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South European Society & Politics
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Official account of South European Society and Politics, a leading journal for scholars interested in Southern Europe. Edited by Nicolò Conti and Bonnie Field.
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fses20/current
📚 SESP #ArticleCollections #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe

1⃣5⃣ articles
🎯Introduction by @elombardo.bsky.social, N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social
#Equality #LGBTIQ* #Sexism #Feminism #Rights

🔗https://tandfonline.com/journals/fses20/collections/Gender-and-Sexuality-in-Southern-Europe
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe

The nationalisation of subnational elections in polarised #Spain: the May 2023 regional and local elections

🆓Read the article by @amuitz.bsky.social & @pedroriera.bsky.social 👇 #FreeAccess
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November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
- 'the 2024 EP elections in #Portugal were not merely second-order national contests'
- #Chega’s '#Euroscepticism was not overlooked by its newer electorate'

Read the article by T. Silva & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social here 👇
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November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📚 In our Collection on #Gender and #Sexuality
When is gender on party agendas? Manifestos and (De-)democratisation in #Greece, #Portugal, #Spain

🔓 @anacweeks.bsky.social @pcaravantes.bsky.social Espírito-Santo @elombardo.bsky.social Stratigaki & Gul #OpenAccess 👇
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November 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
‘preferences for experts in government are positively linked to voting for left-wing parties but not for right-wing ones’ in #Italy

Read the article by @davevitto.bsky.social, S. Rojon, J.-B. Pilet and E. Paulis 👇
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November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📚 SESP #ArticleCollections 🗳️➡️
The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe

2⃣1⃣ #FreeAccess Articles
🎯Introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social and
@mattiazulianello.bsky.social

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November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
💡 V. Triga, N. Ioannidis & C. Djouvas FIND…💡
in the 2023 Presidential Election in #Cyprus ‘the winning candidate garnered a diverse electorate, reflecting the varied ideologies of supporting parties’

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November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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💫To discuss the role of gender equality in 50 years of democratization in Southern Europe we argue in this article in @sespjournal.bsky.social - that progress in gender equality commitments is an essential component of democratisation, and backsliding in these indicates democratic decay.
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #OpenAccess
Long seen as a beacon of stability, #Portugal is undergoing a swift political transformation – driven by new actors, but also by new issues

Read the article by @marianasmendes.bsky.social here 👇
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November 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
💡Yannis Tsirbas FINDS…💡
‘The parliamentary election of May 2023 in #Greece marks a shift towards a predominant party system, somewhat reversing a period of stabilisation and a return of two-partyism’

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Towards a predominant party system: the May 2023 election in Greece
The parliamentary election of May 2023 in Greece is historic because it was the first held with a proportional representation electoral system in decades. Notably, there was an unprecedented 20-poi...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
💡Yannis Tsirbas FINDS…💡
‘The parliamentary election of May 2023 in #Greece marks a shift towards a predominant party system, somewhat reversing a period of stabilisation and a return of two-partyism’

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November 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
🎧 Interview Alert!
@senemaydndzgit.bsky.social joins @williamarmstrong.bsky.social on @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social to discuss her article

Foreign policy as domestic politics in populist competitive authoritarianism: the case of the May 2023 elections in #Turkey

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit on foreign policy weaponisation in Turkish domestic politics
Turkey Book Talk #257 – Senem Aydın-Düzgit, professor of international relations at Sabanci University and director of the Istanbul Policy Centre, on her article “Foreign Policy as Domestic P…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📚 SESP #ArticleCollections

Polarised #Turkey? Citizens, #parties and #elections under competitive authoritarianism

8⃣ #FreeAccess Articles #polarisation

🎯Introduction by @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social

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November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Portugal
#Chega has managed to combine socio-cultural concerns and economic dissatisfaction
#IL’s focus on economic liberalism has drawn more educated and politically satisfied voters

🔗Article by Heyne, Manucci & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social 👇
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November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by South European Society & Politics
Scholars have long paid attention to disproportionality between parties’ votes and seats emerging from the electoral system. In @sespjournal.bsky.social, Gianni Del Panta, @mattiaguidi.bsky.social, and I show that disproportionality can also be a by-product of pre-electoral coalition formation.🧵
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 🔓 #Italy
The disproportional consequences of a proportional bargain: candidate selection within Italian electoral coalitions in 2022

Read the article by Gianni Del Panta, @mattiaguidi.bsky.social and @klingelt.bsky.social here #OpenAccess👇
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November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
📚 In our Collection on #Polarisation in #Turkey

Political #Polarisation on Social Media: Competing Understandings of Democracy in Turkey

🆓Read the #FreeAccess article by @didem-turkoglu.bsky.social, M. Odabaş, D. Tunaoglu & @mustafa-yavas.bsky.social 👇
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November 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
Affective #polarisation in #Portugal has not been increasing but it has become more closely associated with turnout and voting behaviour

Read the article by @fredericofs.bsky.social here 👇
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November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight #FreeAccess
Playing populist: the relationship of convenience between populist language and demarcationist ideological positions in the Italian parliament (1948-2020)

READ article by @silviadecadri.bsky.social & F. Negri
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November 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
💡N. Bellanca, A. Gherardini, M. Maltagliati & G. L. Pessina FIND…💡 #Italy
#Mezzogiorno regions defy the North-South social capital divide regarding pro-environment behaviour

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November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 🔓 #Italy
The disproportional consequences of a proportional bargain: candidate selection within Italian electoral coalitions in 2022

Read the article by Gianni Del Panta, @mattiaguidi.bsky.social and @klingelt.bsky.social here #OpenAccess👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢
Too young to party, ready to say enough? Youth #turnout and the rise of #Chega in #Portugal

Read the article by P. Costa, C. Jalali and P. Silva here 👇
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November 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess
Kulturkampf to Partykampf? Democratic backsliding and democratic satisfaction in #Turkey

🔓Read the article by S. Toros, G. Zeybek Kabakçı & E. Toros here 👇
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November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📚 In our Collection on #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe

Gender equality policies in #Turkey’s opposition municipalities: factors that impact policy-making according to gender advocates

READ article by Ebru Ertugal and @ibagdadi.bsky.social here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe

The relevance and resilience of the cordon sanitaire in #Portugal: the March 2024 legislative elections

DOWNLOAD #FreeAccess the article by J. Santana-Pereira & S. Rogeiro Nina here 👇
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November 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
📚 In our Collection on #Gender and #Sexuality
When is gender on party agendas? Manifestos and (De-)democratisation in #Greece #Portugal #Spain

🔓 @anacweeks.bsky.social @pcaravantes.bsky.social @elombardo.bsky.social Espírito-Santo Stratigaki & Gul #OpenAccess 👇
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM