V-Dem v.16 is now released, w. updated scores for 2025.
Most countries remain stable from 2024, but some clear improvements (on diff’t democracy indices), incl. S. Korea, Sri Lanka & Mauritius.
Largest declines came, by far, in the US.
This figure shows 10-yr changes on the Liberal Dem. index.
Now open access with the support of @euilibrary.bsky.social !
Agree! I could go a little deeper into the ESS data round 11 to examine country-specific patterns before submitting Chapter 3 (Paper 3) of the dissertation for publication. Do you have any hypotheses about what I might find?
BTW! Gender Threat, what a very important inspiration for my dissertation 💞
Paper submission for SISP 2026 is open! Anna Guildea and I are co-chairing the panel, 'Masculinity at the Ballet Box: Gender Identity, Electoral Behaviour, and the Politics of the Male Vote'
Submit your abstract before May 29th.
Come hang out with us in beautiful Trento this September!