South European Society & Politics

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.4)
The study by Lea Heyne, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social finds a negative link between EU polarisation and membership support in #Greece, #Portugal and #Spain

🔓Read here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.4)
P. Christmann, @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social highlight that political trust has been restored to pre-crisis levels in #Portugal, while it remains persistently low in #Greece and #Spain.

🔓Read #OpenAccess 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣Our Call for Special Issue Proposals is still open!

📝We invite scholars to submit proposals that address fundamental aspects of politics and society in the region. We especially welcome proposals that are comparative in scope.

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📢 in our #NewIssue (30.4)
The study by @anacweeks.bsky.social, @pcaravantes.bsky.social Espírito-Santo, @elombardo.bsky.social Stratigaki & Gul examines backsliding on #GenderEquality as an indicator of democratic decay

🔓#OpenAccess 👇https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2024.2412746

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢
Voter preferences for or against female candidates in local elections? Experimental evidence from Portugal

📚Read the article by B. F. Gonçalves Ribeiro, M. Â. Vilela Rodrigues, and F. Tejedo-Romero here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢
Strategic dualism: CHP’s cleavage politics and the evolution of opposition coordination in #Turkey

Read the article by @berkesen.bsky.social, Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi and Hakan Yavuzyılmaz here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.4)
@mjhierro.bsky.social J.P. Monteiro & @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social find democratic transitions redefine national boundaries:
🔸ideologically expanding the political community
🔸redrawing the demos
🔸altering the nation’s ascriptive foundations
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.4) #Greece #Portugal #Spain

The research by J. M. Fernandes, I. Sánchez-Cuenca & D. A. Sotiropoulos underscores the importance of considering both structural and agency-based factors in understanding democratisation processes

Read here 👇
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are very sorry to share the news that Sabri Sayari passed away peacefully on February 11, 2026

50 years after: Was democratization inevitable or contingent?

Read #FreeAccess the introduction to our latest #SpecialIssue by @jmfernandes86.bsky.social, N. Garoupa,
@mjhierro.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #Italy
The feminisation of Italian governments. Towards a more gender-equal distribution of political power?

Read the article by C. Barbieri & P. Pansardi here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📊 As #Spain moves toward a new regularisation policy, recent research helps place this debate in a broader context.

R. Perna & M. Puig Batalla analyse opposite #regularisation #policy #outputs in #Italy & #Spain during #COVID19

Read it here #OPENACCESS 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 #NewIssue #SpecialIssue 30/4
The Makeover of Southern Europe: Fifty Years after the Transitions to Democracy in #Greece #Portugal #Spain

Guest Editors: @jmfernandes86.bsky.social, N. Garoupa, @mjhierro.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social

Don't miss it!👇
tandfonline.com/toc/fses20/c...

🧭 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
@andrea-pedrazzani.bsky.social & F.Zucchini analyse #Italy's #premierato reform. According to their study, it would improve cabinet duration, but greater stability could be achieved through the constructive vote of no-confidence

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

🧭 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
This study by A. Ceron, @scopelliti.bsky.social & T. Grechanaya focuses on the political determinants of the use of appeals for responsibility

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

🧭 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
The study by @galais.bsky.social & @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social reveals that sadness can reduce support for far-right parties in Spain, whereas anger—the most studied emotion—shows only a limited reinforcing effect

🔓 Read the article
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🧭 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
In light of #Portugal’s presidential election first round, we recommend the analysis by @marianasmendes.bsky.social of the transformation of Portugal’s party system, revealed by the 2025 general election.

🔓 Read the article #OpenAccess: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
The analysis by @davevitto.bsky.social, S. Rojon, J.-B. Pilet and E. Paulis uncover distinctive associations between governing preferences and propensity to vote for the main Italian parties

✳️⏳NOW #FreeAccess! Read & download here:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Late, but swift: the restructuring of Portugal’s political space in the May 2025 general election Long considered a beacon of stability, Portugal has recently undergone a swift political reconfiguration. The 2025 general election, in particular, marks a potential critical juncture in the transf...

Presidential elections are this Sunday in Portugal. Want to learn more about recent elections in Portugal? Take a look at these articles published in @sespjournal.bsky.social.
@marianasmendes.bsky.social examines the 2025 parliamentary elections (open access)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess
Divergent paths of political #trust in Southern Europe: the roles of economic performance, #corruption, congruence, and #polarisation

🔓Christmann @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social👇
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2025.2576094

📢 #NewIssue 30/3

with articles on
- ‘premierato’ reform in #Italy
- parties’ appeals for responsibility in #Italy
- emotional dynamics and Vox's appeal #Spain
- preferences for experts and citizens in government
- 2025 General election in #Portugal

Don't miss it! 👇
tandfonline.com/toc/fses20/c...

📝 (1) #Italy’s right turn. A spatial analysis of party competition in the 2022 Italian national election

by Gambacciani, Giannetti, @andrea-pedrazzani.bsky.social & Pinto
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📝 (2) Unity and coherence: the mobilizing effect of valence attributes in the 2022 Italian elections

by Ceron, Berloto & Rosco

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📝 (3) Parliamentary downsizing and legislative behaviour. Evidence from Italy

by Kushi, Russo & Carammia

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#OpenAccess

📝 (4) Coalition politics under exceptional exogenous constraints: the Meloni government during the EU-financed economic recovery plan

by @eborghetto.bsky.social, Improta & Marangoni

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#OpenAccess

📝 (5) Populist radical right vs populist radical right in power: signalling ideological commitment or competence?

by @mattiazulianello.bsky.social

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📝 (6) The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine

by Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📝 (7) Do LGBTIQ+ issues matter for populist radical right? An analysis of Italian parties’ social media narratives

by @massimoprearo.bsky.social & @scopelliti.bsky.social
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📝 (8) Women’s substantive representation under the Meloni government. Insights from a new dataset on parliamentary attention in Italy

by Cavalieri & @edegiorgi.bsky.social

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🔎 Revisiting #Issue 30/1 #SpecialIssue
Everything changes, everything stays the same? #ItalianPolitics after the 2022 general elections

Guest editors: @edegiorgi.bsky.social & @andrea-pedrazzani.bsky.social

#polisky #academicsky

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