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July 28, 2021

🦋 Making sense of democracy – not without the demos!

Hans Asenbaum

How can we capture the many meanings of democracy? We need to critically reflect on who produces knowledge about democracy, argues Hans Asenbaum. People outside academia must play a central role in democratic theorising

July 21, 2021

Recent court rulings suggest that European Commission policy on tax evasion and state aid is failing

Elena Escalante Block

The European Commission is losing cases related to state aid taxation in the European General Court. If the Commission continues to suffer defeat against multinationals like Amazon, Apple and Starbucks, this could undermine the authority of its decisions on state aid, argues Elena Escalante Block

July 14, 2021

Why right-wing populist parties are more successful in some countries than in others

Léonie De Jonge

Right-wing populism is not contagious; it only spreads if mainstream parties and the media diffuse it. This helps explain why right-wing populist parties are more successful in the Netherlands and Flanders than in Luxembourg and Wallonia, writes Léonie de Jonge

July 13, 2021

🦋 Rescuing an abandoned science: the lexicon of democracy

Jean-Paul Gagnon

For centuries democracy has had many meanings. But they have not been collected and studied as a whole. This leaves us, Jean-Paul Gagnon argues, with only a partial knowledge of democracy. It's one that limits our options for democratisation in an increasingly authoritarian world

July 8, 2021

Chinese vaccine diplomacy in Latin America could change the international order

Elena Cossu

China has delivered vaccines to Latin America on an extraordinary scale. We must understand this in the context of China’s long-term aspirations as a rising power in the international order. Elena Cossu argues that Chinese vaccine diplomacy directly challenges the already declining US authority in the region

July 6, 2021

Why conservative voters in Brazil make women more vulnerable to violence

Victor Araújo

Tackling violence against women requires targeted laws and robust policy infrastructure. Victor Araújo and Malu Gatto argue that conservative municipalities adopt fewer instruments to protect women from violence – with life-threatening implications for women

June 29, 2021

Has Brexit changed British party politics forever?

Constance Woollen

British politics has, traditionally, been divided along straightforward left-right lines. But Brexit disrupted this pattern, creating opportunities for a ‘European integration dimension’ to take hold, argues Connie Woollen. The deep rifts in public opinion, within parties and in Parliament, could dramatically reshape British electoral politics

June 28, 2021

Identity versus global politics: Euroscepticism in Croatia and Serbia

Vassilis Petsinis

Euroscepticism manifests itself in different ways in the Balkans. Why? Vassilis Petsinis argues that grasping the differences between attitudes in different Balkan nations helps explain Serbia’s long and complex EU accession process

June 25, 2021

Safeguarding German democracy during the pandemic

Sabine Volk

Actors from across the political spectrum, including the populist far right, have voiced concerns about safeguarding democracy amid the coronacrisis, writes Sabine Volk. But their different understandings of democracy reveal Germany’s political polarisation, rather than its unity

June 22, 2021

Why centre-right parties adopt hardline positions on immigration at their peril

James F. Downes

To guard against vote loss, parties of the centre right are taking a tough stance on immigration. James F. Downes, Matthew Loveless and Andrew Lam argue that such parties risk bringing far-right ideology into the political mainstream, and undermining the very tenets of liberal democracy they profess to uphold

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🦋 Making sense of democracy – not without the demos!

Recent court rulings suggest that European Commission policy on tax evasion and state aid is failing

Why right-wing populist parties are more successful in some countries than in others

🦋 Rescuing an abandoned science: the lexicon of democracy

Chinese vaccine diplomacy in Latin America could change the international order

Why conservative voters in Brazil make women more vulnerable to violence

Has Brexit changed British party politics forever?

Identity versus global politics: Euroscepticism in Croatia and Serbia

Safeguarding German democracy during the pandemic

Why centre-right parties adopt hardline positions on immigration at their peril

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