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Career stage and the gender gap in political science journals

September 25, 2023

🔮 Populism: left or right?

September 6, 2023

♟️ Authoritarianism and immigration policy: Tunisia shows it's not that straightforward

September 5, 2023

Right-wing populism reaches Argentina

September 4, 2023

🦋 Mnemonic democracy: the role of memory in politics

August 31, 2023

September 25, 2023

Career stage and the gender gap in political science journals

There is a clearly established numerical predominance of male authors in political science journals. Anna Bosco and Susannah Verney show that this gender gap applies at every career stage and is accompanied by gendered publication strategies, which may not offer women the optimum path to career success

September 6, 2023

🔮 Populism: left or right?

Are populist movements necessarily left or right? Dani Filc argues that populism is too complex a phenomenon to easily fit easily into the conventional political dimensions of left and right

September 5, 2023

♟️ Authoritarianism and immigration policy: Tunisia shows it's not that straightforward

Throughout 2023 Tunisia's immigration policies have made headlines, with authoritarian President Saied’s xenophobic speech, a new EU-Tunisia migration deal, and repeated protests condemning violence against Black migrants. But authoritarianism doesn’t inevitably result in increased migrant rights violations. Nor, however, does democratisation guarantee improved rights, as Katharina Natter shows

September 4, 2023

Right-wing populism reaches Argentina

Javier Milei's victory in the primary elections is a sign that Argentina, previously a bastion of left-wing populism, is joining the global trend of right-wing populism. Argentina, writes Demian Iglesias Seifert, is now following the patterns we see in Brazil and El Salvador. Strong support from young men catapulted the La Libertad Avanza leader to first place in the primaries

August 31, 2023

🦋 Mnemonic democracy: the role of memory in politics

Memory is crucial for democracy, but not only because it can teach citizens important norms like tolerance and inclusion. Mnemonic democracy would also mean taking into account whether the views of the majority are represented and public memory is underpinned by legitimate state power, Jenny Wüstenberg writes

August 31, 2023

🔮 Populism and protest at the ballot box

Alexander Langenkamp and Simon Bienstman argue that populist parties appeal strongly to citizens who feel vulnerable and discontented in ways that may be more than just political. This is an important explanatory factor of the electoral success of populist parties as a symptom of 'protest at the ballot box'

August 30, 2023

Polarisation on the rise: European gender and migrant inclusion compared

The inclusion of social minorities is contingent on civic activism and government policies that become more polarised as well as volatile in times of crises. Markus Thiel, Ernesto Fiocchetto and Jeffrey Maslanik delve into the state of inclusion policies throughout Europe

August 30, 2023

Five years of ‘Fridays for Future’: but what future is there now for the movement?

Carina Siebler, Leonhard Schmidt, Lennart Schürmann and Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti examine the success and changing strategy of the Fridays for Future movement. Under the impact of the pandemic and the rise of competing protest groups, the movement is adapting its strategy to advocate for social climate policies amid a changing political landscape

August 29, 2023

European space policy and the EU’s ‘Outermost Regions’

Space technology sees increased use in warfare. This has generated great concern for the European Union’s capacity to maintain a stable space policy. Diogo Vieira Ferreira argues that the effective development of European space policy requires the participation and input of the so-called ‘Outermost Regions’ as strategic actors

August 25, 2023

🔮 The thin and chamaeleonic nature of demand for populism

Scholars have been trying to understand what unifies voters of populist parties and what the prototypical populist voter looks like. Elena Baro proposes a new perspective in the study of the demand-side, that of embracing what makes the study of populism challenging: its thin and chameleonic nature

Latest Articles

Career stage and the gender gap in political science journals

🔮 Populism: left or right?

♟️ Authoritarianism and immigration policy: Tunisia shows it's not that straightforward

Right-wing populism reaches Argentina

🦋 Mnemonic democracy: the role of memory in politics

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