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Giovanni D’Agostino
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PhD candidate researching political trust at the University of Amsterdam
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dralbertazziuk.bsky.social
Meloni will do her best to stay out of this, knowing that journalists are unlikely to force her to talk about it (the ones who don't play ball, she just ignores...)

By @amykazmin.bsky.social of the @financialtimes.com:

www.ft.com/content/833f...
Italian writers decry fascist rehabilitation at top book fair
Authors challenge decision to give stand to hard-right imprint at prestigious Rome literary event
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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leoniedejonge.bsky.social
Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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sldelange.bsky.social
You think your elections are nail biters? In the last poll of the polls, the @peilingwijzer.bsky.social produced by @tomlouwerse.nl, before election day in the Netherlands tomorrow, three parties are tied for first place

peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl
Laatste Peilingwijzer – Peilingwijzer
De Peilingwijzer combineert de Tweede Kamerpeilingen van Ipsos I&O & Verian/EenVandaag
peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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luanarusso.bsky.social
What do we know about negative partisanship in Western Europe?
This study in Electoral Studies examines its prevalence, components, predictors, and links to the radical right.
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lxsLxRaZn...
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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sumitra.bsky.social
🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨

➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms

hopeful findings👇🏽
October 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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silkegoubin.bsky.social
Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast

@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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enzoreds.bsky.social
Mokum tegen fascisme
Counter-demo in Amsterdam
October 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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psrm.bsky.social
🇺🇦What traits do citizens value in leaders during war?

➡L Laustsen, @honoratam.bsky.social @fvanleeuwen.bsky.social H Bartusevičius & M Vugt show war increases desire for dominant leaders, reducing warmth & competence. Anger amplifies all traits www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
October 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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newseye.bsky.social
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
October 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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aresherman.bsky.social
🚨 New paper: Who climbs the Ivory Tower? 🏛️ Together with Nicolai Borgen and Astrid Sandsør (@astridsandsor.bsky.social), we find that the chances of becoming a professor differ enormously by family background. Here’s what we find 👇

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social
Very nice interview on the connections between football and politics with Cas Mudde, who teaches an academic course on the subject at the University of Georgia.

www.ultimouomo.com/come-il-neol...
Come il neoliberismo sta minacciando il calcio – Ultimo Uomo
Con Cas Mudde parliamo dei diversi rapporti tra politica e calcio nel presente.
www.ultimouomo.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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acesuva.bsky.social
“The rise of far-right parties is not only about cultural conflict or immigration – it’s also about geography and the presence of the state,” said Professor Catherine E. De Vries.

On September 15, ACES opens the academic year with a timely lecture by Professor De Vries.

🔗 lnkd.in/dJwGvKMh
August 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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catherinedevries.bsky.social
Mijn nieuwe essay “De Wilderiaanse Leegte” uit in de Groene

🇮🇹 Vanuit Italië zie ik hoe Nederland steeds meer op mijn gastland begint te lijken.

En ja: als je Nederlanders écht boos wilt maken, moet je ze vergelijken met Italianen. Dus here we go. 😉

🔗 www.groene.nl/artikel/de-w...

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Hoe Wilders voortbouwt op een Italiaanse traditie van charme, crisisretoriek en nietsdoen
De erfenis van Silvio Berlusconi reikt inmiddels tot in Nederland: politiek als spektakel, media als toneel en daadkracht vooral in de vorm van schone schijn. Geert Wilders is de meest recente erfgena...
www.groene.nl
August 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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ejprjournal.bsky.social
🌅📙 64.3

A shadow on democracy? 😶🌫️

@mfenzl.bsky.social demonstrates the importance of studying the political impacts of the #ShadowEconomy bringing to light 💡 the impact on welfare systems and #Taxation rates 💲📈

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A shadow on democracy? The shadow economy and government responsiveness
MICHELE FENZL
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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hermwerf.bsky.social
Want to read about tracking and civic engagement? It’s summer after all.
August 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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danjdevine.bsky.social
Why are working class people under-represented in legislatures?

