Javier Martínez-Cantó

Ser conservador después de Franco La Transición debe mucho al reformismo moderado, pero la derecha solo empezó a seducir a la mayoría electoral en los años noventa, con su conversión liberal

50 años después de la muerte de Franco, no hay nada que celebrar. Lo que debemos conmemorar es la democracia: la Ley para la Reforma Política, las primeras elecciones y la Constitución. La libertad no llegó sola.
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The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.

US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.

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Not as much of an expert as some commenting on this, but I feel like the "welp, this is the end of online survey research" response is a bit defeatist. Provided that the recommendations made in this paper are followed (!!!), I think a transformation of how surveys are implemented is more likely.

new paper by Sean Westwood:

With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨

In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.

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🎖Jorge Miguel Alves, investigador del @ipp-csic.bsky.social en el campo de la democracia participativa, también ha obtenido el Premio de Investigación Julián Marías en la categoría de menores de 40 años.

La semana pasada, @elconfidencial.bsky.social me entrevistó para este reportaje sobre el creciente malestar político en Europa. Es un artículo muy detallado que examina por qué más de la mitad de los gobiernos europeos perderían hoy unas elecciones.
👉 www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/europa...

🎉 Very happy to team up with Andreu Paneque to develop this project funded by the Institut d’Estudis de l’Autogovern. We’ll study how federalism shapes the internal organization of political parties, the leaders they choose, and the issues they emphasize in their electoral platforms. Stay tuned! 📈 📊

Also, unlike previous parties that vanished once the territorial issue regained prominence (i.e., Plataforma per Catalunya), the distinct national appeals of both Vox and Aliança may allow them to endure even if the independence debate once again dominates Catalan politics.

This is an early study, so all usual caveats apply. We will gain a clearer picture of the party and its voters in the coming months, particularly as new elections are held. Nonetheless, we expect the party to remain relevant as long as immigration stays high on the public agenda.

Our findings show that disenchanted independentists do not drive Aliança’s growth. When we examine the former voters of mainstream Catalan parties, those who switch are primarily concerned about immigration, rather than independence.

What is the key driver of support for both? Immigration.
But it’s national identity — whether one feels more Catalan or more Spanish — that decides which radical right party voters choose.

Catalonia is a unique case in Europe, with two radical right parties appealing to different nationalities. Both parties share views on the economy, immigration, and security. But they diverge on gender & LGBT rights, climate change, and especially, the territorial question.

New article out in Regional and Federal Studies with @julitudo.bsky.social. We analyze the rise of Aliança Catalana, comparing its manifesto and voters with those of Vox.

🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 “Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation”
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🎉Now online (open access): "Hidden Majoritarianism and Women’s Career Progression in Proportional Representation Systems" at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. @alicirone.bsky.social, @teele.bsky.social, Gary Cox, @fiva.no. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

No os perdais esta nueva serie de eventos del @ipp-csic.bsky.social para acercar la investigacion que realizamos al debate publico. Os esperamos!

🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...

@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.

Analysis of references between 1990 to 2024 shows that there is a decline in book referencing (52% to 28%) in polsci journals 😮

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📣 Nueva #convocatoria de la Beca #postdoc Fundación Ramón Areces-Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

Un año para realizar estudios sobre la #Europa moderna en @europeatharvard.bsky.social

Solicitudes hasta el 12 de diciembre 📩 ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

#Historia #Derecho #UE

Congrats @jmfernandes86.bsky.social !! 🥳🥳

New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.

It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨‍💼💰👩‍💼 are by studying many local labour markets.

Thread 👇

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Por aquí insisto con este tema. Último barómetro CIS: la vivienda es señalada como el principal problema de España y personal. Este octubre se han alcanzado los niveles de septiembre 2007, el mayor registro de la serie histórica: 37% (principal problema España) y 26,2% (principal problema personal)

YouTube video by WatchWithMati The First Wives Club - You Don't Own Me

RIP Diane Keaton
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The fact that Macron doesn’t acknowledge that the last legislative election called for a cohabitation, will trigger his early fall. He’s taking sole responsibility of this cluster fuck.

Very excited about the lineup for our #ComparativePolitics & #PoliticalEconomy colloquium in the winter @uni-konstanz.de !!

▶️Hannah Werner @ipz.bsky.social
▶️Fabio Franchino
▶️ @ashelshehawy.bsky.social
▶️Kevin Munger @eui-sps.bsky.social
▶️@rdassonneville.bsky.social
▶️@svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social

Great paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.

Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests - Bonnie M. Meguid, Hilde Coffé, Ana Catalano Weeks, Miki Caul Kittilson, 2025 Despite their Männerparteien reputation, populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently expanded their agendas to include women’s interests. When do they em...

🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social !

📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests”

With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

The Strange Death of Conservative England

📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢

📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation

🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This blog and article perhaps raises some interesting questions about how we can think about the Scottish devolution settlement 👇