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@polstudies.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 8:42 PM

What does it mean to place yourself on the left or right? @joelletasker.bsky.social examines 2014-2024 UK panel data, finding economic and cultural values both matter, with culture increasingly important. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/VJulLCc

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #UKPolitics

Abstract Understanding how voters use the left-right scale is essential, as it is not only related to vote choice but also underpins how political scientists study ideology. This article finds that the way voters use the left-right scale is variable. Using British Election Study Internet Panel data from 2014 to 2024, I find that while economic and cultural values are both related to left-right self-placement, this varies both between individuals and over time. Those on the left of the self-placement scale can best be differentiated from one another by the strength of their economic values. For those on the right, cultural values are more useful in separating between different self-placement levels. Over time, left-right self-placement has become increasingly related to cultural values alongside economic values, driven by movements by people on both sides of the left-right scale. These findings indicate that even within one country, the meanings of ‘left’ and ‘right’ vary.
@polstudies.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 11:02 AM

How much more complicated does government formation get when one more party enters parliament? Chris Hanretty (@chanret.bsky.social) finds identifiability declines as parties increase, with no "sweet spots". Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/EPcxz0X

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #PartySystems

@polstudies.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 11:02 AM

Does ideological congruence or perceived competence matter more for vote choice? @dieterstiers.bsky.social & @annkristinkolln.bsky.social argue both matter, but valence consistently outweighs spatial considerations. Read more: buff.ly/J3cy21u

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@polstudies.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 5:02 PM

Do parties shape climate funds? Soham Banerjee, Dishil Shrimankar & Matthew Paterson find projects favour the PM’s allies in competitive constituencies in opposition-governed states. Read more: buff.ly/p5i1IMz

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #ClimatePolicy

Abstract Do political parties shape where International Climate Funds are allocated? We examine this question in the context of India, where International Climate Funds create opportunities for the central government to leverage externally funded resources to advance domestic political interests. Drawing on a novel geo-coded dataset of project locations from the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, we show that projects are more likely to be allocated to constituencies represented by co-partisans of the Prime Minister’s party, and that this effect is strongest in competitive constituencies within states governed by opposition parties, where the central government has the sharpest incentives to build new support. This is surprising because existing literature on the Clean Development Mechanism suggests that decisions on project allocations are depoliticized. By demonstrating otherwise, this article contributes to the literature on International Climate Funds by demonstrating the importance of domestic politics in shaping its distribution.
@polstudies.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 5:01 PM

Does radical right success change attitudes or the local climate? Stefan Dahlberg, @hilmal.bsky.social & @polhosc.bsky.social examine Sweden, finding contextual alignment, not persuasion. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/rI91be4

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"Abstract Electoral success of radical right parties is often argued to normalize previously stigmatized anti-immigration attitudes. Yet, it remains unclear whether such normalization reflects genuine within-individual persuasion or shifts in the local climate of political expression. We address this question by linking highly disaggregated district-level vote shares to individual-level panel survey data from Sweden (2018–2022), a period marked by sustained growth and partial normalization of the Sweden Democrats. Cross-sectional analyses reveal pronounced contextual patterns: Restrictive immigration attitudes are more prevalent in districts with higher local radical right support, particularly among voters who do not support the party, while core supporters remain comparatively stable. However, first-difference panel analyses provide little evidence that changes in local radical right support are associated with attitudinal change. The findings suggest that what appears as normalization in ecological analyses is more consistent with contextual alignment than with rapid persuasion, clarifying the micro-foundations of radical right normalization."
@feministory.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 3:41 PM

No Statute of Limitations on Rape | Cornell 7

Women Will Remember in November

#womensrights #rape #law #LawSky #RapeCulture #SA #VAW #VAMG #patriarchy #misogyny #reprorights #PolSky #womenshistory #gov #CourtsMatter #JudgesMatter #PolSky #MeToo #PassERA #TitleIX #Cornell7 #IvyLeagues #HigherEd

@stemfem.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 1:43 PM

9/30/1883 — b. Nora Stanton Blatch, American civil engineer, architect, suffragist. The first female member, American Society of #CivilEngineers. Wrote “World Peace Through a Peoples Parliament” (1944); granddau, Elizabeth Cady Stanton #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #engineering #architecture #PolSky

@feministory.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 1:37 PM

9/30/1847 — b. Wilhelmina Drucker, Dutch #womensrights leader, author. Pseud: E. Prezcie, Gipsy + Gitano; early Dutch #feminist. Founder, Free Women’s Assn, an early Dutch women's movement org which addressed wmn’s economic, political + legal equality #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky

Wilhelmina Drucker
@polstudies.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 11:01 AM

Greenwashing doesn't just mislead consumers. It corrupts democratic rhetoric, letting corporations pose as agents of political change. Our everyday language helps make that possible. Corrado Fumagalli argues we have a duty to counter-frame in ordinary conversations: buff.ly/JNSnFiW

#polsky #polsci

@feministory.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 3:40 PM

9/28/1865 — b. Emma Guy Cromwell, American #gov official, suffragist, #womensrights activist. Early female Kentucky politician; KY state librarian(1896). First KY wmn state office holder as sec of state (1923), treasurer (1927), director of libraries+archives ('37) #womenshistory #LibrarySky #PolSky

Emma Guy Cromwell
@polstudies.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 11:02 AM

