This is the paper discussed in the video:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

PhD students who might be interested in this -- feel free to get in touch! The application deadline is October 27.

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An important piece from the @apsrjournal.bsky.social (by @devorahmanekin.bsky.social and @tmitts.bsky.social) to make sense of ongoing events: it matters not only which tactics are adopted by protesters but also who they are.

Thinking about immigration from a cultural perspective heightens distrust of political opponents—with Adams, @rwillh11.bsky.social and @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social at @bjpols.bsky.social. Might interest scholars of polarization and ideology, and those analyzing open-ended questions. cup.org/3ZajcQ1

The strongest predictors of support for the judicial overhaul are attachment to the leader (Netanyahu) and dislike of partisan opponents (center and left parties), followed by a majoritarian worldview. Populist attitudes were not associated with support.

🚨Why do masses support democratic backsliding?🚨
A new @AJPS_Editor paper with Yotam Margalit, @liorsheffer.bsky.social and Itamar Yakir explores this question in the Israeli context. Our findings emphasize the role of leader attachment and affective polarization.
doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

If you're a political science graduate student interested in doing research in Israel -- take a look at this and feel free to get in touch!
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We rely on text analysis of responses to open-ended questions, following a growing literature that uses this approach. We elaborate on the various steps in the empirical analysis, so that others can follow and improve on what we've done.

People's interpretation of the ideological space varies not only across but also within countries. When considering demographic variables, the age divide strongly conditions respondents’ understanding of the cultural dimension.

Analyzing data from 10 countries, we find significant cross-national variations in how ordinary people think about the economic and cultural dimensions---specifically when it comes to "new politics" issues of immigration and green policies.

רלוונטי לנו הישראלים כאן ועכשיו והיום במיוחד, בזמן שהממשלה מעלה הילוך עם קידום ההפיכה המשטרית -- המלצה בהארץ על ״הלאומנים החדשים״ (שני מאמרים של אן אפלבאום עם אחרית דבר שהוספתי), בהוצאת קרן ברל כצנלסון.

בעוד שהימין הקיצוני מנותח מכל כיוון, אלו בסופו של דבר פוליטיקאים מהמיינסטרים השמרני שבידם להכריע אם הקיצוניים יגיעו לשלטון. בספרון הזה, אן אפלבאום דנה במוטיבציות הפסיכולוגיות שדוחפות שמרנים לידי הפופוליסטים ואני כתבתי אחרית-דבר על תפקיד המרכז-ימין בייצוב ועיצוב הדמוקרטיה ⏬