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Politics of the Low Countries
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Official BlueSky Account of the peer-reviewed diamond open access journal Politics of the Low Countries

Official journal of the ABSP, NKWP, and the VPW

www.plc-journal.eu

Editors-in-chief @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social - @audreyvdleene.bsky.social
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One week left to submit your abstract for the special issue on Democratic Innovations !

#democraticinnovations
plc-journal.bsky.social Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · Sep 30
📢 Call for Papers – Special Issue on Democratic Innovations in the Low Countries

Guest editors: Emilien Paulis (University of Luxembourg), David Talukder (Université de Namur) & @takesipma.bsky.social (Tilburg University)

🗓️ Abstract submissions by October 31

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Call for papers: Special issue "Reinventing Democracy in the Low Countries: Evidence, Insights, and Next Frontiers in Democratic Innovations Research" | Politics of the Low Countries
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October 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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📢 Call for Papers – Special Issue on Democratic Innovations in the Low Countries

Guest editors: Emilien Paulis (University of Luxembourg), David Talukder (Université de Namur) & @takesipma.bsky.social (Tilburg University)

🗓️ Abstract submissions by October 31

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Call for papers: Special issue "Reinventing Democracy in the Low Countries: Evidence, Insights, and Next Frontiers in Democratic Innovations Research" | Politics of the Low Countries
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September 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Happy to announce the publication of my first article in @plc-journal.bsky.social!

👀 Interested in reading more about sibling parties and electoral behaviour in Belgium? Check out the post below 👇

Thank you to my supervisors @marchooghe.bsky.social and @dieterstiers.bsky.social for their guidance
plc-journal.bsky.social Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · Sep 23
📢 New #openaccess publication 📢

📝 Party Families as a Cross-Cutting Cleavage on the Individual Level: The case of Belgium
👤 By Steven De Keyser (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, Voting and Democracy Research Group)
🔗 plc-journal.eu/article/view...
September 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🔦PLC is pleased to spotlight this literature review by Sofie Hennau, Johan Ackaert from our archives "Compulsory Voting and Voter Turnout in the Low Countries: A Qualitative Data Analysis of the Case Vlaams Belang"
🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol. 4 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
September 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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📣Today PLC is also proud to reintroduce this article by Jasper Praet "The Ideological Roots of Populist Radical-Right Climate Scepticism: A Qualitative Data Analysis of the Case Vlaams Belang"
🔓Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol. 4 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
September 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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📂Delving into our archives PLC is pleased to highlight this article by Ruud Wouters, Michiel de Vydt, Luna Staes @uantwerpen.be "Truly Exceptional? Participants in the Belgian 2019 Youth for Climate Protest Wave"
🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol. 4 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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💡Interested in Referendums, Political Parties and Policies in Europe? Politics of the Low Countries is pleased to reintroduce its special issue on the topic!

Available in #OpenAccess

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#OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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📢 New #openaccess publication 📢

📝 Party Families as a Cross-Cutting Cleavage on the Individual Level: The case of Belgium
👤 By Steven De Keyser (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, Voting and Democracy Research Group)
🔗 plc-journal.eu/article/view...
September 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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📣 New publication 📣

We're proud that @sldelange.bsky.social, @tomlouwerse.nl Paul 't Hart & Carolien Van Ham, editors of the Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics chose PLC to discuss & advertise their work 😊

📄 Curious ? Have a read, it's short, impactful & #openaccess: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Very happy to announce that @plc-journal.bsky.social has published an abbreviated version of our introduction to the OUP Handbook of Dutch Politics. It is a concise analysis of how Dutch politics has (not) changed since the heydays of consociationalism plc-journal.eu/article/view...
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September 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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📢 New #openaccess publication 📢

📝 Insiders, Outsiders, and Ideology: Explaining Variation in Ministerial Adviser Recruitment Patterns in Flanders (1999–2020)
👥 By Tom Bellens & Marleen Brans (KU Leuven Public Governance Institute @io-pgi-kuleuven.bsky.social)
🔗 plc-journal.eu/article/view...

