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Alberto López Ortega

@bertous.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Previously, ‪Harvard, Zurich, UC3M, UPO‬. European politics, public opinion, ethnic and LGBTQ+ politics, far right. 🏳️‍🌈

The means justify the end.
https://aloport.github.io/

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@populismblog.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 9:23 AMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

New book out 🔥

The Fascist Zeitgeist.
Authoritarian Legacies and the Iberian Far Right.

(Elements in the History and Politics of Fascism
@universitypress.cambridge.org)

How is the success of the Iberian far right linked to the memory of Franco and Salazar?

doi.org/10.1017/9781009588072

The image shows, on the right half, the book's cover, with fascist architecture from Rome, which is the signature image used by the series on "The History and Politics of Fascism". The left half of the image shows the book's back, that includes the following summary: 
The far right is achieving unprecedented electoral success, even in countries once considered immune such as Spain and Portugal. For decades, the stigma surrounding the long dictatorships of António Salazar and Francisco Franco seemed to inoculate the Iberian Peninsula against far-right mobilisation, yet Chega and VOX have shown that collective memory evolves – and stigma fades. This Element argues that understanding the far right's global rise requires attention to authoritarian nostalgia: a longing for an idealised authoritarian past. When activated by credible political actors with sufficient media visibility, this sentiment can generate support for far-right movements even in societies with a collective memory firmly condemning their authoritarian past. Using original survey data, the Element shows how contemporary far-right forces mobilise the ghosts of authoritarianism to erode democratic norms, revealing the enduring power of collective memory in shaping political behaviour.
@leonardocarella.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 12:33 PMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.

@tabouchadi.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 4:08 PMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

This illustrates pretty well what an essential building block transphobia and anti-queerness have become in the contemporary far right. Unfortunately, in many countries (and especially in the UK) transphobia has been mainstreamed and legitimized even more than nativism. Including in academia.

@ejpgjournal.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 7:13 PMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

Do women candidates help the far right? Not in Britain, finds @turnbulldugarte.com in #EJPG. In 2024, Reform UK's women candidates won no more votes than men, and the gender gap in Reform support was, if anything, wider where it ran a woman.

Banner from the European Journal of Politics and Gender (EJPG), Bristol University Press. New research: "Far-right women do not win more votes: descriptive evidence from Britain" by Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte, University of Southampton. Average Reform UK vote share at the 2024 general election: 15.6% for its 513 men candidates and 14.4% for its 96 women candidates.
@bertous.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 12:38 PM

Gracias por tu mensaje, Bonnie. Yo también echo de menos aquello, y también nuestros ratitos juntos el años pasado. :)

@bertous.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:25 AM

No es el caso de Chunta o Compromís o MÉS. Pero sí el de Adelante, BNG, Bildu y ERC, que en efecto, no parecen abrir la puerta a coalición alguna. Creo que en esos casos IU/Sumar/Podemos deben estudiar cada circunscripción y si tiene verdaderamente sentido presentarse.

@bertous.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:07 AM

IU, Podemos y Sumar desempeñaron en otras ocasiones un papel coordinador de la coalición. Hoy, sin capacidad para aportar ese liderazgo, no pueden reclamar su coordinación: les toca dar un paso atrás.

@bertous.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:07 AM

Esto dibuja una coalición óptima que beneficia a todos: asegurar a IU, Sumar y Podemos el escaño que podrían obtener por separado en Madrid/Barcelona. Eso sí, por detrás de Más Madrid y Comuns, que deberían encabezar las listas y ocupar el resto de puestos de salida.

@bertous.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:07 AM

En cada comunidad debe liderar la fuerza principal; el peso del resto, proporcional a su último resultado electoral. Sin acuerdo, las minoritarias no tienen ninguna opción por separado, salvo en Madrid y Barcelona, donde el sistema admite más candidaturas.

@bertous.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:07 AM

El principal problema de la izquierda son sus partidos estatales: Sumar, IU y Podemos no lideran ninguna circunscripción con opción a escaño. En estas, lo lógico sería que cada comunidad negocie su coalición, que el liderazgo sea coral y que la suma sea ese frente amplio.

@queerseminar.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 12:36 PMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

Happening next week! 👀 📆 Be sure to mark your calendars for our first presentation of the programme

@tabouchadi.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 6:57 AMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions.

2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%)
1 doc: 2 years (75%)

Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable)
Application deadline: 1 November

Job adjob ad
@ipp-csic.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 5:48 PMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

¿Cómo influye hacer visible la identidad LGBTQI+ de una candidatura en sus perspectivas electorales?

Gracias a @bertous.bsky.social por aceptar nuestra invitación y compartir ayer su investigación con nosotros.

Aquí os dejamos el enlace a su charla completa:

www.youtube.com/live/-sNqdjf...

@bertous.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 8:08 AM

Muchas ganas de hablar mañana de esta investigación con @malugatto.bsky.social en el CSIC. ☺️

@ipp-csic.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 10:33 AMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

📢 ¡El próximo miércoles arrancamos!

@bertous.bsky.social inaugura el 30 de septiembre la temporada de otoño de nuestro Seminario permanente.

Seis ponentes y seis investigaciones nos esperan hasta diciembre.

👇 Consulta toda la programación

@bertous.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 1:05 PMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

Super excited about this. See you next week in Madrid!

@bertous.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 1:05 PM

Super excited about this. See you next week in Madrid!

@bertous.bsky.socialSep 1, 2026, 12:28 PMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

How do race and queerness jointly shape mass politics? @mfroman.bsky.social and I take up this question in new work I’ll present at @apsa.bsky.social, examining whether their associations with partisanship, ideology, and vote choice accumulate or partially substitute for one another. Friday at 8!

@turnbulldugarte.comSep 1, 2026, 1:30 PMReposted by @bertous.bsky.social

The Rainbow Vote now has a cover & publication date.
www.therainbowvote.com 🗳️🏳️‍🌈

Please consider pre-ordering, or asking your institution’s library to pre-order!

Insufferable self-promotion to follow but I am dutifully celebrating every milestone along the way to publication day in February 😎

@bertous.bsky.socialSep 1, 2026, 12:28 PM

How do race and queerness jointly shape mass politics? @mfroman.bsky.social and I take up this question in new work I’ll present at @apsa.bsky.social, examining whether their associations with partisanship, ideology, and vote choice accumulate or partially substitute for one another. Friday at 8!

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