Cool @ecprtheloop.bsky.social piece by Flora Baumgartner on the car as part of the "culture wars". This does have a much longer precedent, however. One of the first right-wing populist parties in Europe was the Autopartei in Switzerland, founded in 1984

My love, my car: inside right-wing transport policy

Opposition to sustainable transport projects is growing, because of distributive and identity grievances familiar from broader climate policy. Flora Baumgartner looks at how transport policies are con...

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"Whereas polarization suggests a symmetric process of divergence between opposing camps in an opinion space, radicalization describes a directional process of identitydriven escalation that undermines pluralism and democratic rules, often reshaping the broader political field in its wake." ⤵️

Petter Törnberg@pettertornberg.com · 3mo ago

‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

I'm working on a project on cross-national young gender gap that shows dif patterns. The below w ESS & CSES data show 1. Dif in ideology (id=standardized by country) btwn young men & women, where x is year & y is standard deviations 2. Young men & women ideology relative to other age-gender groups

Seva@seva.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I've now seen four separate pieces accusing John Burn-Murdoch (Financial Times, you've seen his stuff before) of messing with his data on four separate occasions: 1. isitcredible.com/cases 2. unherd.com/newsroom/the... 3. github.com/James-Traina... 4. blog.albertkuo.me/post/2024-01...

We should really be concerned about academic freedom in Finland. Recently, Health Minister Wille Rydman intervened in social work research funding by personally reviewing research proposals and rejecting those he deemed ”insufficiently justified given the current fiscal situation”.

🔔Our colleague Daniel Fredriksson has recently published an article in Social Forces analysing earned income tax credits and in-work poverty in comparative perspective. Read here academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a... #Sociology #Inequality #Poverty #Research #UppsalaUniversity

Can earned income tax credits earn their keep?: earned income tax credits and in-work poverty in comparative perspective

Abstract. Do earned income tax credits (EITCs) reduce in-work poverty? EITCs are tax instruments that promote income from work over income from transfer sy

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New paper with @bjoernbremer.bsky.social and @catherinedevries.bsky.social out! The Limits of Public Support for Fiscal Consolidation: Survey Evidence From Great Britain (1/7) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Do you want to become a Wallander Scholar at the Uppsala Economy and Society Lab, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University? Our department has opened a new call. #AcademicJobs #WallanderScholar #Sociology #UppsalaUniversity

🎉 New publication 😍 The 4th wave of the #farright is marked by #mainstreaming & #normalisation - but how can we distinguish between them? In our new article, @gefjonoff.bsky.social and I map the existing literature, introduce a conceptual framework & outline research avenues. doi.org/10.1017/S147...

For the FES, I wrote a short brief about how mainstream party strategies have fueled far-right success. They move toward more anti-immigration positions to win voters back. This does not work, but shifts public opinion to the right. Parties then react to shifts in public opinion. A vicious cycle.

When the United States gets through this period of madness, it will need to draft a new constitution. What we are witnessing is not only the erratic behavior of one man, or even a small group of fanatics, but a failure of political institutions. [1/3]

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 · 9mo 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

Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde

This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde

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The far right will be the dominant force on the right in Europe within the next 5-10 years. Most focus is still on how to prevent this but imho too many mistakes have been made that have created path dependencies. We need to focus more on what it means for our democracies when we reach this stage.

Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Strongly suspect that this is what will happen here in 28/9. Tories will replace Badenoch with a leader prepared to try it and Farage (as per 2019 but this time as the senior partner) will continue to deny he'll do a stand-down deal - right up until the point he does one.

To expand on why this is a ridiculous claim: the Netherlands uses all paper ballots marked with a red pencil. Voting and counting are decentralized and conducted by volunteers; anyone who wants to can come watch. Among the most trustworthy elections in the world. www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/...

Welke regels gelden er als ik wil kijken bij het tellen van de stemmen?

Als de stemming is gesloten, starten de leden van elk stembureau met het tellen van de stemmen. U mag hiernaar komen kijken. De voorzitter van het stembureau zorgt ervoor dat het tellen goed verloopt.

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Matt Steinglass@mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Dutch anti-Muslim populist Geert Wilders goes full Trump, claiming on X after he lost the election that there are reports of vote fraud. Also claimed the election authority was not neutral. Tearing down the pillars of Dutch democracy. nos.nl/l/2588722

🚨 Evergreen Post 🚨 Like almost every other West European election in this century, the Dutch election is not about “populism” but about nativism, i.e. xenophobic nationalism.

Finland, a country with a 10% unemployment rate, has now decided that being unemployed shows that you aren't "successfully integrated" and therefore don't deserve citizenship.

Parliament approves further tightening of Finland's citizenship laws

The latest changes mean that an applicant will be denied a Finnish passport if they have relied on social welfare benefits for more than three months over a two-year period.

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