"Responsive or Responsible?
On the policy implementation of popular initiative under challenges of international law"
An article by Laurent Bernhard

Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol 5. No. 1) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

"Direct Democracy Integrity in Modern Authoritarian Systems:
The Constitutional Referendum in Turkey 2017 and Russian Plebiscite in 2020"
By Norbert Kersting, Margarita Zavadskaya and Tiphaine Magne
@uni-muenster.de @helsinki.fi

Available in #OpenAccess at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

"The Ideological Drivers Behind the Support for the Use of Direct Democracy among Voters and Parties of Benelux Countries"
An article by Sacha Rangoni and Emilien Paulis @sciencepoulb.bsky.social

Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol 5. No. 1) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

"The Democratic Potential of Community-Based Initiatives"
An article by Kors Visscher, Menno Hurenkamp and Evelien Tonkens

Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol 5. No. 1) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

"Amending and Extending Referendum Ballots:
Innovations in Referendum Literature and Practice"
A literature review by Charlotte C.L. Wagenaar

Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol 5. No. 1) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

#DividedSocieties #CSESBegium #PartyFamily #Belgium #SiblingParties #VoteChoice #Cleavages

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💡The paper offers new perspectives on how party families might contribute to political stability in divided systems

🔎 Check out the figure by party family ⤵️

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💡 Unlike most countries, Belgium lacks national parties; regional “sibling parties” fill the gap
💡 Using the 2019 CSES Belgian dataset, the article shows that these sibling parties attract *similar* voters across regions, especially the Greens and less the liberals

Did you know ?
👉 The sister article on the The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics, by Min Reuchamps, Marleen Brans, Petra Meier and Emilie van Haute (
@emilievh.bsky.social) has been published earlier in PLC : plc-journal.eu/article/view...

💡 In this new "State of the profession" article, the authors present this masterpiece for all political scientists, and beyond, interested in Dutch politics.

#Dutchpolitics #Pillarisation #Populism #Consociationaldemocracy #LowCountries
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#Ministerialadvisers #Politicalelites #Careers
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💡 Reveals recruitment patterns using a unique dataset of 754 advisers and 5828 career positions
💡 Shows that non-cartel parties recruit more outsiders, while cartel parties prefer insiders. Rightwing parties lean toward advisers from the private sector; leftwing parties favor academia/public sector

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💡 Explores how Flemish political parties recruit ministerial advisers, balancing political loyalty and expertise
💡 Introduces a dynamic model combining resources (cartel vs. non-cartel parties) and ideology (left vs. right leaning parties)

#MultilateralPolicymaking #Coordination #NetworkGovernance #Federalisation #Decentralisation #Fragmentation #Coormulti

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