📚 In our Collection on #Polarisation in #Turkey Competitive yet unfair: May 2023 elections and authoritarian resilience in Turkey 🆓Read the article by @berkesen.bsky.social, @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social, and H. Yavuzyılmaz 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 SESP #ArticleCollections Polarised #Turkey? Citizens, #parties and #elections under competitive authoritarianism 🎯Introduction by @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social 🔗Read here ⬇️ tandfonline.com/journals/fse...

📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight #Italy Playing populist: the relationship of convenience between populist language and demarcationist ideological positions in the Italian parliament (1948-2020) READ article by @silviadecadri.bsky.social & Fedra Negri tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe A bitter victory and a sweet defeat: the July 2023 Spanish general election READ the article by @tonirodon.bsky.social and @irenerodriguez.bsky.social tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 In our Collection on #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe Gender equality policies in #Turkey’s opposition municipalities: factors that impact policy-making according to gender advocates READ article by Ebru Ertugal and Itir Bagdadi here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡Nicolò Bellanca, Alberto Gherardini, Mauro Maltagliati & Gianmaria Pessina FIND…💡 #Italy #Mezzogiorno regions defy the North-South social capital divide regarding pro-environment behaviour Read it here 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight The nationalisation of subnational elections in polarised #Spain: the May 2023 regional and local elections 🆓Read the article by @amuitz.bsky.social & @priera.bsky.social 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡Yannis Tsirbas FINDS…💡 ‘The parliamentary election of May 2023 in #Greece marks a shift towards a predominant party system, somewhat reversing a period of stabilisation and a return of two-partyism’ READ the article here 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡 Vasiliki Triga, N. Ioannidis & C. Djouvas FIND…💡 in the 2023 Presidential Election in #Cyprus ‘the winning candidate garnered a diverse electorate, reflecting the varied ideologies of supporting parties’ Read the article here #OpenAccess tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚 In our Collection on #Polarisation in #Turkey #Polarisation and #youth in #Turkey: young people as gatekeepers or challengers of polarisation? 📚Read the article by Begüm Uzun and Demet Lüküslü 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 in Turkey's 2023 elections the campaign was "primarily defined by the ongoing Kulturkampf, rooted in three [] divisions: ethnic, religious and sectarian, and cultural" Read the article by E. Kalaycioglu, O. Yegen & @mertmoral.bsky.social 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #OpenAccess #Malta "[Malta's 2024 European Parliament election] resembled a national election in every respect except that the government's hold on power was not directly at stake" Read the article by @martami.bsky.social & R. Pace here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

As Italy debates electoral reform and women's role in politics, a timely read from our recent research: 📊 Barbieri & Pansardi weigh 30 years of Italian cabinets with their 'Political Power of Roles’ model. ⚖️ More seats ≠ more power. 📄 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Greece the 2024 Greek EP election confirms the SOE model: record-low turnout and historic ND losses, but driven by economic dissatisfaction Read the article by S. Bolgherini, A.-C. Gkotinakos, and @efteperoglou.bsky.social here 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Turkey "the fragmentation of Islamism challenges the binary between autocratic Islamism and democratic secularism" Read the article by @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Turkey "the rise of regime cleavage is not merely a structural phenomenon, but a deliberate process strategically driven by opposition leaders" Read the article by @berkesen.bsky.social, Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi & Hakan Yavuzyılmaz here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #OpenAccess #Turkey High affective polarisation in Turkey’s 2023 election boosted incumbent AKP loyalty, helping the party withstand severe challenges Read the article by @seaytac.bsky.social, @sedairmak.bsky.social, @busrask.bsky.social 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡#Turkey #OpenAccess ‘Cultural conflict alone cannot explain democratic satisfaction’ S. Toros, G. Zeybek Kabakçı and E. Toros analyse Democratic #backsliding and democratic satisfaction in #Turkey 🔓Read the article 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 "evaluations of government performance influenced voter behaviour more than EU-related issues" …in the 2024 European elections in Italy. Read the article by N. Maggini, D. Angelucci, L. Carrieri & E. Mannoni here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #OpenAccess #Turkey "partisan loyalty is a more powerful force than policy performance in shaping voter behavior" Read the article by Ali Carkoglu, Yasushi Hazama, Cansu Paksoy & Simge Andi here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

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💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Spain "in 2024 EP elections, the more left leaning the voters, the more attention they paid to issues related to the EU when deciding how to vote, almost as much as to national issues" Read the article by Pablo Simón & Anna Bosco here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #OpenAccess "EU attitudes become particularly relevant when it comes to voting for one of the three Eurosceptic parties (CDU, BE, and Chega)" in #Portugal Read the article by Tiago Silva & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #OpenAccess #Cyprus The election of Fidias Panayiotou to the EP "not only challenges the utility of party machinery but also underscores the rise of digital populism" Read the article by V. Triga & N. Ioannidis👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Turkey "national elections provide an ideal context to observe how foreign policy issues are domesticated by populist politicians in their contest for power" Read the article by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

📢 in our #NewIssue (31/2) #FreeAccess ⏳until June 30 Rogeiro Nina, Belchior & Brás show that media salience of economic issues amplifies voters' perceptions and shapes incumbent accountability in #Portugal (2002–2024). Read the article here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

Heading to #ECPG26? 🎓 Our editor, @bonniefield.bsky.social, will be available to meet If you want to... 👩‍💻 Learn more about the journal 📖 Ask questions about submissions 💡 Discuss your paper and special issue ideas 👉 e-mail us at sespeditors@gmail.com to arrange a meeting...

Heading to #ECPG26 next week? 🎓 Our editor, @bonniefield.bsky.social, will be available to meet If you want to... 👩‍💻 Learn more about the journal 📖 Ask questions about submissions 💡 Discuss your paper and special issue ideas 👉 e-mail us at sespeditors@gmail.com to arrange a meeting...

📢 in our #NewIssue (31/2) #OpenAccess Jalali shows how Chega's rise reconfigured religious voting in #Portugal: practising Catholics resist the party (vaccine effect), while cultural Catholics drive its support. Read the article here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

📢 in our #NewIssue (31/2) #OpenAccess Costa, Jalali & Silva examine youth turnout and voting in Portugal (2002–2024), finding no widening of the youth turnout gap and that political dissatisfaction drove youth support for #Chega in 2024. Read here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...