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The Red‐Blue Heuristics: How Citizens Manage Institutionalized Coalition Politics

open access: yesScandinavian Political Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, August 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Jumping on the Bandwagon or Off the Sinking Ship: Electoral Support and Candidate Supply

open access: yesScandinavian Political Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, August 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Response to ‘Military Gap Years’

open access: yes
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Kathrin Hörschelmann
wiley   +1 more source

Cultura caballista

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 296-309, August 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Does Valuing Free Speech Affect Norms of Tolerance? Evidence From Individual Preferences

open access: yesKyklos, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 806-827, August 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Transfer and Lesson‐Drawing in Online Harms Regulation: From NetzDG to Online Safety

open access: yesPolitics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 4, August 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Extremism at the center: Uncovering political diversity among midpoint responders on the left–right self‐placement item

open access: yesPolitical Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 4, August 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Birth of a scapegoat: An actor‐affect‐affordance model of symbolic attribution in the digital age

open access: yesPolitical Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 4, August 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Scientists in power plays: How substantive were scientists' narratives during the COVID‐19 pandemic?

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Populist conspiracy myths in far-right terrorist manifestos: A transnational perspective

open access: yesELAD-SILDA
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
doaj   +1 more source

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