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The Red‐Blue Heuristics: How Citizens Manage Institutionalized Coalition Politics
ABSTRACT Coalition politics represents a challenge to democratic citizens: they need to consider which governing coalitions a party is willing to enter or support in order to make informed vote choices. Following a minimalist perspective, several scholars have suggested that citizens rely on universal heuristics, such as left‐right placement, when ...
Ida B. Hjermitslev +1 more
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Jumping on the Bandwagon or Off the Sinking Ship: Electoral Support and Candidate Supply
ABSTRACT Local candidates are essential for democratic representation in local elections, yet the number of individuals willing to run for office continues to decline. This study examines the reciprocal relationship between electoral performance and candidate supply, arguing that electoral victories enhance a party's ability to attract candidates ...
Zeth Isaksson
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Response to ‘Military Gap Years’
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Kathrin Hörschelmann
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Abstract The world of Colombian gaited horses, or cultura caballista (horse‐riding culture), is often linked with uribismo, the right‐wing identity associated with former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Ethnographic fieldwork in conflict‐torn Antioquia reveals how horse‐human practices of training, breeding, and competition cultivate orientations toward ...
Gwen Burnyeat
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Does Valuing Free Speech Affect Norms of Tolerance? Evidence From Individual Preferences
ABSTRACT Amid intensifying global debates over balancing free speech with protections against hate speech, this paper investigates whether individuals who value free speech exhibit greater racial tolerance. Unlike prior studies focusing on the institutional effects of free speech, this paper examines whether individuals who prioritize free speech hold ...
Claudia Williamson Kramer
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Policy Transfer and Lesson‐Drawing in Online Harms Regulation: From NetzDG to Online Safety
ABSTRACT Since Germany's passage of the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) in 2017, a growing number of countries have introduced online harms legislation requiring internet intermediaries to remove or address harmful or illegal content. Arguments about Germany's influence on other jurisdictions have relied on an undertheorized notion of policy transfer.
Geoffrey Cameron +2 more
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Abstract The midpoint of the left‐right self‐placement item is the most populated of all response options. While genuinely‐centrist responders opt to self‐place there, it is also a convenient response option for those that cannot easily fit their politics to the left‐right spectrum.
Edward J. R. Clarke +6 more
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Birth of a scapegoat: An actor‐affect‐affordance model of symbolic attribution in the digital age
Abstract How do scapegoating narratives emerge, diffuse, and solidify within digital media ecosystems? This paper introduces an actor‐affect‐affordance (3A) model to explain how complex social problems become symbolically attributed to marginalized groups.
Jack Gabriel Risien Wippell
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Scientists in power plays: How substantive were scientists' narratives during the COVID‐19 pandemic?
Abstract Scientists who provide expert advice must engage with policy processes. Little is known about whether and how scientists deal with the political dynamics of policy processes that are inherent to policymaking. We study this question by building on the policy dimension concept within the Narrative Policy Framework.
Jule Ksinsik, Caroline Schlaufer
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Populist conspiracy myths in far-right terrorist manifestos: A transnational perspective
In recent years, there has been a notable rise in the electoral success of far-right populist movements in various Western countries, coinciding with an alarming increase in far-right terrorist attacks.
Armin Langer
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