Elias Dinas

It has become common for those who embody the traits of a stigmatized category to define it—in ways that conveniently exclude them.Antisemites, for example, claim authority to decide who is antisemitic; today, far-right supporters use the same strategy,defining ‘far-right’ to exempt their own views.

Warnings From Weimar Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.

New article by @dziblatt.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com
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Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized?

In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇

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Britain Is Getting the Immigration Debate All Wrong There are worrying signs about the country's direction, as Reform tops the polls, and mainstream politicians chase the far right, writes Jonathan Portes.

One of our recent articles 'How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms' has been referenced in a Time magazine article - cup.org/4mANXXT

You can read the BJPolS article by @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social article #OpenAccess here - cup.org/4lfeHvD

Currently in FirstView: “Mapping (A)Ideology: A Taxonomy of European Parties Using Generative LLMs as Zero-Shot Learners.” Riccardo Di Leo, @zengchen.bsky.social, @eliasdinas.bsky.social‬, and @redatamtam.bsky.social see if ML can obtain measures of party ideology that match the validity of experts.

Once again, PBC is back and calling for your applications! As always, this is a no-budget but heart-rich story — and we can’t wait to see your proposals!

EuroWEPS is back to Italy, this time with two slots: Milan & Florence -- see below (and apply or spread the word).