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February 13, 2023

📐 The EU needs to rethink its human rights promotion in the South Caucasus

Laura Luciani

As the liberal norms promoted by the EU are fiercely contested, human rights groups in the South Caucasus face an insecure environment. Some propose alternatives to human rights promotion that challenge both the EU’s development paradigms and competing authoritarian agendas. Laura Luciani argues that we should take them seriously

February 9, 2023

🦋 Democracy’s 'things' should be added to the data mountain of democracy

Hilary Gopnik

A community’s material things can be active participants in the democratic process. Hilary Gopnik argues that the inclusion of materiality in Jean-Paul Gagnon’s science of democracy will broaden the range of the inquiry and deepen the texture recovered

February 6, 2023

Why migration politics in Germany is stuck in the past

Christina Isabel Zuber

When it comes to migration, the past wields considerable power over the present in Germany. Christina Zuber argues that ‘ideational legacies’ mean outdated policies are upheld against pressing needs for change. Ideas dominant at historical junctures become tied to national identity. Yet, there is a way to overcome them

January 26, 2023

The EU should be cautious in shifting away from economic liberalism

Thijs De Cuyper

Faced with contemporary geoeconomic challenges, the European Union and its member states are experiencing an identity crisis. Thijs De Cuyper argues that the EU shouldn’t slavishly copy other countries' policies, especially when it means abandoning the pursuit of a rule-based economic order in favour of a unilateral system bearing China's signature

January 19, 2023

Jean Blondel 1929-2022 – a great man

Ian Budge

Jean Blondel, comparative political scientist, founder of the University of Essex Department of Government and ECPR, died peacefully on Christmas Day 2022. Tracing his career, Ian Budge says he was a Napoleonic figure who reshaped European political science structurally and intellectually; and had a striking influence on the discipline throughout the world

January 18, 2023

🌊 Interest groups in Central and Eastern Europe have become an endangered species

Rafael Labanino

Illiberal governments in Central and Eastern Europe are following a conscious strategy of hollowing out interest representation and stifling or co-opting civil society organisations. Rafael Labanino explains how the authoritarian playbook works – and how interest groups adapt or fight back

January 16, 2023

Saving democracy: three (r)evolutionary remedies

Łukasz Wordliczek

Democratic malaise, deconsolidation, backsliding, illiberalism, decline, erosion, rupture, decay, or simply: crisis. This 'conceptual bazaar' shows that democracy does not necessarily keep up with today’s challenges. Łukasz Wordliczek suggests three possible remedies

January 10, 2023

🦋 Recentring the demos in the measurement of democracy

Seema Shah

Seema Shah argues for putting the lived experiences of historically marginalised communities at the centre of democracy measurement. By doing so, she says, we can meaningfully reshape our understanding of democracy as a practice

January 6, 2023

♟️ Authoritarian practices with adjectives in China

Abbey Heffer

Authoritarian regimes are not centralised monoliths. In China, authoritarian responses to protest can differ dramatically across localities. Abbey Heffer argues that research on regime-level authoritarianism often overlooks decentralisation. Studying aspects of authoritarianism, such as protest repression and concessions, requires a practice-based approach that reconciles national and localised authoritarianism

January 5, 2023

Is the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index little more than a joke indicator?

Nicolás Palomo Hernández

The public and the media increasingly use Democratic Global Performance Indicators (GPIs). But how good are these indicators at measuring democratic health? Nicolás Palomo Hernández looks at the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index as an example. He argues that the index has methodological and ideological biases, yet significant impact nonetheless

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📐 The EU needs to rethink its human rights promotion in the South Caucasus

🦋 Democracy’s 'things' should be added to the data mountain of democracy

Why migration politics in Germany is stuck in the past

The EU should be cautious in shifting away from economic liberalism

Jean Blondel 1929-2022 – a great man

🌊 Interest groups in Central and Eastern Europe have become an endangered species

Saving democracy: three (r)evolutionary remedies

🦋 Recentring the demos in the measurement of democracy

♟️ Authoritarian practices with adjectives in China

Is the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index little more than a joke indicator?

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