Rodolfo Sarsfield

Leaders Rising, Democracies Receding open.substack.com/pub/pollitik/p…

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We're getting started with our two-day Workshop on Public Opinion, Representation, and Democracy. Organized by DJ Flynn @d_j_flynn and Nina Wiesehomeier, and held in our Segovia campus. @IEuniversity @iespega Great line-up, live updates below! 🧵

@egocantos In today's final session, Rodolfo Sarsfield (Autonomous University of Querétaro, @SarsfieldR) presents on affective polarization and ideological divides in Argentina 🇦🇷 (joint work with Ryan E. Carlin, @RyanECarlin1)

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U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders. disq.us/t/4tqwxdp

@NewBehemot Así es. Es una pena el apoyo electoral y de opinión pública que los ciudadanos le han dado a las historias simplistas sobre la política (storytelling) en México, típicas de los líderes y partidos populistas. La psicología política de la erosión democrática.

Muy triste esto. Otra democracia perdida en América Latina. Estamos viendo, en tiempo real, la transición de una democracia electoral de baja calidad a un régimen autoritario, quizás competitivo por algún tiempo, en México. eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/aplanad…

@Vdem_Amlat Una sugerencia de medición: Quizás "Ninguna independencia" es una categoría mejor, tanto por la congruencia de la escala de Likert, como por la realidad empírica que busca capturar.

🌎La elección presidencial de 🇻🇪, las reformas al poder judicial en 🇲🇽, el caso “audios” en 🇨🇱 Qué implica tráfico de influencias entre políticos, privados y miembros del poder judicial, actos marcados en la agenda de las últimas semanas➡️Por esto, en este #lunesdemapa visualiza:

WAPOR Latam will hold a webinar on Populism, Polarization and Authoritarian Backsliding this October 1st! Find more at waporlatinoamerica.org

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The New Polarization in Latin America: Sources, Dynamics, and Implications for Democracy Volume 66 - Special Issue 2 - May 2024 Latest issue of Latin American Politics and Society | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3XwPW5P

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Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Democracy: A New Approach. Christopher Claassen et al. 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

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📣 Nuevo #DocumentodeTrabajo:  ¿Qué significa apoyar a la democracia? La psicología política de la erosión democrática en América Latina ✍️ Rodolfo Sarsfield @SarsfieldR investigador visitante #FundaciónCarolina .📥 Descarga en #AccesoAbierto: fundacioncarolina.es/catalogo/que-s… (1/7🧵)

For the 10th time, it's that time: @Europarl_EN elections 2024 🇪🇺 If you want to know everything about the role of populism in the previous 9 elections this is what you're looking for: Forty years of populism in the European Parliament @display-file/file/Revista%2035_Artigo%202.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cepese.pt/portal/pt/popu…

Mexico 2024:The populist narrative ("pure people", "corrupt elite") and the resulting activation of support for diminished subtypes of democracy (illiberal, delegative) could be two links in the paradoxical causal path that leads from free and fair elections to democratic erosion

@orcunselcuk You are right, @orcunselcuk. It is important to mention that predominance of informal rules over formal rules has deepened with AMLO government. From the very inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum term there will be more presence than absence of AMLO in power

@SarsfieldR It's not the only country where this is currently happening. Not much can stop popular incumbents even if they erode democracy. Mexico's peculiarity is the term limits and the fact that, at least formally, AMLO had to step down.

The result of the elections in Mexico suggests that a large majority supports executive aggrandizement and does not support the mechanisms of checks and balances. Should we revisit Guillermo O'Donnell's idea of delegative democracy (as one of the links on the path to autocracy)?