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CTXT @ctxt.es · 4d

El fascismo funciona porque ofrece algo en lugar de la democracia, la paz y la igualdad, algo que es capaz de alejar a la gente de la promesa de la creación y acercarla a la violencia de la destrucción💬

Hannah Leffingwell reseña sobre 'El nuevo cuerpo fascista'📕

Buenísimo👇
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Las nuevas derechas y el placer de la crueldad

El autoritarismo neofascista aleja a las personas de la promesa de democracia, paz e igualdad y las lleva hacia la violencia destructiva ofreciéndoles un atractivo clave: la alegría de hacer daño al o...

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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 7d

** PhD Opportunity (funded) **
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality (UNPACK)” @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...

#jobs #PhD #poverty #policy #Doctor

CALL_Predoc_UNPACK 2025_F.pdf

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · 14d

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Milan Thies @milanthies.bsky.social · 14d

New 📝 out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social

1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training

2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Aug 12

Vicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Aug 11

NEW -

How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD

"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"

- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the dynamics of mainstream and radical political rhetoric regarding anti-immigrant policies, highlighting differences in societal responses and enforcement norms based on the source of the rhetoric.

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Tommaso Fonti @tommaso-fonti.bsky.social · Jun 30

At @epsanet.bsky.social in Madrid I show how new pedestrian areas in Milan may increase votes for the incumbent and reduce those for radical right parties, presenting in an amazing panel with Asya Magazinnik @chknutsen.bsky.social @vheddesheimer.bsky.social @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social!

#epsa

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Jun 25

Another must-read from @danielbeland.bsky.social on ideas and policy feedback!
Favorite nugget: policy implementation generates experience from which actors learn, tipping the balance between self-reinforcing and self-undermining feedback.
ideas.repec.org/a/mul/jl9ury...

Revisiting historical institutionalism: From policy feedback

Historical institutionalism has made a strong contribution to public policy research, including the study of welfare state development, retrenchment, and restructuring. Three decades after the crystal

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Jun 25

Another must-read from @danielbeland.bsky.social on ideas and policy feedback!
Favorite nugget: policy implementation generates experience from which actors learn, tipping the balance between self-reinforcing and self-undermining feedback.
ideas.repec.org/a/mul/jl9ury...

Revisiting historical institutionalism: From policy feedback

Historical institutionalism has made a strong contribution to public policy research, including the study of welfare state development, retrenchment, and restructuring. Three decades after the crystal

ideas.repec.org

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Jun 14

Muchas gracias Marga! 🥳

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Jun 12

🎓Last Tuesday I defended my PhD dissertation at the @eui-eu.bsky.social!
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Jun 12

Muchas gracias Ixchel!

Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks!

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thank you very much Silja! 😁

Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks David!

Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Jun 12

Obrigado Mariana!

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Jun 12

🎓Last Tuesday I defended my PhD dissertation at the @eui-eu.bsky.social!
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816

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Llorenç Soler-Buades @solerbuades.bsky.social · May 28

⏰ 📕 New publication out with Francisco Ferraioli in Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy

What makes national-level social policy reforms so hard to deliver in decentralized welfare systems?

Find out here, it's open access!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The nexus between welfare rescaling and administrative burden: The case of minimum income provision in Spain | Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy | Cambridge Core

The nexus between welfare rescaling and administrative burden: The case of minimum income provision in Spain

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Apr 24

This is a nice video for some context about the Kashmir conflict, in light of the recent terrorist attack. Modi's repression toward Muslims will only fuel a vicious spiral of violence.
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The conflict in Kashmir, explained

YouTube video by Vox

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Apr 10

The politics of how Spain solved its absence of minimum income schemes, now published in SPA.
An interesting read for the #politics of #socialpolicy, #inequality and #SouthernEurope!

Llorenç Soler-Buades @solerbuades.bsky.social · Apr 10

Some good news: my second thesis article is out in Journal of Social Policy! 🎉 @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social

I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter.

It's open access:

The politics of minimum income reform in Spain: explaining unexpected and consensual path departure | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core

The politics of minimum income reform in Spain: explaining unexpected and consensual path departure

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Apr 3

Policy feedback effects on public opinion can bridge institutionalism and behaviouralism. However, research often forgets to link 'opinion' back to politics, otherwise there is no 'feedback', only 'effects'.

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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · Apr 3

Siempre es un buen momento para recordar esto.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Apr 2

So, it's tax cuts for the wealthiest and tax rises for the poorest, just this time for companies? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Starmer offers big US tech firms tax cuts in return for lower Trump tariffs

Exclusive: UK willing to placate Trump with lower digital services tax rate also encompassing non-US companies

www.theguardian.com

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · Apr 2

Let's not forget what these tariffs are really about: raising $4 trillion to make the 2017 tax cuts for the rich permanent. #tradewarsareclasswars

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Marga León @margaleon.bsky.social · Apr 1

La España que crece, la brecha que no se cierra - elpais.com/opinion/2025...

La España que crece, la brecha que no se cierra

El buen momento económico se asienta sobre una desigualdad que dibuja un tejido social cada vez más fragmentado

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Roy Cobby @roycobby.bsky.social · Mar 31

¿Qué tienen en común las sanciones a aerolíneas, la retirada de anuncios ilegales de pisos turísticos o la regulación de algoritmos de precios? El Secretario General de Consumo y Juego @andresbarragan.bsky.social en @agendapublica.es explica cómo puede el Ministerio reequilibrar el poder de mercado.

Las políticas de competencia y consumo como nuevas políticas económicas

Andrés Barragán, secretario general de Consumo y Juego en el Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030, analiza el estado actual del libre mercado y los desafíos en la protección del cons...

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Cristina Ferrer @cristinaferrer.bsky.social · Mar 31

En aquest article analitzo els mercats voluntaris de crèdits de carboni i la seva efectivitat en la lluita contra el canvi climàtic.
La conclusió: cal millorar la seva regulació perquè realment contribueixin a la descarbonització i no siguin només una eina de màrqueting.

Espai Zero Vuit @espaizerovuit.bsky.social · Mar 31

🌱💸 Quin paper tenen les compensacions de carboni en la descarbonització empresarial? Són una eina real contra el canvi climàtic o només un mecanisme de greenwashing?

La @cristinaferrer.bsky.social analitza els mercats voluntaris de crèdits de carboni aquí 👇

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Trampes a la descarbonització: el negoci dels crèdits de carboni - Catalunya Plural

Davant l’emergència climàtica, està clar que les empreses han de jugar un paper clau en ladescarbonització de l’economia. Algunes han de buscar estratègies per oferir els seus serveis iproductes sense...

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