrute un.e #logisticien.ne de recherche 📢
L’action publique et les processus co-créatifs sont au 💛 de vos intérêts de #recherche? Vous souhaitez contribuer au développement et à la valorisation de projets innovants?
Cette opportunité est faite pour vous !
Date limite: 20/01
L’action publique et les processus co-créatifs sont au 💛 de vos intérêts de #recherche? Vous souhaitez contribuer au développement et à la valorisation de projets innovants?
Cette opportunité est faite pour vous !
Date limite: 20/01
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Turns out that the cultural cleavage is alive and kicking in Belgium's French-speaking region
So why have we (still!) not seen the rise of a Francophone far-right party?
I present some answers in @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social!
So why have we (still!) not seen the rise of a Francophone far-right party?
I present some answers in @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social!
💥 New: The Belgian political space – two worlds, one nation?
✍️ @ddelesp.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
✍️ @ddelesp.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
The Belgian political space – two worlds, one nation?
Voters in the predominantly Dutch-speaking Belgian region of Flanders are often assumed to be more conservative than those in predominantly French-speaking Wallonia. Yet as Daan Delespaul shows, th…
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January 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Turns out that the cultural cleavage is alive and kicking in Belgium's French-speaking region
So why have we (still!) not seen the rise of a Francophone far-right party?
I present some answers in @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social!
So why have we (still!) not seen the rise of a Francophone far-right party?
I present some answers in @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social!
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Glad to see this study w @jbpilet.bsky.social out in Party Politics: via an experiment in Belgium, we show that claims by a mainstream party (N-VA) to rule with the radical right (VB) legitimizes the latter, while not electorally benefitting the former journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 31, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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👋 Hello Bluesky!
The VUB Democratic Futures Research Centre is now here on Bluesky! 🎉
Stay tuned for updates on our latest research, insights, and news as we explore the future of democracy together.
#PoliticalScience #Democracy #Research
The VUB Democratic Futures Research Centre is now here on Bluesky! 🎉
Stay tuned for updates on our latest research, insights, and news as we explore the future of democracy together.
#PoliticalScience #Democracy #Research
December 18, 2024 at 2:19 PM
👋 Hello Bluesky!
The VUB Democratic Futures Research Centre is now here on Bluesky! 🎉
Stay tuned for updates on our latest research, insights, and news as we explore the future of democracy together.
#PoliticalScience #Democracy #Research
The VUB Democratic Futures Research Centre is now here on Bluesky! 🎉
Stay tuned for updates on our latest research, insights, and news as we explore the future of democracy together.
#PoliticalScience #Democracy #Research
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[Blog]'Se transformer pour lutter contre un destin funeste : du cdH à Les Engagé.e.s', une contribution de Sacha Rangoni, chercheur à SciencePo ULB, en collaboration avec Thomas Legein, pour #BePolitix, le blog de l'Association belge françophone de science politique.
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Se transformer pour lutter contre un destin funeste : du cdH à Les Engagé.e.s – ABSP • Association belge francophone de science politique
Le déclin du Centre démocrate humaniste (cdH), anciennement Parti social-chrétien (PSC), s’est accéléré depuis le début des années 2000. L’érosion continue de son électorat depuis lors trouve trois so...
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December 16, 2024 at 8:17 AM
[Blog]'Se transformer pour lutter contre un destin funeste : du cdH à Les Engagé.e.s', une contribution de Sacha Rangoni, chercheur à SciencePo ULB, en collaboration avec Thomas Legein, pour #BePolitix, le blog de l'Association belge françophone de science politique.
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The Italian right’s fascination with Gramsci is not an isolated case. But what sets Meloni apart is that she has both the vision and the power to make it happen, Giorgio Ghiglione writes.
Why Giorgia Meloni Loves Antonio Gramsci
Countering the left’s cultural hegemony has become an obsession on the Italian right—and they’re turning to a communist philosopher for ideas.
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December 15, 2024 at 2:30 AM
The Italian right’s fascination with Gramsci is not an isolated case. But what sets Meloni apart is that she has both the vision and the power to make it happen, Giorgio Ghiglione writes.