Rick van Well
@rickvanwell.bsky.social
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Politicoloog / Political scientist | Avans Hogeschool | @UniLeiden.bsky.social | Faces of Science
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marijnsax.bsky.social
Ik nodig deze commentatoren uit om eens een semester lang colloquia, onderzoekspresentaties en beursaanvraaginterviews bij te wonen. Nergens wordt mijn zelfvertrouwen zo structureel en fundamenteel op de proef gesteld als tijdens de vernietigende discussiesessies aan de uni.

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'Nederlandse universiteiten schuwen debat met andersdenkenden'
Is er op Nederlandse universiteiten nog wel ruimte voor een open debat? "Radicale vrijheid van meningsuiting bestaat in Nederland niet."
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tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social
In de eerste weken van de verkiezingscampagne zien we weer te veel voorbeelden waarin peilingen verkeerd gebruikt worden door interviewers, duiders, en journalisten.

Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.

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Peilingen duiden: 10 essentiële vuistregels voor duiders - StukRoodVlees
Zetelpeilingen worden vaak misbruikt. Een tiental vuistregels om je publiek niet voor te liegen met non-nieuws.
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rickvanwell.bsky.social
Why do #opposition parties sometimes support the government? My analyses show that parties use their votes in #parliament to shape how voters see them, what policies they can influence, and where they might end up after the next election @polscileiden.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
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zeljkopoljak.bsky.social
In our new study, @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social and I looked at who gets interrupted during debates in the parliaments of 🇦🇺🇭🇷🇬🇧. We find that women and men get interrupted just as often. Yet, when more women join the debate, politicians interrupt less.

➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...
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felixlehmann.bsky.social
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....

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rickvanwell.bsky.social
In systems of partial alternation (Netherlands), opposition parties might one day govern with today’s opponents. So they are less likely to act oppositional, to show they are constructive and coalition-ready.
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Opposition parties that want to replace the government vote against bills to draw sharp contrasts, especially on issues where governing parties are divided, to highlight those rifts to destabilise the government. BUT only in systems with wholesale alternation of governments (UK, Canada, Denmark)
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For example, in minority governments, opposition support is often a path to policy influence. Governments need their votes, so opposition parties can negotiate concessions. Supporting the government is then strategic cooperation, not surrender.
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Opposition parties do not just oppose for the sake of it. Using the classic policy/office/votes-framework, I argue that they balance different goals that pull them in different directions. Their voting behaviour in parliament depends on which of these matters most in a given context.
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🧵 New article out in @govandopp.bsky.social ! Why do opposition parties sometimes support government legislation? Should they not be, well... opposing? I analysed 75 years of parliamentary votes in 4 parliamentary democracies. Here is what I found👇🔗 cup.org/3JeLkw4
To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core
To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation
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leoniedejonge.bsky.social
Ik mocht aanschuiven bij Haagse Zaken en sprak met @guusvalk.bsky.social over de normalisering van uiterst rechts gedachtegoed, hoe je onderzoek doet naar uiterst rechts, hoe dat verschilt in 🇩🇪 en 🇳🇱, en welke verantwoordelijkheid er ligt bij de wetenschap en journalistiek.
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Haagse Zaken in de zomer III: de normalisering van uiterst rechts
Het is zomerreces in Den Haag. In deze periode tussen de val van het kabinet en de start van een nieuwe verkiezingscampagne nodigen we in Haagse Zaken schrijvers, wetenschappers en denkers uit om het ...
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eelcoharteveld.bsky.social
📢 Out now! The Handbook of Affective Polarization is officially published 🎉

📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙

Link below for the e-book 👇
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elinazorina.bsky.social
Our paper is published in OA in West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social! What a milestone 🥳
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🧵 New research on what citizens expect from opposition parties in democracy published in @wepsocial.bsky.social. @elinazorina.bsky.social and I surveyed people in Canada, Denmark, Netherlands & UK to understand their views on opposition roles. doi.org/10.1080/0140...
What kind of opposition do citizens want?

Abstract

Opposition parties play a crucial role in democracies. While scholars have extensively studied opposition behaviour and institutional powers, little is known about what citizens expect from opposition parties and how they evaluate these expectations being met. This study addresses this gap by examining citizens’ views on three key opposition roles - oversight, cooperation, and offering alternatives - and their perceived fulfilment across four countries: Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Based on a citizen survey, this study assesses how individual characteristics (democratic satisfaction, political interest, education) and institutional context are related to these views. Citizens across all four countries value cooperation. Preferences for the ‘alternative’ role vary between institutional settings. On the individual level, conflict-oriented and dissatisfied citizens value cooperation less, while those with higher education and political interest find oversight and cooperation more important.
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Reminder: we zitten ruim 4,5 maand voor de verkiezing.
Even lang voor de vorige verkiezingen peilde PVV op 15 (werd 37), BBB op 25 (werd 7) en NSC op 0 (werd 20).

Laten we de aandacht die we aan peilingen geven voortaan in inhoudelijke debatten steken. Veel nuttiger.
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Although good results in the next election are uncertain, given the unpredictability of (Dutch) elections. But the costs of governing are indeed probably bigger for populists than for their coalition partners
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Exactly! This denial of the pluralism in political preferences among the people and an anti-establishment attitude are core characteristics of populism, both of which clash with the realities of governing in a coalition.
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This finding is especially striking given that the coalition parties were not deeply divided over immigration policies