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European Journal of Political Research
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Publishing original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics.

A journal from @ecpr.bsky.social and @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
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European Journal of Political Research - Alessandro Nai, Isabelle Borucki, Nicole Curato, Caterina Froio, Emilie van Haute, Airo Hino, Markus Wagner
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Are left governments drifting right or are they becoming the strong defenders🛡️of market competition?

Jingjing Huo looks at today’s low-rate, high-concentration economy and find that the shift is helping protect workers’ income. 📈
Falling rates, rising partisanship effect: why market competition becomes associated with left governments in an era of low interest rates | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Falling rates, rising partisanship effect: why market competition becomes associated with left governments in an era of low interest rates
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November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🆕 Why do elites feel more (or less) satisfied?
Benjamin Ferland, Valere Gaspard & Johan Savoy compare citizens’ vs. politicians’ satisfaction with #Democracy #ComparativeCandidatesSurvey data to uncover key drivers shaping politicians’ #DemocraticAttitudes.
Power and ideology – A comparison of citizens’ and politicians’ satisfaction with democracy | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Power and ideology – A comparison of citizens’ and politicians’ satisfaction with democracy
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November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
💸🦠 #PublicOpinion on #Covid19 economic cris?
Jeffrey M. Chwieroth & Andrew Walter's Australia–UK 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 conjoint study shows support for wage subsidies but mixed or negative reactions to financial-sector aid, highlighting the importance of #PolicyDesign
Distributional preferences in a global pandemic: Voter attitudes toward COVID-19 economic policy interventions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Distributional preferences in a global pandemic: Voter attitudes toward COVID-19 economic policy interventions
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November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🗳️ Why don’t people vote corrupt 🦹‍♀️ leaders out?

Romania 🇷🇴 study by Nicholas Charron & Andreas Bågenholm find many stay home 🏡 because they think others won’t vote either – but can more information improve turnout? 🤷
Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter
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November 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Authoritarian nostalgia is key in the success of the far right.

Rather than an obstacle, it is a mobilising factor.

People who have fond (personal or indirect) memories of the right-wing authoritarian past vote far right.

Full data & replication materials available here: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...
November 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🆕 Why do junior coalition parties sometimes dodge voter anger? 😤
Lasse Aaskoven & @shane-martin.bsky.social study 36 🇪🇺 & OECD countries to show how strong legislative committees help smaller parties protect their policy brand and navigate electoral costs
Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🆕 Side income impacts trust in politicians? 💰
@ohuwyler.bsky.social @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social
study voters across 7 🇪🇺 countries to see how transparency about parliamentarians’ extra income shapes #VoterPerceptions, #Trust, and electability
Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions
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November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 #VoterPerceptions on minority governments? 🤔
@jwaeckerle.bsky.social & @sopro.bsky.social survey citizens in 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇩🇪 Germany, and 🇸🇪 Sweden to explore what #Voters know about minority governments and how they perceive their representational qualities. 📊
Political knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Political knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe
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November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 Can climate policy shape who fights for it? 🌍
Karl Magnus Møller looks at how the 🇪🇺 EU’s green industrial policies may shift corporate support by targeting different industries changing the politics of #ClimateAction
Climate policy strategies and corporate mobilisation in the European Union | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Climate policy strategies and corporate mobilisation in the European Union
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November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 🇪🇺 How do different kinds of European identity shape views on immigration?
@twoeffray.bsky.social & Fabio Wasserfallen 👀 at civic and cultural European 🇪🇺 #Identity introducing the idea that value congruence between Europeans and immigrants may matter 💭

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European identities and immigration attitudes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
European identities and immigration attitudes
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November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🆕 What kind of personalities are drawn to politics? 🗳️
This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2

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Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment
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November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 🗣️ Good discussion needs good facilitation — but is that enough?
@afsounafsahi.bsky.social explores how to make #Deliberation fairer and more balanced with “deliberative worth” exercises and “simulated representation” games to boost empathy and reflection #CivicEngagement 🤝
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When facilitation is not enough: the role of games in small-group discussions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
When facilitation is not enough: the role of games in small-group discussions
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November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🆕 What happens when the #RadicalRight looks fondly to the past? 🇪🇸🇵🇹
@populismblog.bsky.social & @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social introduce #AuthoritarianNostalgia — exploring how supporters of VOX and Chega connect today’s politics with memories of 🇪🇸 and 🇵🇹 authoritarian eras. #Populism
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Authoritarian nostalgia and support for (populist radical) right parties | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Authoritarian nostalgia and support for (populist radical) right parties
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November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 How do parties decide who wins what in #coalition talks? 🤝
Drawing on data 📊 from five government formations, David M. Willumsen & @simonotjes.bsky.social study how #PolicyPayoffs are negotiated and distributed in coalition governments.
Coalition government formation and policy payoffs | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Coalition government formation and policy payoffs
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October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Are you interested in #Elections, #GovernmentComposition and #Referenda? 🏛️🗳️

