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Publishing original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics. A journal from @ECPR and @WileyPolitics
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๐ท๐ May Issue ๐๏ธ๐ฃ Interest Groups How do citizens view #InterestGroups? @AnneDRasmussen & @Stefanie_Reher show that public opinion varies depending on ties to cause vs business groups โ with important implications for lobbying legitimacy ๐โ๏ธ ๐ ow.ly/8i4E50VQ0jT
๐ท๐ May Issue ๐บ๐ Social Status How do we perceive social hierarchies? @MagdalenaBreyer dives into the cultural & economic roots shaping our views on status and inequality ๐๐ก #PolSci #SocialInequality ๐ ow.ly/fkBV50VPWJr
The 2024 Impact Factors are here! Take a look at how our journals measured up ๐๐ ๐ต @EJPRjournal IF 4.2, 22nd in #polsci ๐ด @EuroJournIR IF 2.9, 15th in #IR ๐ฃ @EPSRjournal IF 2.5, 69th in #polsci ๐ @PRXjournal IF 2.1, 153rd in #Polsci ๐ข @EPSJournal IF 1.9, 103rd in #polsci
๐ท๐ That's everything from our May issue - Volume 64 Issue 2 ๐ 25 Original Articles & 8 Research Notes ๐ 88% available #OpenAccess โ๏ธ 50+ contributors ๐ต๏ธ & many more anonymous referees ๐ ow.ly/MhbK50VQ24X #PolSci #AcademicPublishing
๐ท๐ May Issue ๐งช๐ณ๏ธ Democratic Innovations Do democratic innovations really empower citizens? M.-I. Theuwis, @carolienvanham & @JacobsKristof present meta-analysis on how these reforms affect attitudes, behaviour & civic skills ๐ฌ#DemocraticInnovation ๐ ow.ly/aeRA50VQ12A
๐ท๐ May Issue ๐ฃ๏ธ Emotions in the aisles? By coding 500k legislative speeches according to Ekman's 6 basic emotions @tmyildirim says that MPs strategically use emotions in their speeches to maximise influence and visibility in the ๐ฌ๐ง #HouseOfCommons ๐ ow.ly/LkPA50VQ0Ub
๐ฎ #FutureOfPopulism No.94 #Populist rhetoric often pits a virtuous people against a corrupt elite. ๐ Based on @EJPRjournal research, @MauritsMeijers @Robert_A_Huber & @AndrejZaslove ask: who exactly are the people & the elite in #PopulistPartiesโ eyes? ow.ly/lz4450VZQNg
๐ท๐ May Issue Do politically homogenous neighbourhoods๐๏ธ deepen affective polarisation? @JamesTilleyOx & @sarahobolt use British ๐ฌ๐งdata to explore how where we live shapes how we feel about the other side ๐ง #PolSci #Polarisation ๐ ow.ly/A2Y350VQ0Qa
๐ท๐ May Issue ๐ฐ๏ธ๐ Policy lifespan Do people discount future policies differently across the lifespan? M. Barnfield examines how age shapes support for long-term policy โ Looking at sustainability & intergenerational fairness ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ง #FuturePolicy ๐ ow.ly/148X50VQ0ux
๐ท๐ May Issue ๐ฐโ๏ธ Inequality & Democracy Does local economic inequality erode support for the political system? F. Colombo, @PTDinesen & K.M. Sรธnderskov provide evidence from Denmark on how context shapes democratic trust ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐๏ธ #Inequality ๐ ow.ly/ixzT50VQ0ak
๐ท๐May Issue ๐งโ๐ผ๐ง Technocratic Appeal Why do people support technocrats? J. Marlier, M. Kaltenegger & @EnnserJed explore the publicโs preference for expertise over politics โ and what it means for democratic legitimacy ๐ณ๏ธ๐ #PolSci #Technocracy ๐ ow.ly/5WjF50VPZZR
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๐ท๐ May Issue ๐๐ฉโ๐ผ Leadership & Crisis Do women leaders perform differently in crises? A. Freund & @YaelShomer analyse four COVID-19 waves to assess the impact of leader gender on national outcomes ๐ฆ ๐ #PolSci #Leadership ๐ ow.ly/yKze50VPZVG
๐ท๐ May Issue ๐ณ๏ธ๐ฅ Youth & Democracy Do young people want democratic reform โ or the status quo? @V_Schwaiger & @andbaech run a conjoint experiment with German teens to explore preferences on how democracy should work ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง #DemocraticInnovation ๐ ow.ly/VZ8b50VPZNr
๐ท๐ May Issue ๐๐ช๐บ EU & UN Politics What drives differentiation between EU member states in the UN General Assembly? @SpyrosBlavoukos & I. Galariotis explore the factors influencing EU unity and division on the global stage ๐ณ๏ธ๐ฌ #PolSci #EU #UN ๐ ow.ly/BIYH50VPY1i
๐ท๐ May Issue How do citizens perceive online abuse aimed at politicians? ๐ป๐ฅ @NielsBjรธrnP, R. Pedersen & M. Thau explore reactions through a survey experiment, looking at the impact of #DigitalHostility on #Politics ๐จ๐ฃ๏ธ ๐ ow.ly/l19y50VPWF0