Maria Thürk
@mariathurk.bsky.social
Assistant Professor (TT) Political Science @ Uppsala University | Minority govs and coalitions | Legislative institutions and behavior | Political parties and corruption perceptions |
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⚠️⚠️ Prof. Stefanie Bailer and Prof. Nathalie Giger are collecting grants left and right - They are now looking for one Postdoc and two PhD students in Basel and Geneva! 🎓
👇 Check out the full job ads here:
tinyurl.com/postdocUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIBAS
👇 Check out the full job ads here:
tinyurl.com/postdocUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIBAS
Post-doctorant-e / Département de science politique et relations internationales (6639)
Post-doctoral position at the Department of Political Science and International Relations
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November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
⚠️⚠️ Prof. Stefanie Bailer and Prof. Nathalie Giger are collecting grants left and right - They are now looking for one Postdoc and two PhD students in Basel and Geneva! 🎓
👇 Check out the full job ads here:
tinyurl.com/postdocUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIBAS
👇 Check out the full job ads here:
tinyurl.com/postdocUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIBAS
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🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science PAR 2025/838
The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and
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November 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
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Just learned that Holger Döring retired from ParlGov in October.
If I'm not misreading his message, then this great resource will not be updated anymore 🖤
parlgov.org/2024/10/01/r...
If I'm not misreading his message, then this great resource will not be updated anymore 🖤
parlgov.org/2024/10/01/r...
Retiring from ParlGov - ParlGov project
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November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Just learned that Holger Döring retired from ParlGov in October.
If I'm not misreading his message, then this great resource will not be updated anymore 🖤
parlgov.org/2024/10/01/r...
If I'm not misreading his message, then this great resource will not be updated anymore 🖤
parlgov.org/2024/10/01/r...
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Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1
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A fun way to start the wknd:
We have received the reviews of ”Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout." […] I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics.
@rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com
We have received the reviews of ”Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout." […] I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics.
@rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A fun way to start the wknd:
We have received the reviews of ”Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout." […] I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics.
@rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com
We have received the reviews of ”Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout." […] I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics.
@rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com
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So happy to have received a new, generous grant (500k EUR) from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social to continue exploring the causes and consequences of voluntary segregation among lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Sweden. This time with a dream team of @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
a cartoon of donald duck holding a stack of money
ALT: a cartoon of donald duck holding a stack of money
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November 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
So happy to have received a new, generous grant (500k EUR) from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social to continue exploring the causes and consequences of voluntary segregation among lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Sweden. This time with a dream team of @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
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New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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Our project received funding from the Swedish Research Council! "How violent actors distort the path to political power: Evidence from Colombia" with Juan Diego Duque Salazar & @hannefjelde.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Our project received funding from the Swedish Research Council! "How violent actors distort the path to political power: Evidence from Colombia" with Juan Diego Duque Salazar & @hannefjelde.bsky.social
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New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪.
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪.
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
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Tariffs might be the word of 2025.
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
A game of tariffs: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
In April 2025, the United States introduced sweeping tariffs on imports from the European Union and the United Kingdom, raising transatlantic tensions and prompting debate over Europe’s response. T...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Tariffs might be the word of 2025.
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
September 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
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Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New ERC StG. Eternal thanks to my husband @samkschi.bsky.social, my academic friends and colleagues @comppollu.bsky.social and Gothenburg, & @lunduniversity.bsky.social research services - John Philips, Kerstin Gidlöf, and Carl Lagerqvist!
This would be impossible without supportive colleagues 👇
This would be impossible without supportive colleagues 👇
September 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New ERC StG. Eternal thanks to my husband @samkschi.bsky.social, my academic friends and colleagues @comppollu.bsky.social and Gothenburg, & @lunduniversity.bsky.social research services - John Philips, Kerstin Gidlöf, and Carl Lagerqvist!
This would be impossible without supportive colleagues 👇
This would be impossible without supportive colleagues 👇
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I show the feminization strategy doesn’t always work to reduce voter punishment for corruption in LatAm. But in Guatemala where women’s rep is low & “fairer sex” stereotypes more prevalent amongst survey respondents, voters punish a party less post-scandal when new candidate is a woman. Read more👇🏻📑:
In “Can the Fairer Sex Save the Day? Voting for Women After Corruption Scandals in Latin America”, @emilyelia.bsky.social shows that voters’ perceptions about female candidates being less corrupt is context-dependent. Read here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Can the Fairer Sex Save the Day? Voting for Women After Corruption Scandals in Latin America - Political Behavior
Voters often perceive female politicians to be less corrupt than male politicians, and recent work posits that political parties use this perception to their advantage by running more female candidate...
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June 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I show the feminization strategy doesn’t always work to reduce voter punishment for corruption in LatAm. But in Guatemala where women’s rep is low & “fairer sex” stereotypes more prevalent amongst survey respondents, voters punish a party less post-scandal when new candidate is a woman. Read more👇🏻📑:
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I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG
#ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG
#ERCStG
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📢 New Publication Alert!
Our (@msaeltzer.bsky.social)
latest article, "Issue congruence between candidates' Twitter communication and constituencies in an MMES: Migration as an exemplary case", has just been published in Parliamentary Affairs.
academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
Our (@msaeltzer.bsky.social)
latest article, "Issue congruence between candidates' Twitter communication and constituencies in an MMES: Migration as an exemplary case", has just been published in Parliamentary Affairs.
academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
August 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
📢 New Publication Alert!
Our (@msaeltzer.bsky.social)
latest article, "Issue congruence between candidates' Twitter communication and constituencies in an MMES: Migration as an exemplary case", has just been published in Parliamentary Affairs.
academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
Our (@msaeltzer.bsky.social)
latest article, "Issue congruence between candidates' Twitter communication and constituencies in an MMES: Migration as an exemplary case", has just been published in Parliamentary Affairs.
academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
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Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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Idag skriver vi om sexuell korruption i Sverige på DN Debatt.
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
DN Debatt. ”Sexuell korruption är inte som andra mutbrott”
DN Debatt. Nya förslag kan få motsatt effekt och skapa fler risker för de utsatta, skriver fyra forskare.
www.dn.se
August 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Idag skriver vi om sexuell korruption i Sverige på DN Debatt.
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
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Why do parties do what they do? Excited to share my 2nd dissertation paper, just published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
August 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Why do parties do what they do? Excited to share my 2nd dissertation paper, just published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
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New paper out @wepsocial.bsky.social!
🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result.
Read full 🧵 below:
🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result.
Read full 🧵 below:
August 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New paper out @wepsocial.bsky.social!
🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result.
Read full 🧵 below:
🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result.
Read full 🧵 below:
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📣 Call for Applications 📣
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
July 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📣 Call for Applications 📣
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
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Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
www.cambridge.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...