Just out and open access doi.org/10.1075/jlp.... on #Euroscepticism & how the antagonized discourse used by the mainstream in the EP reinforces #populism and provides for its consolidation, while weakening the possible impact of thr legitimizing representation of #Euroscepticism in the EP

It takes two to tango

Abstract Recent analyses examine the role of crisis in the emergence of the populist/anti- populist discourse and the confluence of populism and Euroscepticism at the party level. In this article, the study focuses on the analysis of the main political actors in the EU institutions, by examining the channels and discourses adopted by different actors in the (de)legitimation of the EU. The focus is on the transnational contestation (DiEM25, Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 and VOLT), following the model of analysis of the mutual construction and reproduction. The analysis shows that the antagonized discourse used by the mainstream narrative further reinforces populism and provides a breeding ground for populism to consolidate itself, while weakening the possible impact of the legitimizing representation of Euroscepticism in the EP.

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Glad someone senior from the sector is pushing back. Labour MPs need to understand the serious real anger from graduates and the people who produce them. And the dangerous financial situation they have allowed to fester, or indeed worsened, in one of Britain’s leading sectors.

Labour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head says

LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance

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In our latest paper, Zsófia Papp examines how citizens in five European democracies (France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, and Poland) evaluate multidimensional legislative responsiveness #Europe #Politics #Representation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Asymmetric Accountability: A Causal Test of Multidimensional Legislative Responsiveness in Five European Democracies

This study examines how citizens in five European democracies (France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, and Poland) evaluate multidimensional legislative responsiveness. Utilising a conjoint experiment wit...

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Does non-voting incur a partisan bias? Relying on the 2019 & 2021 Canadian Election Study, @mattpolacko.bsky.social finds non-voters have a predicted higher intention of #voting for leftist parties because young & low earners are much less likely to vote. #cdnpoli www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Partisan Bias of Non-Voters in Canada and the Consequences for Representative Democracy

Low turnout incurs greater turnout inequality and can induce partisan bias. Canada suffers from low turnout and large disparities in turnout. The close margins of recent federal elections raise que...

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In our latest paper, Judith de Jong constructs a typology of not feeling politically represented by drawing on experiences of negative political representation across minoritised groups in Western European countries – France, Germany, and the Netherlands www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Not Feeling Politically Represented: A Typology and Comparison

Scholarship considers that political representation fails when the identities and interests of minorities are invisible in legislative bodies. But what does ‘not feeling politically represented’ me...

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In our latest paper, Paula Perez Romero draws on electoral and survey data to show how legacies help authoritarian successor parties remain competitive and persistence of these legacies in Taiwan's political system #Taiwan #Politics #Representation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Authoritarian Legacies and the Kuomintang's Electoral Performance in the 2024 Election

Following the Kuomintang's defeats in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, the party's decline was attributed to the rise of a stronger Taiwanese identity and its pro-China image. However, the...

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Do MPs win votes by speaking for their region? Jaeu Im and Sinjae Kang analyze 1,600 Korean legislators' committee speeches and find party elites reward breadth of regional talk as competence, but voters barely respond #KoreanPolitics #Representation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Speaking for Votes: The Electoral Returns of Region-Focused Rhetoric in Korean Legislative Committee

This study examines how substantive geographic representation – measured by the frequency and concentration of regional references in committee speeches – affects both party nomination and electora...

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This article makes an obvious point but offers a shallow analysis. You cannot understand MAGA’s victory without academia’s transformation under neoliberalism and without the relentless “anti-woke” propaganda of reactionary centrists in key “liberal” institutions like The Atlantic and NYT.

The Campus Free Speech Wars Are Over. MAGA Won.

The right spent years trying to convince us that campus lefties were authoritarians in waiting. But then an actual authoritarian became president.

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Why do fewer people want the government to do more about climate change than five years ago? Maybe because the government is doing something about it. I wrote about how public opinion on net zero is (ironically?) like a thermostat: open.substack.com/pub/drmatthe...

The Global Warming Thermostat

Why the public has stopped turning up the heat on climate policy action

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Was Messi playing?

What a brilliant example of self-promotion from the BBC

Using the Canadian Election Study, David Talukder & Ruth Dassonneville investigate if citizens consider political representation as important, whether expectations are met, and the consequences for satisfaction with democracy #Representation #Politics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Expectation Gap: Citizens’ Expectations for and Evaluations of Democratic Representation

Concerns about a potential erosion of political support in established democracies have motivated scholars to study the failure of democratic institutions in realising democratic representation. Ye...

