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Frank Mols (PhD)

@fmols.bsky.social

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Senior Lecturer in Political Science @POLSISEngage, researching leadership, followership, populist movements, voter attitudes and political behaviour. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=GwUV0YAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

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Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · Nov 23

Populist radical right parties are often said to predominantly attract poor 'losers of globalization', and to benefit from economic crisis. However, when studying populist voting patterns longitudinally it becomes clear this is a (very pervasive) myth. #Populism #TheWealthParadox

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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · Jul 2

📣 New piece out in @jcms-eu.bsky.social with the great @mlorimer.bsky.social & Marianna Griffini!

We compare the 2023 🇳🇱 & 2024 🇫🇷 snap elections: different systems, but shared patterns:
➡️ Gov’t instability
➡️ Continued rise and mainstreaming of the far right

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Snap Out of It? Governmental Instability and Far‐Right Mainstreaming in the Dutch and French Elections of 2023/2024

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · Nov 17

Our 2017 CUP book 'The Wealth Paradox: Economic Prosperity and the Hardening of Attitudes' can be ordered here 👉 bit.ly/3kBGvNx

The Wealth Paradox

Cambridge Core - Political Sociology - The Wealth Paradox

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Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · Dec 3

The 1882 'Chinese Exclusion Act' is an early example (from the USA) of #TheWealthParadox; Immigrants doing well economically, making it into government, and throwing down the ladder by which they rose ...

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · 17d

See also:
theconversation.com/political-wi...

Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.

theconversation.com

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · 18d

"Taking over Greenland",
"Building a White House Ballroom"
"Tylenol causes Autism"
It's called distracting by 'flooding the zone' (with nonsense)

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · 18d

See also:
theconversation.com/political-wi...

Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.

theconversation.com

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · 18d

See also:
theconversation.com/political-wi...

Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.

theconversation.com

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · 18d

See also:
theconversation.com/political-wi...

Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.

theconversation.com

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · 18d

See also: theconversation.com/political-wi...

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · 18d

See also:
theconversation.com/political-wi...

Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.

theconversation.com

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · 19d

See also:
theconversation.com/political-wi...

Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.

theconversation.com

Reposted by Frank Mols (PhD)

Vincenzo Emanuele @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social · 22d

🎯New publication out in @wepsocial.bsky.social
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇

Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.tandfonline.com

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Dr. Jan Philipp Thomeczek @drphilphil.bsky.social · Aug 28

New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵

Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany

www.sciencedirect.com

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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · Aug 31

From Subjects to Citizens: Why the Fifth Estate Matters Now.
Democracy Watch AU: a framework to empower Australians to hold politicians, governments, institutions & media accountable.
Democracy only works when citizens demand accountability, not blind trust.
suebarrett.substack.com/p/from-subje...

From Subjects to Citizens: Why the Fifth Estate Matters Now

Democracy Watch AU: a framework to empower Australians to hold politicians, governments, institutions, and media accountable

suebarrett.substack.com

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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · Aug 25

On Wednesday (at the crack of dawn), we continue with a book panel, celebrating two OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it, co-hosted with the great @sldelange.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/ecpr...

ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social · Aug 22

🍿Do not miss our book panel at @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference celebrating these two important OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and the dreamteam duo @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it.
🍰 Featuring commentary by @sldelange.bsky.social & @leoniedejonge.bsky.social.

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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · Mar 14

Gezien de hardnekkigheid van deze mythe maar even mijn nieuwe artikel in de herhaling wbs.nl/publicaties/...

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Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · Nov 23

Populist radical right parties are often said to predominantly attract poor 'losers of globalization', and to benefit from economic crisis. However, when studying populist voting patterns longitudinally it becomes clear this is a (very pervasive) myth. #Populism #TheWealthParadox

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · May 28

Yes, that'd be something, right? Using ChatGPT to string together three words ... 🤣😂

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · Mar 21

Thank you James - Much appreciated!

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · Mar 9

This online article provides a quick summary of the book's findings - www.abc.net.au/religion/why...

Why Trump and Brexit are Not Working-Class Revolts - ABC Religion & Ethics

Events like Brexit and the election of Donald Trump are widely interpreted as a working-class revolts. But populist voting may well be associated with status protection and aspiration to secure upward...

Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social · Mar 8

Maybe he just passed it on, or he sold it (without reading it)