Foreign influencers help authoritarian regimes: while they may not sway domestic audiences already saturated with propaganda, they can reshape the perceptions of more credulous foreign publics journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
06.03.2026 07:11 — 👍 15 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
Participatory budgets are more likely to continue when left-wing parties (both radical left and social democratic) enter or remain in government, compared to scenarios in which right-wing parties either remain in power or take office journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
05.03.2026 08:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Mainstream parties can successfully accommodate far-right parties only when they are internally unified, as intra-party divisions undermine the electoral benefits of accommodation on issues such as European integration and immigration www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
02.03.2026 08:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Avui hem parlat de l’Iran. www.3cat.cat/3cat/atac-a-...
01.03.2026 18:02 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A brilliant defence by one of the stars of the new generation of Catalan political scientists. Congratulations, Irene 🎉
😊A very happy day for a very proud supervisor.
Sort i fins aviat!
Autocracies using educational indoctrination have weaker pro-democracy movements and fewer anti-system uprisings, while it fosters mobilization that supports and stabilizes authoritarian regimes journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
25.02.2026 08:27 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Well... Apparently this is happening in three days. If you're in Barcelona and feel like hearing a bit about political behaviour, see you Friday at 11.00 am at UPF 🎉
24.02.2026 11:27 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0This is tomorrow. Come along if you are around.
24.02.2026 09:31 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Adolescent residence in high-inequality areas is associated with decreased belief in the American dream upon entering adulthood www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
23.02.2026 07:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gent que es creu animal, l’extrema dreta i les psyops. La Setmana Tràgica d’avui a #suplementcatràdio
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The lower individuals place themselves in the economic hierarchy, the less likely they are to support a tax increase to finance spending on education, poverty assistance, and healthcare journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
20.02.2026 09:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
There is no evidence that beach communities with large hotel industries imposed stronger electoral penalties on Wilson in 1916 following shark attacks than other beach or inland communities journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
17.02.2026 07:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Across the EU, rising right-wing populism support is not driven by growing polarisation. Ideological extremism and system distrust have not increased, so polarisation has little effect on the surge www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
16.02.2026 07:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Transformers, IA utilitat, els Sims, la distribució de Boltzmann i penalti pel Madrid. Poti poti marca de la casa de la Setmana Tràgica.👇
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Both politicians and citizens are strongly influenced in their electoral predictions by wishful thinking, often leading them to overestimate the likelihood of favourable outcomes for their preferred party www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
13.02.2026 08:12 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🚨We are seeking a part-time research assistant with expertise on text analysis for our project on the Spanish Second Republic.
Are you interested?👇 www.upf.edu/web/politiqu... @politiquesupf.bsky.social
Lost autonomy events, that is, sudden transformative shocks symbolizing a loss of autonomy for minorities, can be profoundly disruptive, eliciting pro-secessionist backlashes www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
12.02.2026 07:50 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0We have a winner! Congrats @erickpadilla.bsky.social 🥳
11.02.2026 11:51 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🌧️Som més proclimàtics quan hi ha més catàstrofes naturals?
✍️He escrit aquest article en el nou projecte de @laconversa.bsky.social theconversation.com/som-mes-proc... @upf.edu @politiquesupf.bsky.social
Political interest and confidence-in-knowledge increase emotional responses to politics. Fostering political interest and confidence may better promote active citizenship, albeit with potential risks if confidence is not rooted in accurate knowledge link.springer.com/article/10.1...
10.02.2026 08:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
While media can influence the personalization of voting behavior, media use alone cannot explain the main changes in the relative importance of parties and leaders in voting decisions over the last six decades journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
09.02.2026 08:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎙️Avui hem parlat de premsa i política.
Acomiadaments al Washington Post: "Trump va salvar el cul als grans diaris americans" www.3cat.cat/3cat/acomiad...
✍️Comparteixo el darrer article a l'@ara.cat
A qui votarien els immigrants? www.ara.cat/1_560e2c
Mayors, especially those on the centre and left, prefer to form coalition governments with parties led by women. The analysis of the mechanisms suggests that women leaders are perceived as easier to communicate and more competent to govern www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @albahuidobro.bsky.social
06.02.2026 07:33 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Political trust has a positive effect on democracy, but only in countries that have already achieved high quality of democracy journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
05.02.2026 08:08 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0👇
04.02.2026 18:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No t'hi quedis eh, que hi fa fred.
03.02.2026 15:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Democratic transitions in one country lead to a decrease in party polarisation over democracy in neighbouring countries journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
03.02.2026 09:36 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The difference between winners and losers in their commitment to democratic norms of restraint and consent is relatively small, even in highly polarised contexts journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00104140251414013
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