South European Society & Politics
Official account of South European Society and Politics, a leading journal for scholars interested in Southern Europe. Edited by Nicolò Conti and Bonnie Field.
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- 📢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 🔓👇 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 🔗Read the article 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....
- Reposted by South European Society & PoliticsPresidential 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...
- 🔎 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 Dive in! ⬇️
- 📝 (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....
- 📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess The polarised electorate: affective polarisation and electoral loyalty in #Turkey’s 2023 critical election 🔓 Read the article by @seaytac.bsky.social, @sedairmak.bsky.social & @busrask.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Greece #Portugal #Spain democratic transitions redefine national boundaries through distinct processes: 🔸ideologically expanding the political community 🔸redrawing the demos 🔸altering the nation’s ascriptive foundations Read the article 👇
- 📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Struggling against spectres of the past: democratisation and nation-building in Southern Europe (#Greece, #Portugal, #Spain) Read the article by @mjhierro.bsky.social, José Pedro Monteiro & @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
- Reposted by South European Society & PoliticsSurvey of 5,000 Italians: people’s preferences for who should govern mirror European patterns 🌍. Preference for experts is linked to left-wing votes, not right-wing 🧠 . Preference for empowering citizens is not consistently linked to support for populist parties 🗳️
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘preferences for experts in government are positively linked to voting for left-wing parties but not for right-wing ones’ in #Italy Read the article by @davevitto.bsky.social, S. Rojon, J.-B. Pilet and E. Paulis 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess The potential impact of the Italian ‘premierato’ reform on cabinet durability: the increased risk of early elections 🔓Read the article by A. Pedrazzani & F. Zucchini👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Portugal the gap in electoral participation between younger and older voters has remained relatively stable in #Portugal in the new millennium, rather than widening over time Read the article by P. Costa, C. Jalali and P. Silva 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 📘 SESP #ArticleCollections 🔥 The Radical Right in Southern Europe 📄 21 #FreeAccess Articles ✨ introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social 🔍 Explore the collection here ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
- 🔍 To analyse the evolution of digital party procedures in #Podemos, M. Meloni & F. G. Lupato suggest a compelling typology: ✨ Consolidation 🔧 Reconfiguration 🔄 Mutation 🗑️ Elimination Read the article #OpenAccess 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Italy #OpenAccess 'The politics of pre-electoral coalition formation can ‘freeze’ political influence at least to some degree' 🔓Read the article by G. Del Panta, @mattiaguidi.bsky.social & @klingelt.bsky.social 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡 @francescostolfi.bsky.social & Oliver Fritsch FIND…💡 ‘labour flexibilisation reforms have had unexpected negative consequences on #productivity’ in #Italy READ the article 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #OpenAccess ‘Satisfaction hinges on whether citizens see their in-group as winning’ S. Toros, G. Zeybek Kabakçı and E. Toros analyse Democratic #backsliding and democratic satisfaction in #Turkey 🔓Read the article 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Party #Cartelisation? The case of Cypriot #RadicalLeft #AKEL provides mixed evidence, indicative of the strong influence of party history Read the article by Y. Katsourides & C. Agathocleous www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Rodríguez Teruel, @eloisadelpino.bsky.social, Real-Dato analyse the executive’s strategy of power concentration during the first phase of the #Covid-19 #Pandemic in #Spain, and the factors that shaped its implementation 🔓#OpenAccess 👇 🔗https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2022.2091861
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘low turnout and the success of a small opposition party (AVS) [in the 2024 #EuropeanElections in #Italy] align with the second-order model’ Read the article by N. Maggini, D. Angelucci, L. Carrieri, and E. Mannoni here 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡 @msanjaume.bsky.social & @anddreupm.bsky.social FIND…💡 #FreeAccess The mechanism of regional legislative initiatives in #Spain has not accomplished its shared-rule objective Read the article 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡M. Giuliani FINDS…💡 ‘citizens assessed the incumbents against regional unemployment levels and national growth dynamics, further benchmarking the local economic conditions against their past performances’ #Greece #Italy #Portugal #Spain 2010-2019 READ 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 There are two patterns of defection from the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS): towards the radical left and the radical right. READ the article by A. Espírito-Santo, sofiaserrasilva.bsky.social, and N. Santos 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
