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Ralph Scott @ralphscott.bsky.social · Jul 14

📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨

"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"

Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

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Article abstract, which says:

The educational cleavage is restructuring electoral competition in many democracies, yet there has been insufficient attention on how variation in educational content affects this. In order to address this, this article combines English administrative school records with a unique representative panel of adolescents to estimate the within-individual effect of studying different subjects at school on political party preference. This analysis finds that studying arts and humanities subjects leads to greater support for socially liberal parties, whilst studying business and economics increases support for economically right-wing parties. Students who study technical subjects become more likely to support socially conservative and economically right-wing parties. These relationships between particular subjects and party support also persist into adulthood. As such, this article provides new evidence on the importance of subjects taken in secondary school for political socialisation, during the impressionable years of adolescence.

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Matthew Barnfield @mbarnfield.bsky.social · 6d

Following the success of our spring seminar series earlier this year, we @psapolpsychology.bsky.social are running an autumn/winter series, with four online presentations by great scholars.

Please do register and come along to hear about some really fascinating research!

PSA Political Psychology Specialist Group @psapolpsychology.bsky.social · 6d

This time in two weeks, we will launch our autumn/winter seminar series. We have an exciting line-up of four online talks covering a range of topics in political psychology.

All presentations are on Thursdays at 12:00 UK.

Sign up to attend here!: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

Political Psychology | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Political Psychology is a multi-disciplinary group established to provide a forum for collaboration, discussion and support for political psychology scholars and practitioners as well as to facilitate...

www.psa.ac.uk

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social !

📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests”

With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests - Bonnie M. Meguid, Hilde Coffé, Ana Catalano Weeks, Miki Caul Kittilson, 2025

Despite their Männerparteien reputation, populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently expanded their agendas to include women’s interests. When do they em...

doi.org

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Helen Bramah @helenbramah.bsky.social · 7d

Super excited to see the second paper from my PhD now published!

I find that making MPs' pay and expenses more salient significantly reduces political trust. Raising awareness of the regulator mitigates this effect when mentioning pay, but does not improve trust when expenses are mentioned.

BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 7d

📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!

'Does independent regulation of MPs’ pay and expenses improve political trust? Evidence from a survey experiment' by Helen Bramah.

🔗 buff.ly/FPMxXzL

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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IPR @uniofbathipr.bsky.social · 7d

The UK’s voting system is under pressure – is reform possible?
A new APPG proposal for a National Commission could offer a fair, open path forward.
Read our latest IPR blog by @dmk1793.bsky.social 👇
buff.ly/YMCsBFw

Why a “National Commission” is the way forward for electoral reform

Electoral reform is back on the UK’s political agenda as First-Past-the-Post strains under the pressures of multi-party politics. The new APPG for Fair Elections proposes a National Commission to e…

blogs.bath.ac.uk

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations 🥂

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David S. Moon @daimoon.bsky.social · 23d

New article out in @bjpir.bsky.social that investigates the #WWE + Welsh Government 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 deal to host “Clash at the Castle 2002” in Cardiff.

Mixing nation branding & pro-wrestling literature it analyses how WWE fit the Cymru Wales Brand into its broadcasts. (1/?)

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 23d

It was a very great pleasure to appear on one of my favourite podcasts, and to talk with David Runciman about the Past, Present, and Future (!) of electoral reform & proportional representation

Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 24d

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!

For the first episode in a new series about the ideas that could help democracy work better David talks to @dmk1793.bsky.social of the Constitution Society about proportional representation. When will we get serious electoral reform in the UK?

Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · 25d

A different kind of Oxford union

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations, if that’s the word(?)

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Sep 4

The persistence of New Labour ideas and people was something @ntmatthews.bsky.social and I discussed in our paper from last year titled “New Labour and Political Myth”, free to read www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Sep 3

Possibly the only place in London with smaller offices than SPIR?

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Sep 2

An aside, but which podcast app do you use? The transcripts are easier to read than the Spotify ones.

Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks for this, I love it. Aside from the obvious referents, it’s a bit reminiscent of an Irish band who did (I think) one album and then no more called HAL youtu.be/X1RTvpuyAog?...

Worry About the Wind

YouTube video by Hal - Topic

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Aug 30

Agreed — I have subscribed for a decade, so I do pay. The point is that they have changed what you get in return for that subscription.

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Aug 30

Ok, to be fair I just checked and they are now giving me The Athletic (sports) as part of my subscription so I partly take that back.

Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Aug 30

The premiumisation of their subscription model is quite something— to see recipes (understandable-ish) and then sports coverage (less understandable) I would need to pay extra. Both were included when I first subscribed a decade ago (so far as I can recall).

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Aug 14

New post out:

Today we have a guest post from the brilliant @dmk1793.bsky.social asking whether low turnout is harming growth as well as undermining democratic legitimacy.

(Free to read)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...

Is low turnout undermining growth?

A reminder that you can read Lawrence’s post on the Tump-Putin summit here, his next post will look at the outcome.

open.substack.com

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · Aug 13

This moment never ceases to excite. Out in shops on 9 Sept...

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Aug 11

This article is refreshing not least because it starts from the point of thinking about voters as they actually are, not as we might wish them to be. The key idea — that voters aren’t pundits and political science shouldn’t expect them to be — is crucial.

Matthew Barnfield @mbarnfield.bsky.social · Aug 6

I have a new article out at @polstudies.bsky.social. In "Electoral Hope", I make the case that supposedly irrational "wishful thinking" is actually a crucial part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies.

OA link: doi.org/10.1177/0032...

Title page of article "Electoral Hope" in journal Political Studies.

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Aug 8

Yes, aiming for PSA so see you there!

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Joe Greenwood-Hau @niceonecombo.bsky.social · Aug 8

🚨New book alert!🚨

Thrilled to announce that my @britishacademy.bsky.social Monograph, 'Capital, Privilege, and Political Participation,' will be published via @livunipress.bsky.social later this month.

Find details and pre-order (with discount) here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Aug 8

This looks great, congratulations.

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Matthew Barnfield @mbarnfield.bsky.social · Aug 6

I have a new article out at @polstudies.bsky.social. In "Electoral Hope", I make the case that supposedly irrational "wishful thinking" is actually a crucial part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies.

OA link: doi.org/10.1177/0032...

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · Aug 4

Fewer emails.

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