📢Happy to see our article “Far-righting the mainstream: endogenous drivers of reactionary shifts in western party politics” with @alvarooleart.bsky.social published in Compartive European Politics A short thread 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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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📢 New publication! What drives ordinary citizens to police the behaviour of others during a crisis? This article explores how values, emotions, and perceived costs shaped informal social sanctions and the rise of the so-called “balcony police”. revintsociologia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/re...

In this piece with @aaronreeves.bsky.social for the @lseinequalities.bsky.social blog we talk about the gap between Reform's populist rhetoric and the class backgrounds & pro-business orientation of its party elites. We argue this has important implications for how we think about class.

ENTRE EL DOGMA I EL MIRATGE. Replicabilitat en les ciències socials Eduard Aibar (UOC) Miquel Domènech (UAB) 29/4/2026, 16h-18h Sala d’Actes de la Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres Inscripcións: forms.gle/HnYJMRpw8yHb...

I look grumpy but it was such a pleasure chatting to @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social about polarisation hype In particular, we took our cue from the paper @juanroch.bsky.social @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I co-authored link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 5mo ago

Half the Answer #71: Caitlin and Trent talk with Aurelien Mondon about his recent political science paper outlining the limitations of considering all politics through the lens of "polarization." They discuss the pitfalls of the term and how "polarizing" events and speech can sometimes be positive.

This is something @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I discuss at length in this article As fascism resurges, what we need is more polarisation, as anything less is complicity link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation - Contemporary Political Theory

Contemporary Political Theory - Public discourse about polarisation has become one of the latest hypes in politics, whether it is in the political sphere proper, the media, or academia. Much like...

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This is why polarisation is such an unhelpful term as it encourages this kind of horseshoe theorising Starmer's vision may sound grownup but it's one where politics should be in between democracy and authoritarianism, racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights and fascism and anti-fascism

'No, we don't have to hand it to the far right. No, we don't have to take their grievances as legitimate. No, we don't have to debate them. There can be no compromising in the fight against the far right, reaction or fascism' Some thoughts on @reacpolrn.bsky.social reacpol.net/why-red-lines/

Red Lines: Why we need Red Lines (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This article by Aurelien Mondon discusses the need for red lines in the struggle against reactionary politics.

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Please submit your work to our working paper series!

Reactionary Politics Research Network@reacpolrn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The RPRN's two new publications are open for submissions! Red Lines is a space for political interventions on resisting reaction. The Reactionary Politics Working Paper series aims to publish cutting-edge scholarship on reactionary politics. Submit your work below! reacpol.net/publications/

The paper on the class politics of Reform UK, which I've been working on with @aaronreeves.bsky.social for the last year and a half, is now available as a pre-print on SSRN. These are our main findings. Any feedback is more than welcome. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

On @bsky.app for academia: The post I made about the magnificent article by @juanroch.bsky.social @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social has been cited, according to @altmetric.com, by 3 users with 20,362 followers. On Bluesky it has been cited by 136 users with 913,869 followers

Communication and Social Sciences@comsocsci.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation doi.org/10.1057/s412... Polarization Narrative, Political parties, Public sphere, Democratic expansion @juanroch.bsky.social @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social

A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation doi.org/10.1057/s412... Polarization Narrative, Political parties, Public sphere, Democratic expansion @juanroch.bsky.social @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social

A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation - Contemporary Political Theory

Contemporary Political Theory - Public discourse about polarisation has become one of the latest hypes in politics, whether it is in the political sphere proper, the media, or academia. Much like...

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"Liberal elites often mobilise this ahistorical polarisation narrative because it downplays their involvement in processes of democratic erosion" @juanroch.bsky.social & @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discuss our article on polarisation hype on @reacpolrn.bsky.social 1/ reacpol.net/polarisation...

Interview: On polarisation hype (Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This interview is based on Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas’s article, “A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation.” (2025)

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📣New interview📣 'Processes of democratic erosion started decades ago under neoliberalism, well before the current widespread concerns about polarisation.' @juanroch.bsky.social and @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social critique the polarisation hype. reacpol.net/polarisation...