- 📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe #FreeAccess Radical-Right Surge in a Deinstitutionalised Party System: The 2022 Italian General Election 🆓Read the article by A. Chiaramonte, @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social, N. Maggini & A. Paparo 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Turkey ‘despite the systemic challenges and media bias in hybrid regimes, issue salience remains a crucial factor in shaping political attitudes and voting decisions’ Read the article by A. Carkoglu, Y. Hazama, C. Paksoy, & S. Andi 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight #FreeAccess ‘Your Luck is Our Luck’: Covid-19, the Radical Right and Low Polarisation in the 2022 Portuguese Elections 🆓Read the article by J. Santana-Pereira & @edegiorgi.bsky.social 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe Yet Another Populist Party? Understanding the Rise of #BrothersOfItaly #FdI 🆓Read the article by G. Baldini, F. Tronconi, and D. Angelucci #FreeAccess 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘left-leaning voters (#PSOE and #Sumar) were more likely to cite EU-level issues as central to their vote decisions’ in the 2024 EP election in #Spain Read the article by Pablo Simón and Anna Bosco here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡Verney, Real-Dato & Rodriguez-Teruel FIND…💡 ‘while the degree of decentralisation played a role in the initial response [to the #Pandemic], the most significant factor was the timing of the virus’ arrival’ in #Italy #Spain #Portugal #Greece #Turkey 🆓 #FreeAccess 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 📚 SESP #ArticleCollections #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe 1⃣5⃣ articles 🎯Introduction by @elombardo.bsky.social, N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social #Equality #LGBTIQ* #Sexism #Feminism #Rights 🔗https://tandfonline.com/journals/fses20/collections/Gender-and-Sexuality-in-Southern-Europe
- 📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe The nationalisation of subnational elections in polarised #Spain: the May 2023 regional and local elections 🆓Read the article by @amuitz.bsky.social & @pedroriera.bsky.social 👇 #FreeAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 - 'the 2024 EP elections in #Portugal were not merely second-order national contests' - #Chega’s '#Euroscepticism was not overlooked by its newer electorate' Read the article by T. Silva & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 📚 In our Collection on #Gender and #Sexuality When is gender on party agendas? Manifestos and (De-)democratisation in #Greece, #Portugal, #Spain 🔓 @anacweeks.bsky.social @pcaravantes.bsky.social Espírito-Santo @elombardo.bsky.social Stratigaki & Gul #OpenAccess 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘preferences for experts in government are positively linked to voting for left-wing parties but not for right-wing ones’ in #Italy Read the article by @davevitto.bsky.social, S. Rojon, J.-B. Pilet and E. Paulis 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 📚 SESP #ArticleCollections 🗳️➡️ The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe 2⃣1⃣ #FreeAccess Articles 🎯Introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social and @mattiazulianello.bsky.social Read and download here ⬇️ tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
- 💡 V. Triga, N. Ioannidis & C. Djouvas FIND…💡 in the 2023 Presidential Election in #Cyprus ‘the winning candidate garnered a diverse electorate, reflecting the varied ideologies of supporting parties’ Read the article here #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by South European Society & Politics💫To discuss the role of gender equality in 50 years of democratization in Southern Europe we argue in this article in @sespjournal.bsky.social - that progress in gender equality commitments is an essential component of democratisation, and backsliding in these indicates democratic decay.
- 💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #OpenAccess Long seen as a beacon of stability, #Portugal is undergoing a swift political transformation – driven by new actors, but also by new issues Read the article by @marianasmendes.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡Yannis Tsirbas FINDS…💡 ‘The parliamentary election of May 2023 in #Greece marks a shift towards a predominant party system, somewhat reversing a period of stabilisation and a return of two-partyism’ READ article 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 💡Yannis Tsirbas FINDS…💡 ‘The parliamentary election of May 2023 in #Greece marks a shift towards a predominant party system, somewhat reversing a period of stabilisation and a return of two-partyism’ READ article 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
