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The would-be autocrats’ toolkit: what do incumbents do when they undermine democracy? | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core The would-be autocrats’ toolkit: what do incumbents do when they undermine democracy?

📖 Leader-driven democratic decline 📉

Creating a 'toolkit' of over 400 actions used by would-be autocrats, @jmvanlit.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham make it easier to compare cares, spot patterns and understand when and why #autocratization succeeds

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Authority transfer and governmental legal contestation before the court of justice of the EU | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Authority transfer and governmental legal contestation before the court of justice of the EU

🆕 Does authority transfer lead to greater legal contestation? 🧑‍⚖️

@detershenning.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy & @jonasbornemann.bsky.social look at #AuthorityTransfer and #EuropeanIntegration since the 1990s and find rising opposition to lawmaking, implementing and enforcing.

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“Do I want it if we’ll lose it?” Democratic preferences of national minorities in federal states | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core “Do I want it if we’ll lose it?” Democratic preferences of national minorities in federal states

🆕 "Do I want it if we'll lost it?' #DemocraticPreferences

C.Niessen, S.Mueller & M.Reuchamps use survey data from 🇧🇪 🇨🇦🇨🇭to determine whether national or linguistic minorities prefer different decision-making methods thans majority members .

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Latest issue | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core European Political Science Review

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🆕 17:3 presents the latest #PolSci research covering topics including #Immigration opinions, #Decentralisation in Europe, the utility of #Discrimination and so much more!

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Interview-based datasets for quantitative research on the Council of the EU: a systematic review and future developments | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Interview-based datasets for quantitative research on the Council of the EU: a systematic review and future developments - Volume 17 Issue 3

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Nicolas Bicchi & Javier Arregui look at five major datasets 📊 to review what interview-based studies has uncovered about how the #CounciloftheEU 🇪🇺 make decisions.

Is the future of expert interviews up for debate? 🤷

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Deliberative reason and the effect of minipublic configurations | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Deliberative reason and the effect of minipublic configurations - Volume 17 Issue 3

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How to improve discussions in #MiniPublics? 🤝

Francesco Veri & Simon Niemeyer look at the impact that common #Democratic tools had across 22 mini-publics, noting that these elements can weaken the quality of discussion.

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A rightful condition for Europe | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core A rightful condition for Europe - Volume 17 Issue 3

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This author is calling for a constitutional overhaul. 🗞️

@erikoer.bsky.social argues that the EU's 🇪🇺 success is dependent on not sovereign power, but instead by joint lawmaking and a binding judicial system🧑‍⚖️.

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The utility of discrimination: religious discrimination and governmental legitimacy in Christian-majority countries | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core The utility of discrimination: religious discrimination and governmental legitimacy in Christian-majority countries - Volume 17 Issue 3

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Do governments discriminate minorities because it is politically popular? 🚨

@arielzellman.bsky.social & Jonathan Fox look at 58 Christian-majority countries between 1990 & 2014 to decide if where discrimination is popular, politicians appeal

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Quality of government and public support for taxation for climate change mitigation: evidence from 135 European regions | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Quality of government and public support for taxation for climate change mitigation: evidence from 135 European regions - Volume 17 Issue 3

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Is better policy design needed to boost support for #ClimateAction? 🌍🤷

Dragana Davidovic uses 135 regions in 15 🇪🇺 countries to see if government function is more important than citizens values when it comes to policy support.

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Labour market risks and preferences for EU unemployment insurance: the effect of automation, globalization and migration concerns | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Labour market risks and preferences for EU unemployment insurance: the effect of automation, globalization and migration concerns - Volume 17 Issue 3

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Economic shifts are changing how European citizens vote?

These authors (🧵⬇️) look at how different job worries lead to different political preferences across 13 European 🇪🇺 countries.

What kind of #Europe do citizens want to see?

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How is #Decentralisation affecting #Populism? 🤨

Using data across 30 🇪🇺 countries, Laura Cabeza Pérez finds that #Decentralisation may indirectly help populist parties. contingent on the degree of regional authority.

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What about elite manipulation in deliberative mini-publics? Examining threats and resilience in the Ostbelgien model | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core What about elite manipulation in deliberative mini-publics? Examining threats and resilience in the Ostbelgien model - Volume 17 Issue 3

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The impact of elite manipulation? 🤷

Nino Junius proposes a framework that analyses elite influences during the inpt, throughput and output stages of mini-publics to determine how 🇩🇪 & 🇧🇪 citizens are being targeted by powerful elites.

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Broadening #Immigration studies @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social & Federico Vegetti look across 13 European democracies 🇪🇺 to determine whether public immigration preferences relate to socio-political indicators or underlying societal mechanics. 💭

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Beyond rationality. Toward a more comprehensive understanding of the use of negative campaigning | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Beyond rationality. Toward a more comprehensive understanding of the use of negative campaigning - Volume 17 Issue 3

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Arguing that current views on #NegativeCampaigning are too narrow, these authors (🧵⬇️) outline a complete model building on personality traits, values, social norms and attitudes toward #NegativeCampaigning across 12 elections 🇩🇪

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Participatory democracy and participatory research | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Participatory democracy and participatory research - Volume 17 Issue 3

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Bridging the gap between #ParticipatoryDemocracy & #ParticipatoryResearch, the authors (🧵⬇️) ask what they can learn from each other, offering a critical reflection on how shared commitments of both fields can be realised. 🤔

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