Interview: On polarisation hype (Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This interview is based on Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas’s article, “A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation.” (2025)

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Our* special issue on economic inequality is available in Qualitative Research in Psychology! Thank you to our contributors www.tandfonline.com/toc/uqrp20/2... * @drsimongoodman.bsky.social @dradamjowett.bsky.social Jackie Abell and Mirko Demasi @ree-uwe.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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DEC@dec-gr.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 Nuevo artículo en @elpais.com que recoge el artículo publicado por @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social y @pedromaaa.bsky.social elpais.com/economia/202...

My new book is out now! Read for an alternative view on populism in Europe, influenced by decolonial theory, feminism and psychoanalysis. I'm available to do book talks in 2026! @populismpsa.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu...

Europe’s Populist Condition

Europe’s Populist Condition; Challenging the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics, this book argues that the main threat to democracy is the exclusionary nature of European democrat...

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ESTO ES IMPORTANTE Si alguien modifica una foto tuya (Photoshop, IA…) para desnudarte o denigrarte: 1. Ve a la web de la ONG stopncii.org 2. Sube la foto original y la modificada. Borrarán la modificada de todas partes en internet. Debes ser mayor de edad y ser foto de ti, no de otros.

Categories in Social Interaction by Kevin Whitehead, Elizabeth Stokoe, and Geoffrey Raymond investigates the situated (re)production of categories, from the most mundane and unremarkable to those most strongly associated with power and privilege. Read more here: www.routledge.com/Categories-i...

Categories in Social Interaction

This book investigates the situated (re)production of categories, from the most mundane and unremarkable to those most strongly associated with power and privilege. By examining the reciprocal relatio...

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Could this have anything to do with the two major parties and all the media hyping far-right narratives and "dining across the divide" increasingly unashamedly in the past couple of years? No, it must be those grassroots "legitimate grievances" I keep hearing about...

New publication! I wrote a conceptual paper reflecting on how to study the material roots of socio-ecological conflicts using a metabolic rift approach. This is the story of how this paper came to be 🧵 doi.org/10.1177/0486...

I am very happy to be a part for MSCA-Rosetta project! rosetta.lero.ie/dr-ana-jovan... Stay tuned for our results! :)

Why do rural dwellers show lower support for green policies? Is it because they prioritise the environment less over material goals, or because they perceive higher costs of green policies? Check out our new article! @environmentalpol.bsky.social @evaanduiza.bsky.social tuit.cat/OP6Ph

The losers of ecological transitions: rural and urban support for green policies in Spain

Green policies can be contentious, with opposition often highlighting rural-urban divides. In this article we measure and analyse the perceptions of harm associated with several green policies (ren...

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Radical right parties in Europe have not moderated. Their positions and rhetoric have entered the mainstream. They have become normalized and legitimized. Unless we understand this, we have little chance of countering their success.

The Economist@economist.com · 8mo ago

In many parts of Europe populist-right parties have moderated as they have grown, shedding unpopular policies and personnel. If anything, the AfD in Germany is growing more radical econ.st/3KSptMm Illustration: Javier Palma

Hello to the BlueSky community! ☀️We are @ijsocialpsychology.bsky.social, a bilingual (Spanish–English) journal that publishes empirical research across all areas of #socialpsychology. Read this thread to learn more about us 🔽

¿Estamos "polarizados" tal y como dice el anuncio de una famosa marca de embutidos? 🤔 "Es la polarización del padrón, unos agreden e outros non", opina @dennyhorror.bsky.social ctxt.es/es/20251201/...

Campofrío y la polarización

Cuando hay nazis, polarizarse es bueno

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Great to see this out! check the thread and the open access article below

Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · 8mo ago

🚨new article🚨 "Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive 🧵Thread🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨new article🚨 "Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive 🧵Thread🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🆕📢 New publication alert! Our article is now out in Social Policy & Administration. W/Dani M. Marinova 🌐Paternity leave, motherhood penalty and Spanish reform onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Paternity Leave and the Motherhood Penalty: How Within‐Couple Inequality–Conditions Policy Impact

Motherhood-related labour market penalties remain a major driver of the gender employment gap. Father-specific paternity leave is often promoted as a policy tool to support maternal employment, yet e...

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Populist hype and horseshoe theory are always used by anti-populists to create an illusion that the far right they enabled to justify the status quo as the lesser of two evils and any real alternative to it (and the status quo) are the same threat More here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Every article by a 'savvy' political analyst reads like a focus group transcript with a low-information voter. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...