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Well, that was shit

Our latest Mile End Institure/Savanta poll finds Labour on course to win the next Mayor of London election & remain the largest party in the Assembly. @savanta.bsky.social @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy @mileendinstitute.bsky.social @devolvedelections.bsky.social www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Sadiq Khan 'on course' to win fourth term as London Mayor

Exclusive: Sir Sadiq would be re-elected to City Hall in 2028 after second preference votes are transferred, according to a new poll

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Morning! Don't let this be the first face you see, mind. Me for @the-independent.com

There’s one thing that could revive Nigel Farage’s flagging fortunes

For years, I’ve watched the Reform leader’s remarkable political rise – and yet, says Professor Tim Bale, even after a string of poor by-election showings and the simmering scandal over a £5 million ‘...

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Quoted by @afp.com and @barrons.com on Latin America’s resurgent right after Colombia’s election. The key point: these victories are less a uniform ideological shift than the rise of personalistic leaders able to build contingent anti-incumbent coalitions. www.barrons.com/news/latin-a...

Latin America's Resurgent Right Notches Another Win In Colombia

Populist leaders are sweeping into power across Latin America, with Colombian voters the latest to embrace hardline right-wing politics -- but will the trend last?

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Four people in hospital after knife attacks in Edinburgh. An arrest made. BBC report say man shouted about "protecting the country". Sone signs the attacks near a mosque at petrol station & pizzeria may have had anti-Muslim or anti-migrant/minority motives (tbc) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Four in hospital after bare-chested man with weapon roams around Edinburgh

A man was seen battering the door of a pizzeria as members of the public run away on Friday night.

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I was on Radio 4’s Today in Parliament yesterday, discussing the assisted dying bill. We talked about how the Parliament Acts might be used to pass the bill, and how changes can still be made to it. Around 7:35 in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: World Cup contenders England beat Croatia 4-2 in the best match of the tournament so far. nyti.ms/4owNQ1k

Today is the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Jo Cox. Her sister Kim, who has since become the MP in Batley and Spen, talks about Jo's legacy and the need to find more common ground today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kim Leadbeater urges country to find 'common ground' 10 years after Jo Cox murder

Spen Valley MP Kim Leadbeater reflects a decade after her sister was murdered in Birstall.

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Possibly time to reconsider the phrase "anti-immigration protesters" tbh www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

Muslims locked in mosque ‘for their safety’ amid Glasgow violence

John Swinney has condemned anti-immigration protesters who targeted minorities, as demonstrations over the Belfast stabbing spread to Scotland

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In our latest article, Georg Wenzelburger argues that policy responsiveness has been discussed in political science, but it should also include theories of representation, political psychology, political communication research & policy studies Take a look! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Emotional Responsiveness in an Age of Insecurity A Conceptual Proposal and a Research Agenda

Policy responsiveness to the preferences of the citizen’s has been a major topos of academic discussions in political science in recent years. Much ink has been spilled on questions like whether re...

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Is it rational to expect to win elections? @mbarnfield.bsky.social argues so-called "wishful thinking" about election outcomes is part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/IbHauRb @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Always chuffed to get a spot in one of the world's great papers, the @financialtimes.com, not least when I'm writing about something I really care about. But while I'm a long-term advocate for electoral reform, I do think we need to be realistic (and principled) about what, when and how.

Electoral reform for the UK? Don’t bet on it

Fractured party politics and enthusiasm from Labour’s hopefuls are not a sign of imminent proportional voting

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Aún me cuesta creer que se nos fue Raúl. Mis condolencias a su familia y amigos cercanos.

harmodio@harmodio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Buen camino, profe Raúl Pacheco Vega. Fuiste y serás siempre el investigador más chido.

In case this week's record-breaking heatwave and/or criticism of net zero from Tony Blair have you thinking about the status of climate change in British politics, I did some polling: open.substack.com/pub/drmatthe... 1/4

Reform UK: the political home of climate scepticism in Britain

As Tony Blair challenges net zero amid a record-breaking May heatwave, new data on what British voters think about environmental policy

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North London Forever!

Miguel Arteta Laughing

ALT: Miguel Arteta Laughing

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#Research 💡 In this ever-more repressive period, radically different and ambitious approaches are needed to protect a free and democratic civic space. The latest research by the European Democracy Hub suggests original ideas for this emerging phase. Discover 👉 https://ow.ly/TvcU50YBFm0

The brutality of the Israeli regime knows no boundaries. They kill almost at random and make life impossible for those that survive the killings. While the U.S. is the most important protector of this rogue state, most European countries have done nothing to hold it accountable either.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 3mo ago

According to the Lebanese National News Agency, these panels supply the town with electricity, which is needed for its water supply, and Israel destroyed homes, roads and olive trees as well.

I'm so glad to see this coming out, a really insightful piece on policymaking in authoritarian countries. Sadly, a very topical issue.

Women in Legislative Studies@winls.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What explains differences in policymaking processes and outcomes across authoritarian regimes even when they share regime type, policy challenges and goals? @emisimison.bsky.social (@qmulsse.bsky.social) proposes a novel framework in @govjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gove...