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September 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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📢 New Publication Alert 📢

We’re proud to share a new article published in #openaccess🎉

📝 Belgium’s multilateral policymaking in the age of global uncertainty: the strive for coherence and consistency through network governance
👤 By Edouard Xia (UCLouvain)
🔗 plc-journal.eu/article/view...

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September 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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📂PLC is revisiting key articles from its archives. Today we spotlight "Homo, Hunter-gatherer, Habermas"
🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol. 5 No. 2) at:
PhD Summary by Ramon van der Does: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
PhD Review by Florian van Leeuwen: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
August 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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📂PLC is revisiting key articles from its archives. Today we spotlight this PhD summary by Julien Vrydagh @unistuttgart.bsky.social "Unravelling a Mystery"
🔓Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 2) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
#OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience
August 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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📝PLC is proud to reintroduce this PhD summary and its review "Political Legitimacy and Under-representation"
🔓Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol. 5 No. 2)
Summary by David Talukder @sciencepoulb.bsky.social at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
Review by Roberto Foa at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
August 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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📝PLC is pleased to reintroduce this PhD summary and its review "Searching for a Democratic Equalizer"
🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol. 5 No. 2)
Summary by Joke Matthieu available at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
Review by Silvia Erzeel available at : plc-journal.eu/article/view...
August 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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📣Delving into our archives PLC is pleased to highlight this state of the profession by Ramon van der Does
"Doing Political Science on the Eve of Destruction"
🔓Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 2) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view... #OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience
August 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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📣Today PLC is proud to reintroduce this state of the profession by Dounia Bourabain "The University in Crisis:
Why (Neoliberal) Diversity Is Not the Answer"
🔗Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 2) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view.... #OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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📁PLC is revisiting key articles from its archives. Today we spolight the article by
Nina Barzachka. "Using Process-Tracing to Evaluate Competing Accounts of Proportional Representation in Belgium"
🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

#OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience
July 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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📂Delving into our archives, PLC is proud to highlight the article "Assessing Basic Income Feasibility Political Parties’ Positions on the French-Speaking Belgian Scene"
By Floriane Geels
🔗Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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📣PLC is pleased to reintroduce this state of the profession by
@rebeccagebauer.bsky.social, Min Reuchamps, @luanarusso.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social "Insight into Gender Authorship in Politics in the Low Countries"!
🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
July 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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☀️ Summer is the perfect time to reflect and plan ahead!

Thinking about your next publication project? Consider hosting a special issue with Politics of the Low Countries !

📢 We're now accepting proposals, deadline to submit : 8 September

Find your co-guest editor, and let's go 😊
plc-journal.bsky.social Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · Jul 7
📢 Call for Special Issue Proposals 📢

PLC invites proposals for a special issue, focusing on a key political science theme relevant to the Low Countries, ideally connecting local developments to broader international or comparative debates.

#OpenPublishing #Openaccess #DiamondOpenAccess

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July 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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For all the people who didn't have time to read my dissertation back-to-back:

(I'm guessing that's everyone 😄)

The journal PLC published a 1000-word summary I wrote of my dissertation, with a review from my favourite author of my PhD: Dr. LaFleur Stephens-Dougan from Pinceton University.

Enjoy!
plc-journal.bsky.social Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · Jul 18
How do voters react to diversity in politics? How do voters feel about to women, ethnic minority, and Muslim politicians, and how do these groups respond to in-group politicians?

💎 New double publication in #openaccess 💎

👉By @sbvanoosten.bsky.social and LaFleur Stephens-Dougan

#OpenPublishing

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July 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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How do voters react to diversity in politics? How do voters feel about to women, ethnic minority, and Muslim politicians, and how do these groups respond to in-group politicians?

💎 New double publication in #openaccess 💎

👉By @sbvanoosten.bsky.social and LaFleur Stephens-Dougan

#OpenPublishing

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July 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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📢 Call for Special Issue Proposals 📢

PLC invites proposals for a special issue, focusing on a key political science theme relevant to the Low Countries, ideally connecting local developments to broader international or comparative debates.

#OpenPublishing #Openaccess #DiamondOpenAccess

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July 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM