'Nederlandse universiteiten schuwen debat met andersdenkenden'
Is er op Nederlandse universiteiten nog wel ruimte voor een open debat? "Radicale vrijheid van meningsuiting bestaat in Nederland niet."
Ik nodig deze commentatoren uit om eens een semester lang colloquia, onderzoekspresentaties en beursaanvraaginterviews bij te wonen. Nergens wordt mijn zelfvertrouwen zo structureel en fundamenteel op de proef gesteld als tijdens de vernietigende discussiesessies aan de uni.
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Peilingen duiden: 10 essentiΓ«le vuistregels voor duiders - StukRoodVlees
Zetelpeilingen worden vaak misbruikt. Een tiental vuistregels om je publiek niet voor te liegen met non-nieuws.
In de eerste weken van de verkiezingscampagne zien we weer te veel voorbeelden waarin peilingen verkeerd gebruikt worden door interviewers, duiders, en journalisten.
Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.
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Why do #opposition parties sometimes support the government? My analyses show that parties use their votes in #parliament to shape how voters see them, what policies they can influence, and where they might end up after the next election @polscileiden.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
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In our new study, @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social and I looked at who gets interrupted during debates in the parliaments of π¦πΊππ·π¬π§. We find that women and men get interrupted just as often. Yet, when more women join the debate, politicians interrupt less.
β‘οΈ Read the full study: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...
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Why do parties do what they do? Excited to share my 2nd dissertation paper, just published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In systems of partial alternation (Netherlands), opposition parties might one day govern with todayβs opponents. So they are less likely to act oppositional, to show they are constructive and coalition-ready.
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Opposition parties that want to replace the government vote against bills to draw sharp contrasts, especially on issues where governing parties are divided, to highlight those rifts to destabilise the government. BUT only in systems with wholesale alternation of governments (UK, Canada, Denmark)
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For example, in minority governments, opposition support is often a path to policy influence. Governments need their votes, so opposition parties can negotiate concessions. Supporting the government is then strategic cooperation, not surrender.
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Opposition parties do not just oppose for the sake of it. Using the classic policy/office/votes-framework, I argue that they balance different goals that pull them in different directions. Their voting behaviour in parliament depends on which of these matters most in a given context.
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To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Partiesβ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core
To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Partiesβ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation
π§΅ New article out in @govandopp.bsky.social ! Why do opposition parties sometimes support government legislation? Should they not be, well... opposing? I analysed 75 years of parliamentary votes in 4 parliamentary democracies. Here is what I foundππ cup.org/3JeLkw4
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Haagse Zaken in de zomer III: de normalisering van uiterst rechts
Het is zomerreces in Den Haag. In deze periode tussen de val van het kabinet en de start van een nieuwe verkiezingscampagne nodigen we in Haagse Zaken schrijvers, wetenschappers en denkers uit om het ...
Ik mocht aanschuiven bij Haagse Zaken en sprak met @guusvalk.bsky.social over de normalisering van uiterst rechts gedachtegoed, hoe je onderzoek doet naar uiterst rechts, hoe dat verschilt in π©πͺ en π³π±, en welke verantwoordelijkheid er ligt bij de wetenschap en journalistiek.
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π’ Out now! The Handbook of Affective Polarization is officially published π
π Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! π
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Our paper is published in OA in West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social! What a milestone π₯³
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Reminder: we zitten ruim 4,5 maand voor de verkiezing.
Even lang voor de vorige verkiezingen peilde PVV op 15 (werd 37), BBB op 25 (werd 7) en NSC op 0 (werd 20).
Laten we de aandacht die we aan peilingen geven voortaan in inhoudelijke debatten steken. Veel nuttiger.
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True!
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Although good results in the next election are uncertain, given the unpredictability of (Dutch) elections. But the costs of governing are indeed probably bigger for populists than for their coalition partners
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Exactly! This denial of the pluralism in political preferences among the people and an anti-establishment attitude are core characteristics of populism, both of which clash with the realities of governing in a coalition.
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This finding is especially striking given that the coalition parties were not deeply divided over immigration policies
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Friendly foes or enemies within? Assessing the (in)stability of coalition governments with populists in Europe
Abstract. Do populist parties in government impact government stability? From a theoretical perspective, the anti-pluralist and anti-elitist characteristic
Wildersβ populist logic that his asylum plans reflect βthe will of the peopleβ and must be implemented immediately clashes with the logic of governing. It fits a broader pattern: coalitions with populists are less stable. doi.org/10.1093/pa/g... @sophsuda.bsky.social @mlewandowsky.bsky.social
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New pope Prevost (Leon XIV) seems to be more on the progressive side open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
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Haagse Zaken Special: Politicologen over dit turbulente politieke tijdperk (deel 1)
NRC Haagse Zaken Β· Episode
Haagse Zaken Special:
Ik vroeg zes politicologen om te reflecteren op dit unieke en turbulente politieke tijdperk. Het leverde fascinerende en inzichtgevende gesprekken op.
Vandaag deel 1, met Sarah de Lange, Simon Otjes en Katerina Manevska
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