European Political Science Review

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Does #PublicMoney level the playing field or change it in unexpected ways? 💸 Blessing or curse? A critical review of the paradoxical consequences of direct public funding for political parties @CasalBertoa, William Horncastle & @sergiulipcean buff.ly/AALa1xV

Does #PublicFunding strengthen #Democracy or distort it? Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior @CVAlebeek, @TomWGvdMeer & Armen Hakhverdian buff.ly/dGO8rRk

Why do different groups see the same political parties so differently? Ingroup and outgroup effects on party placement perceptions - Ingrid Mauerer & M. Socorro Puy buff.ly/MN83tJA

Why do some autonomy disputes suddenly turn into secessionist explosions? 💥 Lost autonomy triggers and the rise of secessionism - Felix Schulte, @matthias_scanti & Maria Ackrén buff.ly/FUSwtCq

But what happens next? 🫱 🫲 @lucas_coutoz uses a cross-case analysis of Latin American 🌎 cases to question why some governments closely follow their pre-electoral #Coalition agreements while others do not. buff.ly/A8Z1B2c

🎄 Our team is taking a short break. We’ll be back in the New Year—refreshed and ready to read more great research 🥳

Politics runs on uncertainty yet the concept is fuzzy. 🤯 A new uncertainty grid by Barbara Vis & Olaf van der Veen helps map when phenomena are certain, workably uncertain, or radically uncertain with lessons from Covid-19 🦠 buff.ly/y2Wo8Hr

When does the #Economy affect #Trust in #Democracy? 🤔 Brandon Beomseob Park & @MaryStegmaier look at 30 democracies to find that it matters most where political responsibility is clear buff.ly/Bu7XGyr

📉 Is democratic #Backsliding driven by reactionary voters? A long-term analysis by L.J. Brunkert, @BiPuranen, A. Turska-Kawa & C. Welzel across the EU challenges this idea, to see whether shifts in public opinion explain the rise of right-wing #Populism buff.ly/TRrQ3Fs

⚖️ What makes people #Trust constitutional courts? Using Spain after the Catalonia ruling, Pablo Castillo-Ortiz & @RosaNavarrete show that judicial independence and technocratic qualities matter more for trust than how judges are politically appointed buff.ly/n8SP06q

🆕 Closer to the people: the impact of politicians’ working-class affiliation on their ability to evoke feelings of symbolic representation among the general population and the working class - - Caroline Hahn buff.ly/HdbDVhv

🍂 The November Issue is all wrapped up! 🎁 Thank you for reading our latest edition! If you missed us, vol 17.4 is packed with the latest #PolSci research on topics like #Autocratization, #Polarization, #Populism, & more #OpenAccess now (and forever 😱) buff.ly/75WgnDI

🍂 17.4 Who really shapes #NationalPolicy? 🏛️ A deep dive into 📊 from Switzerland’s 🇨🇭 26 cantons by @rfrbrghs shows regional #Governments can punch above their weight but only when certain conditions align ⛓️ buff.ly/2fk4869

🍂 17.4 Comeback prime ministers–rare but revealing 💎 A study by Florian Grotz & Ludger Helms compares 18 democracies (1945–2024) to uncover why some #Leaders get a second act 🎭 buff.ly/Wdx8mDY

🍂 17.4 🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away. A study of African 🌍 elections by Erin Hern finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳 buff.ly/NDBA6c4

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🍂 17.4 How do #Populist radical right parties learn to survive? 🧩 In 🇳🇱, the FvD combines the tight control of Wilders’s PVV with lessons from the short-lived LPF showing how today’s PRRPs evolve to last according to @L_deJonge & Gerrit Voerman buff.ly/GXvETLq

🍂 17.4 Analysis of 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 by Niccolo Durazzi & @SimoneTonelli_ shows that collective skill formation systems promote #EconomicPerformance & #SocialInclusion in the #KnowledgeEconomy buff.ly/4CAOeFA

🆕 What really drives support for #DeliberativeMiniPublics R.Ramis-Moyano, E.Lancha & S.Pasadas-del-Amo use study data from 716 representatives to suggest mixing citizens & civil society has a greater impact on attitudes of deliberative procedures 🤲 💭 buff.ly/HogwvAA