@epsjournal.bsky.social
The professional journal of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), publishing contributions written by and for the political science community.
@epsjournal.bsky.socialโ๏ธ FirstView - ๐ Book Review
๐ฌ '...powerful analytical tool for understanding populism, legitimisation, and ideological confrontation...'
Zhenjun Wang reviews 'Analysing Political Discourse: Theory and Practice (2nd edn.)' by Paul Chilton
@routledgebooks.bsky.social, 2026
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@epsjournal.bsky.socialโ๏ธ FirstView - ๐Dataset
John F. Brรผne, Sophie Potts & Elisabeth Bergherr introduce a structured dataset and ParliamentLab, an interractive application, to support the exploration of voting behavior in the European Parliament from 2004 to 2022.
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@epsjournal.bsky.socialโ๏ธ FirstView - ๐๏ธ Teaching&Learning
Emilia S. Heo & @felixroesch.bsky.social explore the pedagogical use of artistic means in international relations by investigating drawing as a creatinve learning method to understand peace&war.
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@epsjournal.bsky.socialโ๏ธ FirstView - ๐ Book Review
๐ฌ โ...concise, rigorous & highly teachable...โ
@karolinanugumanova.bsky.social reviews "Different and Unequal? Gendered Political Participation in European Democracies." by Bolzendahl & @hildecoffe.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2026
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@epsjournal.bsky.socialโ๏ธ FirstView - Research
@federicazardo.bsky.social intorduces the MigFund dataset, a comprehensive resource that traces the European Unionโs financial commitments to migration and asylum from 2000 to 2023.
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@epsjournal.bsky.socialโ๏ธ FirstView - ๐๏ธ Research
Jessy Bally extends the use of Bordieu's field theory to analyse democratic innovations, reflecting on the way promoters of democratic innovations constitute a social space a โreform spaceโ.
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@epsjournal.bsky.socialThat's everything for our ๐ September issue๐
๐Volume 25 Issue 3
๐ 2 Research articles, ๐๏ธ 2 Teaching&Learning, ๐ 1 dataset & ๐ 4 Book Reviews
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โ๏ธ 15+ contributors
๐ต๏ธ & many more anonymous referees
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September issue
๐ Book Review
๐ฌ'...a timely and analytically rich contribution...โ
Ondrej Voznak reviews "Great Power Competition and Middle Power Strategies" Edited by Vinod K. Aggarwal & Margaret A. T. Kenney.
@springer.springernature.com, 2023
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September issue
๐ Book Review
๐ฌ'...a highly interesting read...โ
Katinka Linnamรคki reviews ""The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary: The Populist Logic of Polarisation as Hegemony" by @emiliapalonen.bsky.social @helsinkiupress.bsky.social, 2025
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September issue
๐ Book Review
๐ฌ'...a significant contribution to the terminological understanding of the concept...โ
Mฤlina-Maria Rรฎndaศu reviews "Democracyโs Resilience to Populismโs Threat: Countering Global Alarmism", by Kurt Weyland
@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2024
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September issue
๐ Book Review
๐ฌ'...an original and valuable addition to the study of populism...โ
Guy Gerba @ucc.ie reviews "The Populist Style: Trump, Le Pen and Performances of the Far Right" by @theoaiolfi.bsky.social
@edinburghup.bsky.social, 2025
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September issue
๐ Policy Commentary
Yannis Karagiannis, @mattiaguidi.bsky.social & Alba Tort Llorens explain policy failures in the 2023 revision of EU Horizontal Guidelines by drawing on historical-institutionalist process tracing.
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September issue
๐Dataset
@fhublet.bsky.social presents BLUE_EP dataset, covering European Parliament elections between 2019 and 2024 and providing results for 90,000 EU27 Local Administrative Units and 500 parties/list in each election.
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September issue
๐Dataset
Olga Lavrinenko introduces the FEMPOWER dataset, covering the period 1980โ2023 for around 9,000 womenโs organisations active worldwide.
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September issue
๐Teaching&Learningย
S. Gherghina, G.M. Fuentes & P. Tap identify how political science courses prepares students for activities within political parties by considering interviews with political science students from Romania, Spain and the UK.
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September issue
๐๏ธ Research
Weiqing Song, Mengdie Zhou, & Ziqing Yang use a combination of bibliometric analysis and documentary analysis of Chinese scholarly literature to reveal the Chinese understanding of European strategic autonomy (ESA).
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September issue
๐๏ธ Research
Jacob Cox and Austin Horng-En Wang explore whether blame-shifting strategies extend beyond domestic political competition to external actors.
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@epsjournal.bsky.social๐ September Issue Out Now!๐
Volume 2๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ Issue 3๏ธโฃ
๐For our third issue of the year, with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org, we explore populism, governance, public policy and international relations.
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@epsjournal.bsky.socialโ๏ธ FirstView - ๐ Book Review
๐ฌ'...undoubtedly a must-read masterpiece...โ
Brent H. F. Yan reviews "Supernatural Politics: Mao Zedong and the Drive to Eliminate Religion in China, 1949โ79" by S. A. Smith.
( @universitypress.cambridge.org, 2026)
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@ljramiro.bsky.socialReposted by @epsjournal.bsky.socialThank you so much to all the colleagues who packed the room today! And a huge thank you to Daphne, Cristobal, Luca, Amanda, Luana and Simon for your generosity, participation, and fantastic insights. Thanks again everyone!
