As climate policy costs rise, right-leaning voters experience cognitive dissonance.
🔮 Chatbot Politicians: Who Are They, and What Is Their Connection to Populism?
Political parties are already using artificial intelligence, particularly political chatbots, mainly as technical support in election campaigns.
Political parties are already using artificial intelligence, particularly political chatbots, mainly as technical support in election campaigns.
Why Do Some Conspiracy Theories Stay Popular on Social Media?
We analysed one year of tweets engaging with conspiracy theories about a plane crash in Poland. Our aim was to identify what features of these CTs enable some to become popular.
We analysed one year of tweets engaging with conspiracy theories about a plane crash in Poland. Our aim was to identify what features of these CTs enable some to become popular.
🌊 How Illiberalism Threatens the Urban Freedoms of Women and Marginalised Groups
The past few decades have witnessed change for the better, particularly in Western European democracies.
The past few decades have witnessed change for the better, particularly in Western European democracies.
🌊 Sweden Democrats Reveal Their Genderphobia
The SDs target the state budget to redefine what counts as Swedish culture. The party insists that it is inappropriate to fund DQSH from the public purse.
The SDs target the state budget to redefine what counts as Swedish culture. The party insists that it is inappropriate to fund DQSH from the public purse.
🔮 Welfare Chauvinism and Populism. Is It the Economy (Stupid)?
The concept of welfare chauvinism is now a central focus of modern radical right-wing populist parties.
The concept of welfare chauvinism is now a central focus of modern radical right-wing populist parties.
Domestic Fossil Fuel Reserves Help Determine Right-Wing Populist Positions on Green Policies
Right-wing populist parties have divergent positions on policies that seek to combat climate change.
Right-wing populist parties have divergent positions on policies that seek to combat climate change.
What Influences the Credibility of Messages on Gender Inequality?
Backlash against measures to improve gender equality is on the rise around the world. As this backlash spreads, more and more citizens are questioning the credibility of public statements about pervasive gender inequalities.
Backlash against measures to improve gender equality is on the rise around the world. As this backlash spreads, more and more citizens are questioning the credibility of public statements about pervasive gender inequalities.
The Third Year of the Ukraine War and Its Possible End
Drawing parallels with the end of the First World War, Albrecht Rothacher looks at the prospects for an end to war in Ukraine.
Drawing parallels with the end of the First World War, Albrecht Rothacher looks at the prospects for an end to war in Ukraine.
The EU Didn’t Foresee Autocratisation in Central and Eastern Europe – Neither Did Political Science
Ten years after Victor Orbán’s constitutional revolution in Hungary, senior EU decision-makers Viviane Reding and Martin Schultz reminisced on camera about the fractures that then appeared in the enlarged EU’s constitutional identity.
Ten years after Victor Orbán’s constitutional revolution in Hungary, senior EU decision-makers Viviane Reding and Martin Schultz reminisced on camera about the fractures that then appeared in the enlarged EU’s constitutional identity.
How Powerful Are Polls in Influencing Election Outcomes?
2024 is a big election year across the globe, when public opinion polls will come into sharp media focus.
2024 is a big election year across the globe, when public opinion polls will come into sharp media focus.
Decolonisation in Practice: Reconceptualising Ukrainian Nationalism
Ukrainians tend to be categorised reductively as either 'bad' ethno-nationalists or 'good' civic democrats.
Ukrainians tend to be categorised reductively as either ‘bad’ ethno-nationalists or ‘good’ civic democrats.
Authoritarian U-Turns in Some Countries, but Not Others
Democracies face ongoing challenges from alternative governance models, such as hybrid regimes and closed autocracies.
Democracies face ongoing challenges from alternative governance models, such as hybrid regimes and closed autocracies.
‘No Single Men Please, We’re Irish’: Why Crime and Security Matter in Far-Right Discourse
Despite having no elected representatives from hard-right parties, in recent years Ireland has been experiencing a rise in far-right activity.
Despite having no elected representatives from hard-right parties, in recent years Ireland has been experiencing a rise in far-right activity.
An Impending World Conflagration – And All the Result of Western Neglect
The 1990s dream of a rules-based world order under the auspices of the UN has now been completely laid to rest
The 1990s dream of a rules-based world order under the auspices of the UN has now been completely laid to rest
🦋 Mnemonic Democracy: The Role of Memory in Politics
Neither citizens nor theorists of democracy use 'mnemonic' as a qualifier for 'democracy'. It has not made it into Jean-Paul Gagnon’s impressive Signs of Democracy database, which has 3,539 entries (to date).
Neither citizens nor theorists of democracy use ‘mnemonic’ as a qualifier for ‘democracy’. It has not made it into Jean-Paul Gagnon’s impressive Signs of Democracy database, which has 3,539 entries (to date).