Is it rational to expect to win elections? @mbarnfield.bsky.social argues so-called "wishful thinking" about election outcomes is part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/IbHauRb
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Should political parties pick their parliamentary candidates by lottery among members? William Bosworth, Keith Dowding & Adriano Giuliani examine sortition within parties as a guard against elite capture while preserving deliberation. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/BLRVnZO
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How do people adapt to sanctions in authoritarian contexts? Yechan Moon & Taehee Whang show informal economies in North Korea expand where sanctions hit hardest. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/vblP2x5
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Can apocalyptic thinking serve democracy? Joe PL Davidson argues for “apocalyptic democracy” as a response to institutional collapse & crisis. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/Fj3qOXX
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In what senses might body counts be, paradoxically, both humanizing and dehumanizing? @moyalloyd.bsky.social explores the role that orders of grievability play in determining whose lives are counted, and how. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ROxvtCj
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Using #ESS data & multigroup path analysis, @johannahornung.bsky.social examines how trust mediates the effects of ideology, partisanship & cultural worldviews on vaccine uptake in Italy & Switzerland. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/cMAWNKG
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Does polarization increase violence toward political candidates? Morten Harmening & @donyhu.bsky.social examine how ideological divides fuel aggression in democratic elections. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/hcTBuWh
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Can mainstreaming of the far right help normalise undemocratic practices? @mlorimer.bsky.social & Matteo Cavallaro explore the case of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, showing how the party still displays elements of continuity with its neofascist predecessor. Read OPEN ACCESS:
How can resilience of democratic procedures, processes & principles be improved? Aurel Croissant & @larslott.bsky.social present a novel conceptualization & measurements of democratic resilience: buff.ly/SAwajGZ (OPEN ACCESS)
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How do citizens in autocracies respond to government-sponsored information? Susumu Annaka, @mhigashi.bsky.social & Gento Kato find government-provided information didn't significantly alter perceptions of the #COVID19 virus. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/Ii14L74
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Political Studies
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