Far-righting the mainstream: Endogenous Drivers of the Conservative Authoritarian Turn

The relation between the far-right and the mainstream has been addressed in social sciences by focusing on the rise of far right parties and the pressure that ...

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Far-righting the mainstream: endogenous drivers of reactionary shifts in western party politics - Comparative European Politics

Research on the relationship between the far right and the mainstream has predominantly focused on how far-right electoral success exerts external pressure on mainstream parties, leading them to accom...

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Volt Europa: A Transnational Model of Representation in the EU Multilevel Party Field? | Article | Politics and Governance

Alvaro Oleart, Gilles Pittoors

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The Promises and Pitfalls of EU ‘Democracy Promotion’ in the International Arena: A Decolonial Perspective

Abstract. The European Union has the ambition—and the promise—of being a powerful actor for the promotion of democracy in the international arena, as Europ

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The Promises and Pitfalls of EU ‘Democracy Promotion’ in the International Arena: A Decolonial Perspective

Abstract. The European Union has the ambition—and the promise—of being a powerful actor for the promotion of democracy in the international arena, as Europ

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The Dehumanization of Palestinians by European Commission President von der Leyen: A Decolonial Feminist Analysis

The unconditional support of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Israel following the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 2023, and Israel’s ensuing genocidal aggression on Palestine, ...

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Von der Leyen’s gendered ‘pinkwashing’: Ukrainian women matter more than Palestinian women

We analysed in detail more than 50 speeches by Ursula von der Leyen that touched upon the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine conflicts. We were interested in uncovering how the political subjectivity...

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The Dehumanization of Palestinians by European Commission President von der Leyen: A Decolonial Feminist Analysis

The unconditional support of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Israel following the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 2023, and Israel’s ensuing genocidal aggression on Palestine, ...

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Liberal Democracy under Debate: Dissensus and Competing Conceptions in the European Parliament

This Special Issue examines how democracy is being redefined and contested across the European Union. Moving beyond narratives of democratic backsliding, it ...

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Why AI Technosolutionism Harms Democracy and Deliberation

Technology has recently entered the scene of deliberative democracy, both as a subject of deliberation and as a way to improve deliberative processes. The hegemonic position in this debate within the ...

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Sin publicidad electoral, la IA impulsa a la extrema derecha en los Países Bajos

A la carrera por el Gobierno en Países Bajos se suma el abandono de Meta y Google a la publicidad electoral. Gutiérrez-Rubí explora los dos temas.

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El paradójico legado de Macron: de renovar la democracia europea a renovar la extrema derecha

La inestabilidad política y la debilidad del centro en Francia abren paso a una pugna entre alternativas polarizadas, mientras crece el descontento social y la extrema derecha gana terreno

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El paradójico legado de Macron: de renovar la democracia europea a renovar la extrema derecha

La inestabilidad política y la debilidad del centro en Francia abren paso a una pugna entre alternativas polarizadas, mientras crece el descontento social y la extrema derecha gana terreno

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Why social movements struggle to change the EU: the ‘EU mobilization package’ and the case of DiEM25 - Comparative European Politics

Social movement scholarship has emphasized that progressive ‘Europeanization from below’ may be a breeding ground for major EU reform and democratization. Empirically, however, activists have found it difficult to make gains when targeting the EU. To understand the challenges that activists face in the context of transnational EU mobilization, our article draws from agency-oriented approaches in social movement studies to propose an ‘EU mobilization package’, comprising three recurring strategic dilemmas that activists encounter: (a) the formulation of goals that both address the transnational level and appeal to national or local constituencies, (b) the building of a transnational political organization that is both inclusive and effective, and (c) whether and how to interact with EU institutions, particularly in the context of European Parliament elections. We apply this framework to the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), an organization founded by Yanis Varoufakis in 2016, which is a key example of social movement dissensus to EU politics. Methodologically, we rely on comprehensive interview data, the analysis of a large corpus of DiEM25 online and offline publications, and participant observation of three public events. A discussion of the group’s strategic challenges provides important general lessons for our understanding of social movement mobilization targeting EU politics as well as transnational activism.

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Why social movements struggle to change the EU: the ‘EU mobilization package’ and the case of DiEM25 - Comparative European Politics

Social movement scholarship has emphasized that progressive ‘Europeanization from below’ may be a breeding ground for major EU reform and democratization. Empirically, however, activists have found it difficult to make gains when targeting the EU. To understand the challenges that activists face in the context of transnational EU mobilization, our article draws from agency-oriented approaches in social movement studies to propose an ‘EU mobilization package’, comprising three recurring strategic dilemmas that activists encounter: (a) the formulation of goals that both address the transnational level and appeal to national or local constituencies, (b) the building of a transnational political organization that is both inclusive and effective, and (c) whether and how to interact with EU institutions, particularly in the context of European Parliament elections. We apply this framework to the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), an organization founded by Yanis Varoufakis in 2016, which is a key example of social movement dissensus to EU politics. Methodologically, we rely on comprehensive interview data, the analysis of a large corpus of DiEM25 online and offline publications, and participant observation of three public events. A discussion of the group’s strategic challenges provides important general lessons for our understanding of social movement mobilization targeting EU politics as well as transnational activism.

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Citizenwashing EU Tech Policy: EU Deliberative Mini‐Publics on Virtual Worlds and Artificial Intelligence | Article | Politics and Governance

Perle Petit, Alvaro Oleart

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