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- Why has the populist radical right failed in Scotland? @davidevampa.bsky.social, Alan Convery & @frasmcm.bsky.social examine how symbiotic polarization between SNP and Conservatives blocked PRRPs, until recently. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/WeHXRFw @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #PartyPolitics
- Pentagon threatens to pull military support from Boy Scouts unless they restore ‘core values’ www.yahoo.com/news/article... #equalrights #DEI #gov #military #PolSky
- 2/4/1913 — b. Rosa Parks, American #civilrights activist, author. Her act of refusing to give up her bus seat because she was black began the Civil Rights movement (1960s). Presidential Medal of Freedom; posthumous statue, U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #PolSky
- 2/4/1865 — b. Lila Meade Valentine, American educator, health reformer, suffragist, lecturer. Edu + #publichealth champion; co-founder/pres,VA Equal Suffrage League. Introduced Richmond,VA kindergartens + vocational training. Lectured for suffrage in the eastern states #womenshistory #PolSky #EduSky
- 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 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- Mary Ellen Pleasant, American civil rights pioneer, entrepreneur. The “Mother of Civil Rights in California”; one of the wealthiest & most powerful people in California. Key role in major #civilrights court cases; California black rights activist #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #woc #PolSky
- 2/2/1878 — b. Katharine Houghton Hepburn, American #feminist, suffrage leader, birth control pioneer, freethinker. President, CT Woman’s Suffrage Assn; legislative chair, Natl Exec Comm of Natl Woman’s Party; co-founder, American Birth Control League #womenshistory #womensrights #ReproRights #PolSky
- 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/gZpyqsf @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky
- How does China’s socialist past shape today’s ideas of justice? Xiaojun Yan & La Li find a link between people’s current political orientation and their formative-age lifeworld. Read more: buff.ly/BXeRHVa @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- Do preferential voting reforms weaken gender quotas? @petrahrens.bsky.social & @sabinelang.bsky.social examine German Länder reforms, arguing party culture shapes whether open lists help or hinder women’s rep. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/LwD7aki @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #GenderRep #ECRs #polsky
- What shapes party membership in Hungary’s democratic backslide? Annamária Sebestyén traces how socialization trajectories in youth lead to party affiliation amid autocratization. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/WqqmbxM @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- Do ideas or political demand drive welfare reform? @ewanrobo.bsky.social shows how ideational power, not voter pressure, shaped in-work benefits in the UK and France. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/D2DHwem @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- Does social trust shape immigration policy views? @fqinya.bsky.social examines Swedish twin data, arguing trust, rather than prosociality, drives more inclusive attitudes toward immigrants. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/cH3vviF @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #ImmigrationPolitics #ECRs
- What's wrong with the transition paradigm in environmental politics? Mathias Thaler argues A. Gramsci's concept of an 'interregnum' can help us better understand politics in the Anthropocene. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/Xcuwn43 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social #polsci #polsky
- Is meat consumption becoming political? @willemboterman.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social examine Dutch surveys showing meat eating aligns with right-wing ideology & climate scepticism. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/HU5Mdec @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #FoodPolitics
- Can apocalyptic thinking serve democracy? Joe PL Davidson argues for “apocalyptic democracy” as a response to institutional collapse & crisis. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/gBfZyaP @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- 1/24/1857 — b. Kate Waller Barrett, American physician, sociologist, social reformer. Leader of the rescue movement for unwed mothers in the U.S.; she made it socially acceptable to view unwed mothers as worthy of philanthropy #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #SciSky #HistSci #PolSky
- What are states really saying through their policies? Fayin Xu uses discourse analysis to show how China’s anti-corruption policies construct state identity. Read more: buff.ly/J3OyEXa @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- Do think tanks coordinate with interest groups or protect their turf? J A H Whittlestone, C K Florczak & @mbklitgaard.bsky.social examine alliances and autonomy in corporatist systems. Read more: buff.ly/iuDxOZn @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- Why do some explanations for public budget cuts work better than others? @rtpedersen.bsky.social & Paw Hansen examine how justification-based strategies reduce citizen opposition to cuts. Read more: buff.ly/y5DidFn @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- 1/20/1856 — b. Harriet Stanton Blatch, American suffragist, lobbyist, orator. Founder, Equality League of Self-Supporting Wmn (1907) which became Women’s Political Union ('10) + merged w/the Congressional Union('17). Organizer, NY suffrage parades('08, 10 & 12) #womenshistory #womensrights #PolSky
- Can party think tanks help politics slow down and think long-term? @brittvandewalle.bsky.social explores how autonomy and public funding shape the role of Political Party Think Tanks. Read more: buff.ly/RLOCZve @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
- Do fiscal deficits threaten finance ministers’ survival equally across regimes? Jonas Willibald Schmid & Lasse Aaskoven argue deficits raise removal risks in democracies but not autocracies. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ZPhKNKm @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky
- How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/JN7E09I @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
- How does migration diplomacy shape attitudes towards immigrants? Cameron Mailhot and @ninaobermeier.com explore a theory of bilateral reciprocity in the context of Kosovo. Read more: buff.ly/pt4T183 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- Is partner partisanship associated with vote choice? @cerifowler.bsky.social finds that it was for the 2016 Brexit Referendum & subsequent elections in the UK & argues that this can help us understand gender gaps in vote choice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/OopFfBB @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky
- What drives the stability & change of issue ownership perceptions in election campaigns? Lionel Marquis & @anketresch.bsky.social show voters who quickly see a party as issue owner tend to stick and vote for it; slower judgments shift more during campaigns. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/iVSU9Ta #polsky
- In 2019 EP elections, environmental issues shaped voting across Western Europe. Silvia Bolgherini & Luca Carrieri examine how radical right parties benefitted more than Greens. Read more: buff.ly/2oJd1P2 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- Do UK voters see a trade-off between electoral integrity and turnout? Jeffrey A. Karp argues that beliefs about fraud and ideology, not turnout concerns, best predict support for photo ID. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/6Fr0d0R @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky
- How does republican theory reimagine economic freedom? Sean Irving explores John Francis Bray’s economic republicanism and its implications for markets and justice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/SpsR2k8 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci
- Many tend to see nationalism as a radical view, but is this understanding misleading? | bit.ly/4aMRIXk Instead of rejecting nationalism, argues professor Siniša Malešević, progressives must repurpose it to reflect its original values; “liberté, égalité and fraternité”. #polsky