Why not give @pdyearbook.bsky.social a follow and catch up on its newest publications? 🤷

👀 Look out for posts about the 2025 issue 🤫
🆕 #Cyprus #PoliticalData
🗳️ 2024 saw stalled reunification talks, UN envoy Holguín’s departure, #FidiasPanayiotou’s election success, a Turkish Cypriot university scandal + strengthened US-Cyprus relations, report Hubert Faustmann & @ahmetsozen.bsky.social.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🆕 #Polarization: barrier or bridge? 🌉
Using 🇨🇭 survey data📊, Ursina Kuhn & Lionel Marquis explore how changes in political views affect engagement and trust — and how living with someone who becomes more polarized can shape your own political behavior

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Does ideological polarization promote political engagement and trust? Evidence from Swiss panel data, 1999–2023 | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Does ideological polarization promote political engagement and trust? Evidence from Swiss panel data, 1999–2023
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October 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🚨Correction to an earlier post on 📘 64.4

🧠 Can we measure #AffectivePolarization without long surveys?
A 39-country study 📊 by @jakobkas.bsky.social @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & B.Baker find that brief, smartly chosen measures still work if they span major ideological divides

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Establishing the construct and predictive validity of brief measures of affective polarization
JAKOB KASPER, GIJS SCHUMACHER, BERT N. BAKKER
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October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🆕 🗳️ Using surveys across 🇪🇺 & 🇩🇪 @fguelzau.bsky.social Marc Helbling & @snmorgenstern.bsky.social compare migrants from democratic vs. non-democratic countries to see whether support for #LiberaDemocratic values differs between migrants in Europe and non-migrants

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Liberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Liberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes
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October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 Representation and resentment 🙅

R.Hlatky @dramyhliu.bsky.social Y.Li & A.Pitre-Young expand on how ethnic minorities politically succeed in #CEE by explaining:

1️⃣ Types of #representation
2️⃣ #MinorityMobilization vs #AllyAdvocacy
3️⃣ Political activity or social marginalization

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Representation and resentment: Explaining radical-right electoral success | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Representation and resentment: Explaining radical-right electoral success
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October 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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🔓 Wrapping up #OAWeek with some number crunching!
📈 In 2024, 77% of all articles published in our 5️⃣ journals were #OpenAccess – and we’re powering towards full #OA from Jan '26, thanks to our partnership with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
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October 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🆕 Is representation out of touch? 🤔

Nino Junius & Stefaan Walgrave comment on a #RepresentationGap between high and low SES backgrounds in politics, suggesting that those who benefit the most from inclusion in their personal networks often lack it the most. 🤝

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Are elected representatives’ intimate ties representative? Examining their socio-economic status in 13 countries | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Are elected representatives’ intimate ties representative? Examining their socio-economic status in 13 countries
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October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That's a wrap on #OpenAccessWeek 🎬

In case you missed us — EJPR is open for everyone! 🔓📚

Explore and share cutting-edge political research!

Because knowledge grows when it’s shared. 🌱
European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
European Journal of Political Research - Alessandro Nai, Isabelle Borucki, Nicole Curato, Caterina Froio, Emilie van Haute, Airo Hino, Markus Wagner
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October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🆕 Why adopt costly #SupplyChainRegulations? 💸

Dennis Kolcava @ekeithsmith.bsky.social & Thomas Bernauer show that citizens underestimate costs and expect benefits when backing these stringent supply chain rules due to low #TradeExposure in 12 OECD countries.

#OA
Voter perceptions and the politics of hidden costs in unilateral sustainable supply chain regulations | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Voter perceptions and the politics of hidden costs in unilateral sustainable supply chain regulations
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October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What does #OpenAccess mean to you? 💭

To us, it’s breaking barriers 🚧, dodging paywalls 🏃💨, and sharing knowledge freely 🫱🏾🫲

Join us in celebrating #OpenAccessWeek with EJPR! 🌍📚
European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
European Journal of Political Research - Alessandro Nai, Isabelle Borucki, Nicole Curato, Caterina Froio, Emilie van Haute, Airo Hino, Markus Wagner
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October 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM