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Informal Workers as Outsiders: Anil Duman examines how informal employment, prevalent across the MENA region, impacts political behavior by creating insider–outsider divides. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/SVL5OLg
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📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!
'Emotional protesters: Protest out of anger or stay home in fear?' by Deren Onursal
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*NEW BLOG* What do the most-cited articles in PSA's journal BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social tell us about the (changing?) discipline(s) as PSA reflects on its 75th anniversary?
➡️ @profjackholland.bsky.social has narrowed it down to 48 most cited articles!
➡️ Find out which ones they are
📢Just arrived 📚 (publishes January 2026):
The Hobbled State: Fractured Politics in Contemporary Germany
by Mark Vail
May be of interest to the German Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
#GermanPolitics #EuropeanStudies
📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!
'Beyond the meadows and uplands: The Leave campaign’s vision of the post-Brexit future' by Mike Bolt
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In what senses might body counts be, paradoxically, both humanizing and dehumanizing? @moyalloyd.bsky.social explores the role that orders of grievability play in determining whose lives are counted, and how. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/dU6yu1P
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🚨Call for Papers!🚨
Special Issue in Political Studies Review: Understanding Populism in East and Southeast Asia
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We look forward to your contributions to this important and timely Special Issue!!
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IN NEW ISSUE: Do protests change citizens’ perceptions of political parties? Javier Padilla examines evidence from Spain's anti-austerity protests to discuss this question. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/3PWp0Yz
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Is it rational to expect to win elections? @mbarnfield.bsky.social argues so-called "wishful thinking" about election outcomes is part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/VudD2ir
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📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!
'Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence' by Brandon K Yoder
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How do people adapt to sanctions in authoritarian contexts? Yechan Moon & Taehee Whang show informal economies in North Korea expand where sanctions hit hardest. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/vblP2x5
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02.12.2025 14:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!
'Conspiracy theories and India’s transnational authoritarian populism: NGOs, Khalistanis and Soros' by Priya Chacko
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🙏 we couldn’t agree more!
02.12.2025 14:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0See you there!
02.12.2025 14:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can’t wait to be back in Oxford in a few months!
02.12.2025 09:22 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Looking forward to my first time presenting at the PSA Conference, a wonderful way to kick off a hopefully busy schedule for 2026's conference season! #PSA26
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📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!
'An uneasy union: The moral and ideological divides of territorial identification in post-Brexit Scotland' by Constantine G Kyritsopoulos, Adam Moore & Laura Cram
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*PSA EVENT* 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS
#Sport & #Politics Conference 2026: Political governance and the reshaping of the sports industry run by @psasport.bsky.social
📍University of Liverpool Management School, 4 - 6June
📆 Deadline for paper proposals 30 January
➡️ Full details
Having seen what many specialist groups have been working on in the run-up to this year's PSA Annual Conference, l know that it will be unmissable.
See many of you there!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
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How do democracies respond to extremist attacks? Selen A Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Emily Beausoleil, Claire Fitzpatrick & @andreafelicetti.bsky.social explore 2 approaches to resilience- ‘bouncing back’ & deepening democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ituNUoP
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*#PSA26 Annual Conference* 🚨Registration Open🚨
Join us in Oxford 30 March - 1 April 2026 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'
📆 Early booking deadline 19 January
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*PSA EVENT* 🚨THIS WEEK🚨 The Kingdom’s God: The Use and Abuse of #Religion in #ForeignPolicy. One-day hybrid workshop organised by PSA IR Specialist Group @psainter-relations.bsky.social
📆 3 December 2025
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#Politics #InternationalRelations #PIR
*PSA EVENT* 🚨THIS WEEK🚨 #Political #Psychology Research Seminar Series: ‘Visualisation Choices about Refugees Have Delimited Impacts Along Partisan Lines’ with William Allen @unisouthampton.bsky.social
📆 4 Dec 12 - 13.00, online
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*PSA EVENT* 🚨THIS WEEK🚨TLN Webinar Series – Giving choice a chance: Assessment optionality in #PoliticalStudies #Education, with @jeremymoulton.bsky.social, University of York. Understanding the costs and benefits of assessment optionality.
📆 3 Dec, 1.30 - 3pm, online
➡️ Free and open to all
IN NEW ISSUE: Are more women elected in proportional elections than in majoritarian ones? @gulczynski.bsky.social, @monikaturyna.bsky.social & @jkantorowicz.bsky.social examine local Polish elections and find little evidence of that. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/UH5PdOR
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Great opportunity here from our friends at @britishacademy.bsky.social 👀👇
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How does media framing shape perceptions of election winners? Thomas M. Meyer & Katjana Gattermann argue equivalency framing influences voter views, especially for ambivalent voters. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ND5dFhA
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