We propose one potential mechanism: working-class individuals are *perceived* as less likely to achieve political success, and are subsequently 'pragmatically' discriminated against.

We provide an experiment in the UK to test it:
July 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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dralbertazziuk.bsky.social
Finishing this book wasn't exactly easy, but it's out there now and I can hardly believe it...

Anyone and everyone can read it and download it, as it is Open Access.

We are happy to come to your institution and present the findings in the Autumn, just drop us a line!
populisminaction.bsky.social Populism in Action @populisminaction.bsky.social · Jun 17
Our brand new monograph, discussing the findings of our work together during the last seven years, is now out for @oxfordacademic.bsky.social‬ and free to read and download!
June 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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simonhix.bsky.social
The Italian citizenship referendum failed. This is a tragedy for Italy and for progress on migrant rights in Europe
… and condemns Italy’s national football teams to further failure 🤦‍♂️
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Italy’s citizenship referendum fails after voters heed Giorgia Meloni call for boycott
Low turnout for two-day plebiscite aimed at granting faster citizenship to immigrants garners below 50% threshold needed to pass
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June 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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tomlouwerse.nl
🧵 New research on what citizens expect from opposition parties in democracy published in @wepsocial.bsky.social. @elinazorina.bsky.social and I surveyed people in Canada, Denmark, Netherlands & UK to understand their views on opposition roles. doi.org/10.1080/0140...
What kind of opposition do citizens want? Abstract Opposition parties play a crucial role in democracies. While scholars have extensively studied opposition behaviour and institutional powers, little is known about what citizens expect from opposition parties and how they evaluate these expectations being met. This study addresses this gap by examining citizens’ views on three key opposition roles - oversight, cooperation, and offering alternatives - and their perceived fulfilment across four countries: Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Based on a citizen survey, this study assesses how individual characteristics (democratic satisfaction, political interest, education) and institutional context are related to these views. Citizens across all four countries value cooperation. Preferences for the ‘alternative’ role vary between institutional settings. On the individual level, conflict-oriented and dissatisfied citizens value cooperation less, while those with higher education and political interest find oversight and cooperation more important.
June 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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polstudies.bsky.social
IN NEW ISSUE: What makes a politician trusted by citizens? @viktorv.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social, G Stoker, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social & @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social find attributes of authenticity are as important as competence & integrity: buff.ly/41DzrXI OPEN ACCESS
June 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
FINALLY! The dysfunctional far-right government Schoof has effectively fallen, after Wilders pulled his party from the coalition.

Importantly, this happens as his PVV is in a (free) fall and centrist parties PvdA/GL-CDA-D66 are polling at 40% together. But is VVD still liberal democratic party?
Geert Wilders trekt PVV terug uit het kabinet-Schoof
Kabinetscrisis: Geert Wilders trekt de PVV terug uit het kabinet-Schoof. In dit liveblog volgt NRC de laatste ontwikkelingen.
www.nrc.nl
June 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Far‐Right Illiberalism in the European Parliament | Article | Politics and Governance
Larissa Böckmann, Sarah L. de Lange, Nathalie Brack, Matthijs Rooduijn
www.cogitatiopress.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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bjarneck.bsky.social
New paper out in @bjpols.bsky.social, co-authored with Emilien Paulis.

Using survey data from 13 European democracies, we show that electoral winners are less supportive of referendums, especially when they are affectively polarized. 1/6

Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425000365
May 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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danbischof.bsky.social
🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.

We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.

What we find is disturbing:

osf.io/preprints/os...
May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social
New publication with @lisajanssen.bsky.social in PolBeh:
Political distrust pushes people away from the status quo, representative democracy. But distrusters are mostly critical citizens: Rather than technocracy or authoritarianism they pull towards direct democracy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Pushing and Pulling: The Static and Dynamic Effects of Political Distrust on Support for Representative Democracy and its Rivals - Political Behavior
Distrust is widely argued to stimulate support for political and institutional change. Yet, there is little agreement among scholars whether distrust pulls people towards rivaling decision-making mode...
link.springer.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM