Andreas Eder-Ramsauer

Abstract for the article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41296-025-00779-4

🚨new article🚨

"Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today

Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive

🧵Thread🧵

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The narrative construction of political competence: challenging the expert/amateur binary in Japan’s foreign and security policy - International Politics Whether expertise or amateurism is attributed to political leaders can play a pivotal role in their success. This article analyzes the dissemination of such reputations, focusing on the perceived fore...

Were former Japanese Prime Ministers Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan security policy amateurs? Conversely, was Abe Shinzō an expert? How and why do reputations for expertise and amateurism emerge and spread? For some answers, see my new article with Björn Jerdén.

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Following up on the two recent #FutureHistories episodes with Aaron Benanav (@abenanav.bsky.social), here you'll find the full versions of his new papers #BeyondCapitalism 1 & 2 -> buff.ly/k23voql

Must read!

Find the two episodes here:
Ep1 -> buff.ly/MkPKGXT
Ep2 -> buff.ly/dqWZ5Q3

Thank you so much for a great talk!

テッサ・モリスースズキ先生による、ラムザイヤー氏の在日コリアンに関する論文 (Social Capital and the Problems of Opportunistic Leadership: The Example of Koreans in Japan) の徹底的な反論とファクトチェックです。ラムザイヤー氏の元論文はThe European Journal of Law and Economicという学術誌のオンライン版に2021月2月に発表されたものでした。
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🚨 Registration still open! Come to Vienna and discuss (un)democratic futures with/through the Japanese experience. All details here: vsjf2025.univie.ac.at

Given yesterday's election result in Japan, please consider joining this conference (📅November 7-9). It offers many perspectives on why parties like Sanseitô are successful, and how democratic livable futures might be attainable.

👉See the full program here: vsjf2025.univie.ac.at/program/

📢 New article with @bolandeira.bsky.social in JCES!

Can left populism embrace anti-racism & queer politics - or must it stick to patriotism to reach “the people”?

We reply to Rojas-Andrés, Mazzolini & Custodi with a French case: the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.👇

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🗓️ What does historic memory mean politically in hyperpoltical times? Join us Friday 13th (June) to discuss with great people such as @tomomiyg.bsky.social and @eltschiggolo.bsky.social at the University of Vienna or online. More: vsjf2025.univie.ac.at/undemocratic...

The rise of end times fascism The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM

My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.

Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Childcare Provision and the Desire for Motherhood in the Era of a Shrinking Japan A hybrid <i>u:japan lecture</i> by <b>Chigusa Yamaura</b> (University of Oxford)

🤱Come join us for a talk by Yamaura Chigusa (Oxford) this Thursday 6pm. At the Vienna Japanese Studies department or online: japanologie.univie.ac.at/startseite/e...

Japan used to be covered with massive monuments to fascism, but most of them have been torn down. One exception is the "Peace Tower" in Miyazaki:

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If you are in Tokyo, you might be also interested in this event (まだ未定だが、参加するかも)💡

Penguin made a spooky cover

Parkside Demolitionist by William Andrews T HINGS WERE SETTLING into that liminal part of an early spring day in Tokyo, when it was technically afternoon and not yet dark, but the signs of the evening’s onset were apparent in the dimming...

My essay "Parkside Demolitionist", published last year by @othersidelitmag.bsky.social, is now available to read online (with the rest of the issue). I write about different migrant experiences, based on a chance encounter with Kurds in my local area of Tokyo. othersideofhope.com/parkside-dem...

A new episode of Future Histories!

This time I talk to Kohei Saito (@koheisaito.bsky.social) and Matt Huber (@matthuber.bsky.social) about growth, natural limits, technology and progress.

Find the full episode here:

www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...

#FutureHistories #Podcast

Surplus Magazin Surplus ist das Wirtschaftsmagazin, das sich um die Interessen der großen Mehrheit und nicht der Reichsten dreht.

Trump und Merz wollen eine neue neoliberale Ära beginnen. Wir gründen das Wirtschaftsmagazin »Surplus«, das die Interessen der großen Mehrheit ins Zentrum rückt, nicht die der Reichsten.

Jetzt abonnieren 👉 surplusmagazin.de

Kolonialer Handel prägt Volkswirtschaften bis heute Was ein Land in der Vergangenheit exportiert hat, bestimmt, wo es heute auf der Entwicklungsleiter steht. Der Kolonialismus prägt die Welt bis heute.

Es gibt ein neues, heterodoxes deutschsprachiges Wirtschaftsmagazin, herausgegeben von @isabellamweber.bsky.social @adamtooze.bsky.social und @mauricehoefgen.bsky.social

Toll!

www.surplusmagazin.de/kolonialer-h...

Pluralising pluralism in the study of populism - Alex Yates, 2024 Despite the widespread claim that populism and pluralism are incompatible, the latter is rarely defined clearly in the existing literature. This is significant ...

📣 New open access publication in @politicsjournal.bsky.social 📣

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We about pluralism a lot in populism studies as populism’s supposed opposite, but what does pluralism actually mean? More importantly, perhaps, what do we want it to mean? 🧵

Critical populism studies are flourishing, and we're curating a Bluesky starter pack featuring brilliant young minds and seasoned experts shaping the field! Dive into their groundbreaking work here 👇

go.bsky.app/NEheVTj

"Anti-rape activism in Japan from the 1980s" a hybrid u:japan lecture by Chiara Fusari (University of Zurich, CH) - 28.11.2024 18:00 - 19:30
japanologie.univie.ac.at/startseite/e...

I will be talking about Daishima Haruhiko's film and issues surrounding memory and the New Left in Japan at a symposium at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, on November 30. www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/symposium/zi...

We combine the discursive approach and a party supporter survey to analyze ambiguities and the eclectic nature behind two populist parties in Japan. This research framework helps to better understand populist phenomena "in context". DM if interested

New book chapter with my colleague Matsutani Mitsuru on "Varieties of Populism in Japan" for this great bookMuch needed insight into an understudied region in populism research. Amazing effort by Shiru Wang routledge.com/Three-Faces-... #日本維新の会 #おおさか維新の会 #れいわ新選組

Wo Freiheit draufsteht, aber Rechtspopulismus drin steckt Ein libertärer „Anarchokapitalist“ regiert bald Argentinien. Auch in Deutschland hat der Libertarismus einige Anhänger. Hinter dem vermeintlichen Bestreben nach Freiheit steckt allerdings oft vo...

"Wie populär Hayek in Teilen der rechtsextremen AfD ist, zeigt sich etwa in Dresden: Der Hayek-Verein in der sächsischen Landeshauptstadt wird von AfD-Politikern geleitet." www.rnd.de/politik/wo-f...

Prof. Park Seung-Joon was tremendously generous and kind to translate my article on the Japanese left-wing populist party Reiwa Shinsengumi published in the Journal for the Study of Radicalism into Japanese. It is now open access as well: parkseungjoon.hatenadiary.com/entry/2023/1...

Just received my first ever journal request to act as a reviewer. Strange how more work gives you a sense of accomplishment 😄

Als ersten Post hier möchte ich Chamayous Die unregierbare Gesellschaft: Eine Genealogie des autoritären Liberalismus feiern, tolles Buch! Es zeigt ideengeschichtlich wie Neolib nie eine anti-Staats-Ideologie war, sondern eine anti-demokratische Reaktion. www.suhrkamp.de/buch/gregoir...