Should EU migrants receive equal welfare treatment? Pietro Intropi examines reciprocity in EU law, arguing rights and contributive duties vary by migrants’ contributions and the justice of the host state. Read more: buff.ly/O7Foc1b

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@polstudies.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 11:01 AM

Why do senators respond differently to China trade shocks? @weitianliu.bsky.social finds Democrats became critical as import exposure rose, while Republicans responded less. Read more: buff.ly/khjZ0Tu

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@polstudies.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 5:02 PM

Can workplace democracy exist in practice or do democratic organisations inevitably devolve into new hierarchies? @timchristiaens.bsky.social argues channels for plebeian contestation from below are needed to withhold the formation of new hierarchies. OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/c0RacFk

#polsky #polsci

Abstract Worker cooperatives are often lauded as the ideal institutional form of workplace democracy. While the traditional firm subjects workers to hierarchical authority, cooperatives establish workers as owners and managers of their own venture. However, since 1911 Robert Michels popularised the phrase of an “iron law of oligarchy” to argue how nominally democratic institutions, like worker cooperatives, often fall back into hierarchical patterns. I claim that this criticism against workplace democracy is based on a misreading of Michels’ philosophy and a misrepresentation of today’s empirical research on cooperative management. Both present worker cooperatives as hybrid institutions torn between oligarchic and democratic pulls. By counterbalancing tendencies towards a concentration of power at the top with countervailing institutions that help rank-and-file workers contest managerial decision-making, worker cooperatives can safeguard themselves against degeneration and the iron law of oligarchy. This proposal of instituting workplace democracy through constant anti-hierarchical conflict, I call “plebeian cooperativism."
@feministory.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 12:41 PM

9/25/1863 — b. Nellie Nugent Somerville, American #gov official, suffrage/temperance leader, child labor activist. Founder, Mississippi Wmn Suffrage Assn(1897); treasurer, Southern Wmn Suff Assn(1913), VP of NAWSA (1915). First wmn state rep, Mississippi(1923-27) #womenshistory #womensrights #PolSky

Nellie Nugent Somerville
@polstudies.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 5:00 PM

Can social media enable popular counter-power while reinforcing elite influence? @absander.bsky.social examines #saccageparis, finding its digital tactics gave citizens a tribunate role despite its non-popular composition.

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@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci

"Abstract This article argues that the case of an idiosyncratic digital movement in Paris—#saccageparis—has much to contribute to recent debates around social media’s democratic potential. #saccageparis leaders paint themselves as contemporary tribunes of the plebs, a permanent counter-power representing the “small people” of Paris against the municipality. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, I examine in this article such claim. On the one hand, Twitter’s affordances enabled ordinary citizens to gain some of the attributes of a popular tribunate standing up to power while, on the other hand, the movement only gained this foothold because it was not itself popular. #saccageparis’s composition therefore contradicts its tactics, and the movement is best described as “bourgeois populism.” This case shows us how social media’s populist affordances can be exploited by elites and, as a result, offers precious insights for those interested in rescuing social media’s radical-democratic possibilities from elite capture."
@polstudies.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 11:02 AM

Does the level of government shape political trust and compliance? Susan Banducci, @l-horvath.bsky.social & Daniel Stevens argue local trust influences prosocial behaviour, unlike national trust. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/RgZMQ5R

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@feministory.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 3:30 PM

9/23/1942 — b. Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican #gov official, businesswoman, philanthropist. The first female and eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (2001-05), the mayor of San Juan (1997-2001), the 12th Secretary of State of #PuertoRico (1988-89) #womenshistory #PolSky #law #woc

Sila María Calderón
@polstudies.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 11:02 AM

Who supports martial law in a democracy? Brandon Beomseob Park & Inkwan Chung examine South Korea, finding affective polarization drives support for executive overreach. Read more: buff.ly/63rPmga

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #AffectivePolarization #ResearchNote

@polstudies.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 5:01 PM

Should we exaggerate support for #democracy to save it? Maxime Lepoutre examines the dilemma of affirming democracy during democratic backsliding. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/f0fAwu0

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"Abstract Democracies around the world have increasingly faced concerted efforts to dismantle democratic institutions. How should public speakers respond to such attempts at democratic backsliding? A widespread rhetorical strategy is to affirm democracy—that is, to publicly invoke the value of democracy and vigorously insist on the need to defend it. I argue that this practice gives rise to an underappreciated democratic dilemma. On one hand, distinctive features of the backsliding process seemingly require us to affirm democracy. Yet, on the other hand, this practice also poses serious dangers for democracy. For one, it risks accelerating democratic erosion. Moreover, efforts to limit this risk seemingly violate democratic requirements of truthfulness. So, both affirming democracy and failing to do so involve significant democratic pitfalls. The best way to navigate this dilemma, I contend, is not to forgo affirming democracy. Instead, it is to do so in a way that emphasises elites’ concrete attacks on democracy, while insisting that most people are strongly committed to democracy. While this approach may indeed involve some deception—insofar as it may knowingly overstate support for democracy—this is often all-things-considered justified."
@feministory.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 12:54 PM

9/22/1857 — b. Anita Augspurg, German lawyer, jurist, feminist, pacifist. The first doctor of law in the German Empire not permitted to practice (1897). Campaigned for #womensrights in German Civil Code; co-founder wmn suffrage assn, Hamburg (1902), Bavaria (1913) #womenshistory #law #LawSky #PolSky

Anita Augspurg
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