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July 7, 2022

♟️ A 'cat-dog' called electoral autocracy

Adrián del Río

Since the 80s, electoral autocracy has been considered the most common form of dictatorship. Yet, as Adrián del Río shows, little is known about what this regime is and how we can recognise it. There is, in fact, only a 34% probability of datasets agreeing on examples

July 5, 2022

The hegemony of Kirchnerism in Argentinian politics

Sergio Ricardo Quiroga

Kirchnerism emerged from Argentine Peronism, spearheaded by Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Since 2003, it has built a cultural and political hegemony that denies Argentinian citizens their political and civil liberties, writes Sergio Quiroga.

July 4, 2022

Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement?

Martin Bull

The Italian Five Star Movement has undergone a formidable split, with former leader Luigi di Maio walking out with 60 parliamentarians and forming a new party. This, and declining popularity in opinion polls, marks the twilight of Five Star’s decade-long success – and possibly the end of populist politics in Italy, writes Martin Bull

July 1, 2022

Explaining varying attitudes towards climate change measures in Western Europe

Christoph Arndt

Recent European elections have revealed that voters are increasingly polarised on environmental protectionism. Christoph Arndt, Daphne Halikiopoulou and Christos Vrakopoulos contend that local opposition to climate change measures is reinforcing a centre-periphery cleavage in Western Europe

June 23, 2022

'The people' goes to the Capitol

Lasse Thomassen

How should we interpret what happened on 6 January 2021 at the Capitol? Lasse Thomassen argues that, while populists like Trump may threaten democracy, we cannot simply dismiss populism and the populist mob without taking something away from it that we value: its inherent openness

June 22, 2022

Westminster has a moral obligation to allow a second Scottish independence referendum

Ruairidh Brown

The first obstacle in holding an Independence Referendum is assuring its legitimacy. To do so, says Ruairidh Brown, the SNP-Green alliance have implied the UK Government has no moral authority to deny Scots a choice on their future

June 21, 2022

Russia's failures in Ukraine could threaten its domestic stability

Alexandr Burilkov

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine reduced to a protracted battle for the Donbas, discontent grows in Russian military and ultranationalist circles. This could lead to the formation of paramilitary groups aiming for a Russia of the revolutionary right, says Alexandr Burilkov

June 17, 2022

How the Coalition for Quebec's Future changed the game on Québécois nationalism

Adam Stokes

Québécois politics has been undergoing a dramatic change since 2018. The emergence of the ‘Coalition for Quebec’s Future’ (CAQ) has smashed the existing Liberal/Parti Québécois duopoly in the province and sidelined the issue of Quebec’s sovereignty in favour of cultural issues, writes Adam Stokes

June 15, 2022

The invasion of Ukraine is preventing a truce in the war on nature

Ian Budge

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has reduced media coverage of the political violence and turmoil elsewhere in the world caused by climate change, as well as causing a retreat on climate change policy targets by richer democracies. Ian Budge highlights what needs to be done and how

June 10, 2022

To what extent is democracy in decline worldwide?

Svend-Erik Skaaning

Many observers say that democracy has undergone a large-scale global decline in recent decades. However, presenting evidence differently leads us to different conclusions. This calls for increased caution and reflection among those discussing democratic trends, writes Svend-Erik Skaaning

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♟️ A 'cat-dog' called electoral autocracy

The hegemony of Kirchnerism in Argentinian politics

Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement?

Explaining varying attitudes towards climate change measures in Western Europe

'The people' goes to the Capitol

Westminster has a moral obligation to allow a second Scottish independence referendum

Russia's failures in Ukraine could threaten its domestic stability

How the Coalition for Quebec's Future changed the game on Québécois nationalism

The invasion of Ukraine is preventing a truce in the war on nature

To what extent is democracy in decline worldwide?

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