@eljorobado.bsky.social and I have a new book w/ @universitypress.cambridge.org on affective and instrumental attitudes toward fascism in Italy and France. A useful tool ahead of the 2027 national elections in both countries featuring highly relevant far right contestants. @ceudeminst.bsky.social

Comparative analysis of the far right in Latin America, linking backlash against social inclusion to global democratic transformations The Far Right in Latin America (eds. Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, @eljorobado.bsky.social, Talita Tanscheit & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social) https://cup.org/3RCm2wh

The Far Right in Latin America

Cambridge Core - Latin American Government, Politics and Policy - The Far Right in Latin America

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In this paper we use data from Argentina to contribute to the debate about the dangers of polarisation. We explore if partisans rely on regime stereotypes to stigmatise rivals; are more emotional in victory/defeat; and display conditional democratic commitments journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Strong Partisans, Conditional Democrats? Partisanship and Reactions to Electoral Outcomes in Argentina - Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, Carlos Meléndez, 2025

Partisans who back self-interested illiberal measures jeopardize democracy. We explore important precursors of support for backsliding using survey and focus gr...

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NEW First online article 🔔 #openaccess How does the populist radical right use local office to pursue national political ambitions? #Peru #Populism #politicalambition @eljorobado.bsky.social @zsofiabocskay.bsky.social @sagepub.com journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Urbi et Orbi: Local Power and National Aspiration in Peru's Populist Radical Right - Zsofia Bocskay, Carlos Meléndez, 2025

How does the populist radical right (PRR) use local office to pursue national political ambitions? This article analyzes the case of Rafael López Aliaga, mayor ...

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Strong partisans, conditional democrats? Partisanship and reactions to electoral outcomes in Argentina ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid... Paper forthcoming in @cpsjournal.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @egocantos.bsky.social and Carlos Melendez

✍️ Peru’s democracy is eroding not through aspiring autocrats but through exhaustion. Entrenched informality hollows out authority and turns governance into a marketplace of deals rather than a system of rules, @eljorobado.bsky.social argues in his op-ed. 🇵🇪🇵🇪 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3hdcnjjb

We continue with Daphne Halikiopoulou (University of York, @dafnoukos.bsky.social) presenting work on ethnic vs civic nationalism in speeches by far right leaders in Europe and Latin America 🇪🇺🌎 (joint work with Carlos Meléndez @eljorobado.bsky.social and Lisa Zanotti @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social)

Next up, Carlos Meléndez (Lisbon University, @eljorobado.bsky.social) presents work on voters' responses to authoritarian stances by political leaders, with survey experimental data from Brazil 🇧🇷. (joint work with Ezequiel González Ocantos @egocantos.bsky.social)

Cool to be listed in the "Top 10 Political Science Scholars by Region" (Latin America), global ranking of research productivity elaborated by @joan-barcelo.bsky.social et al., published in @pspolisci.bsky.social , under the Top Publications category. The link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📌 This Wednesday 26/2, join @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social & @eljorobado.bsky.social , as they present their research on the psychological, ideological, and attitudinal drivers of authoritarian support in Italy, with a focus on the 2022 Italian elections. Learn more and register here🔗 buff.ly/3Xe2uOG

¿Cuál es la funcionalidad de nuestra polarización ? “Tengo la impresión de que la disincronía entre la polarización de las élites con la polarización de la sociedad va a generar, tarde o temprano, un caso paradójico de contrapolarización” elcomercio.pe/opinion/colu...

Contrapolarización

“Las élites políticas insisten en el enfrentamiento y las tácticas son las mismas, pues se trata de estigmatizar al otro como corrupto o antidemocrático”.

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🚨 Call for papers 🚨 "Contesting the Far Right, Safeguarding Democracy: Comparative Insights from Europe and Latin America" Central European University, 22-23/9/2025 Organised by @dafnoukos.bsky.social & Carlos Meléndez democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/CfP...

Very happy to co-organize with @dafnoukos.bsky.social the 2nd Democratic Expeditions Workshop this September in Budapest at CEU-Democracy Institute We’re looking for comparative studies of the far-right in Latin America and Europe Proposals welcome here: democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/CfP...

How can we combat the far right and safeguard democracy? Delighted to be organising the next 'Democratic Expeditions' workshop with @eljorobado.bsky.social at CEU, together with FES next September- info and Call for Papers below. Join us in Budapest! democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/CfP...

Our January 2024 issue (Vol.56, No.2) is now available: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

It was really insightful to finally get to present our paper on populism anti-populism and moralization at the POPULISMUS workshop in Thessaloniki :)

Nuestra intervención en el debate sobre por qué los chilenos le dijeron “no” a la nueva constitución en 2022. Pasen y lean!

Comparative Politics@comppol.bsky.social · 3y ago

New article on Fast Track by @egocantos.bsky.social & @eljorobado.bsky.social, "Rethinking the Role of Issue-Voting in Referenda: Conjoint and Vote Choice Analyses of Preferences for Constitutional Change in Chile,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

Why did Chileans vote against a new constitution in the 2022 referendum? What is the text or the context? Leveraging a conjoint experiment and vote-choice models based on original f2f survey data, this article finds that second-order preferences ruled the day.

New article on Fast Track by @egocantos.bsky.social & @eljorobado.bsky.social, "Rethinking the Role of Issue-Voting in Referenda: Conjoint and Vote Choice Analyses of Preferences for Constitutional Change in Chile,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...