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Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning

lotemhalevy.bsky.social
And another great potential read for graduate students on the measurement of "waves" of democratization and autocratization by @skaaning.bsky.social especially helpful for students thinking about periodization (including thinking about the contemporary "moment").

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kristianvsf.bsky.social
Delighted that my paper Young People Punish Undemocratic Behavior Less Than Older People is now conditionally accepted at @bjpols.bsky.social.

I show what the title suggests using a large amount of survey experimental evidence. Thread below.
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Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Margaretha Järvinen, Damien Bol , and 1 more

suthank.bsky.social
Join our team! 🚨

We are hiring 2 postdocs for the new Advertising Democracy project at Aarhus University.

We are looking for researchers who are passionate about advertisements & citizens’ democratic values in Western democracies.

Feel free to share!👇🏾

bss.au.dk/en/about-aar...
Postdoctoral positions in Political Science at Aarhus University – Advertising Democracy - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
bss.au.dk
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Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Stephen A. Meserve

danpemstein.com
A few years ago, @danweitzel.net, John Gerring, @skaaning.bsky.social and I were curious how well one could predict subjective democracy measures using easy(ish) to code observables. Turns out, *quite* well, even out of sample. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Measuring electoral democracy with observables Most cross-national indices of democracy rely centrally on coder judgments, which are susceptible to bias and error, and require expensive and time consuming coding by experts. We present an approach to measurement based on observables that aim to preserve the nuanced quality of subjectively coded democracy indices. Our observable-to-subjective score mapping is free of idiosyncratic coder errors arising from misinformation, slack, or biases. It is less susceptible to systematic bias that may arise from coders’ inferences about a country’s regime, for example, from the ideology of the ruler. The data collection procedure and mode of analysis are fully transparent and replicable, and the procedure is based on random forests and is cheap to produce, easy to update, and offers coverage for all polities with sovereign or semisovereign status, surpassing the sample of any existing index. We show that this expansive coverage makes a big difference to our understanding of some causal questions.
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janvogler.bsky.social
🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨

At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.

‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️

Link & info in post #2.
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Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Carl Henrik Knutsen

polstudies.bsky.social
How do different forms of state capacity protect democracy? Andersen, @chknutsen.bsky.social & @skaaning.bsky.social argue coercive & administrative capacity affect stability in distinct ways depending on the threat: buff.ly/Q4HDylB

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Carl Henrik Knutsen

polstudies.bsky.social
How do different forms of state capacity protect democracy? D Andersen, @chknutsen.bsky.social & @skaaning.bsky.social argue coercive & administrative capacity affect stability in distinct ways depending on threat: buff.ly/Q4HDylB

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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by Svend‐Erik Skaaning — Reposted by: Carl Henrik Knutsen, Seán Hanley

skaaning.bsky.social
Happy to have been part this new publication on the relationship between different dimensions of state capacity and modes of democratic breakdown!
chknutsen.bsky.social
Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · Jul 3
Does higher state capacity go together with lower risk of democratic breakdown? Many political scientists certainly believe so!

Yet, in an article just published in @polstudies.bsky.social , David Andersen, @skaaning.bsky.social and I highlight important nuances to this general relationship.
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by Carl Henrik Knutsen — Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Carl Henrik Knutsen

chknutsen.bsky.social
Does higher state capacity go together with lower risk of democratic breakdown? Many political scientists certainly believe so!

Yet, in an article just published in @polstudies.bsky.social , David Andersen, @skaaning.bsky.social and I highlight important nuances to this general relationship.
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by Svend‐Erik Skaaning

skaaning.bsky.social
Forlaget har vist udskiftet linket til bogen. Den kan nu tilgås her: unipress.dk/udgivelser/d...
Dansk demokrati i perspektiv Aarhus Universitetsforlag
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by Svend‐Erik Skaaning

skaaning.bsky.social
@chknutsen.bsky.social @liserakner.bsky.social @m-b-petersen.bsky.social @torewig.bsky.social @suthank.bsky.social @annebind.bsky.social @leneholmp.bsky.social @1864.bsky.social

by Svend‐Erik Skaaning — Reposted by: Carl Henrik Knutsen

skaaning.bsky.social
Min bog - Dansk demokrati i perspektiv - skrevet med David Andersen og udarbejdet i forbindelse med Magtudredningen 2.0 er netop udgivet! Gratis E-bog og gratis lydbog er tilgængelige her:
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by Roman Senninger — Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Jon Pierre, Ruth Dassonneville , and 10 more

rsenninger.bsky.social
📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs!

Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:

🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
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by Branko Milanovic — Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning

janvogler.bsky.social
After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field & I’m really looking forward to it! 😊

I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.
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by Svend‐Erik Skaaning

skaaning.bsky.social
Thanks again for organizing! It was, indeed, a great workshop!
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skaaning.bsky.social
The same haircut - and the best. Welcome to the club ;-)
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Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Robert Huber, Anna Kern

lisajanssen.bsky.social
What a pleasure to direct this amazing @ecpr.bsky.social Joint sessions workshop on citizens democratic commitment with Hannah Werner - thanks to all participants for the exciting papers and stimulating discussions!
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Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Markus Wagner, Werner Krause , and 2 more

danbischof.bsky.social
🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.

We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.

What we find is disturbing:

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by Svend‐Erik Skaaning

skaaning.bsky.social
This might be of interest to: @chknutsen.bsky.social; @torewig.bsky.social; @sirianned.bsky.social; @mariannedahl.bsky.social; @janvogler.bsky.social; @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social; @tomginsburg.bsky.social; @jerggutmann.bsky.social; @stefanvoigt.bsky.social; @jdoucette.bsky.social
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by Svend‐Erik Skaaning

skaaning.bsky.social
The article closes with an examination of the association between de jure constitutional provisions and de facto observance of the rule of law. A two-way fixed effects regression analysis covering most independent countries from 1850 to 2010, identifies a NEGATIVE but substantively weak association.
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by Svend‐Erik Skaaning

skaaning.bsky.social
It also examines the co-variation with alternative measures. The pairwise correlations with the V‑Dem index are 0.88 (Freedom House), 0.89 (World Governance Indicators), and 0.91 (World Justice Project).
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by Svend‐Erik Skaaning

skaaning.bsky.social
The paper presents the theoretical (minimalist, procedural) underpinning of the definition and selection of indicators from different parts of the V-Dem experts survey. It also demonstrates that the indicators tap into a common underlying dimension and show high levels of scalability.
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by Svend‐Erik Skaaning — Reposted by: Carl Henrik Knutsen, Marc Badia‐Miró

skaaning.bsky.social
My paper, A Global, Historical Rule of Law Index, offering a description and evaluation of the V-Dem Rule of Law Index, has now been published: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A global, historical rule of law index - Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
This article introduces the V-Dem Rule of Law Index, capturing formal-procedural aspects of de facto adherence to rule of law principles. It relies on information from fifteen V-Dem indicators based o...
link.springer.com
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Reposted by: Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Ruth Dassonneville, Matthijs Rooduijn , and 2 more

kristianvsf.bsky.social
🛎️New WP with @morganlcj.bsky.social @timallinger.bsky.social and @danbischof.bsky.social

Against the surge of conjoints and other hypothetical experiments in relation to democratic backsliding, we study the consequences of using hypotheticals versus real-world scenarios.

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