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Christopher Smith Ochoa

@csmithochoa.bsky.social
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research on discourse, narrative, representation, poverty, digital technologies enjoy outdoors, electronic music, food

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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Delighted my article + the interpretive process tracing themed issue are featured on the 2026 reading list
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Ethik & Gesellschaft @ethikgesellschaft.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Mit »unsichtbaren Institutionen« und dem Verfall von #Vertrauen, #Legitimität und #Autorität befasst sich der frz. Ideenhistoriker Pierre Rosanvallon in seinem neuesten Buch @hhedition.bsky.social. Dirk Jörke hat den Band für uns besprochen. Zur Rezension: ethik-und-gesellschaft.de/ojs/index.ph...
Ausschnitt aus dem Cover von "Unsichtbare Institutionen" (Hamburger Edition)
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Eloísa del Pino @eloisadelpino.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Ni hijos ni futuro: la juventud alemana se plantea emigrar Entre el precio de la vivienda, los bajos salarios, la guerra y la inflación, la fecundidad de los alemanes se ha hundido cincodias.elpais.com/opinion/2026...
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ksœ - Katholische Sozialakademie Österreich @ksoe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🎤 Neue Podcastfolge: Wie emotional darf Politik sein, Anna Durnová? "Es geht gar nicht darum, ob wir eine Emotionalisierung in der Politik zulassen, sondern wie wir sie betreiben" @evrop-anka.bsky.social #Podcast #Gerechtigkeit #Emotionen
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Wie emotional darf Politik sein, Anna Durnová?
Die Politik ist nicht vor Emotionalität gefeit, wie auch Schreiduelle im Hohen Haus immer wieder zeigen. Sind diese ein Ausdruck davon, dass es den Beteiligten um etwas geht, oder schaden solche Emoti...
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I'm very happy to see @policy-politics.bsky.social published this blog post on my new article that is part of the 'Advancing Interpretive Process Tracing in Policy Research' themed section. policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/06/19/i...
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Interpretive process tracing themed section article on “Interpretive process tracing and policy feedback theory: how social reporting put poverty on the agenda in Germany”
This article examines how poverty became recognised as a legitimate policy issue in Germany, bringing interpretive process tracing into dialogue with policy feedback theory to explain how a politic…
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GEW – Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft @gew.de · 30/06/2026
Wir trauern um die Kolleg*innen, die in Stade ihr Leben verloren haben. Unser Mitgefühl ist bei den Angehörigen und den vielen weiteren Kolleg*innen in der Jugendhilfe und Sozialarbeit.
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Stefan Sell @stefan-sell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Das Pflegeneuordnungsgesetz (PNOG) wieder nicht im Bundeskabinett. Die heftige Kritik von allen Seiten zeigt offenbar Wirkung. Vor der Sommerpause wird sich der Bundestag voraussichtlich nicht mehr mit der Pflegereform beschäftigen, geschweige denn sie verabschieden: www.carevor9.de/care-inside/...
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Pflegereform wahrscheinlich erst im Herbst im Bundestag | Care Inside
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Hilde van Meegdenburg 🟥 @hildevanmeegdenburg.com · 09/06/2026
➡️ ➡️ Complete Themed Section on #InterpretiveProcessTracing now #OpenAcces ⬅️ ⬅️ Four papers, one goal: thinking through and advancing PT for interpretive research (post with a tribute to Raúl Pacheco-Vega fellow PT and methods enthusiast). 1/
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Love this piece, “You have this hold over me”, by @anthonyhurd.bsky.social. Happy pride 🏳️‍🌈
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
📢 Call for papers! Who speaks for the poor in social policy? For the upcoming ESPANET conference (August 26-28) in Lisbon, Sigrid Leitner and I are organizing a stream examining the political representation of people experiencing poverty. www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e...
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24th ESPANET Annual Conference
Resize? Restructure? The European Social Model under Pressure. Click Here to Submit Your Abstract Deadline for Submissions: 17th of May 2026 The European Social model is under pre...
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Some of my favorite electronic artists of all time. A gorgeous composition and a blessing to have them back with new material: "But that's always been the Boards of Canada way: they make what might read as overly earnest feel profound, universal and utterly essential. " de.ra.co/reviews/36346
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Boards of Canada - Tape 05 · Single Review ⟋ RA
Warp's mysterious duo are back after 13 years. The surprise: it's some of their most beautiful work yet.
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Robert Pausch @bertpsch.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Noch nie hat eine Partei so stumm um ihr Überleben gekämpft. Aber wird denn überhaupt gekämpft? Oder ist "kämpfen" für die SPD auch nur noch ein anderes Wort für weiter regieren?
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Ultimately, the article proposes an interpretivist framework that sensitizes process tracing and policy feedback theory to reveal how definitional interventions gain institutional traction through underlying mechanisms over time.
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Combining interpretive process tracing with policy feedback theory, I show how poverty became legible as a policy problem in 🇩🇪 through stakeholders’ sustained interventions. Based on expert interviews, I identify seven key episodes driving three mechanisms at the core of this decades-long process
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🎉 Ecstatic that my new article, “How social reporting put poverty on the agenda in Germany: an interpretive process tracing analysis”, is now published open access in @policy-politics.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
So glad to see this one published: academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance... In this new article (open access!), we argue for the importance of collective actors in social work policy practice by drawing on research on welfare associations in Germany.
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The Importance of Collective Actors for Social Work Policy Practice: Lessons from the German Case
There is an ongoing academic debate emphasizing that individual social workers are expected not only to implement policy but also to influence policy-makin
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
So glad to see this one published: academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance... In this new article (open access!), we argue for the importance of collective actors in social work policy practice by drawing on research on welfare associations in Germany.
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The Importance of Collective Actors for Social Work Policy Practice: Lessons from the German Case
There is an ongoing academic debate emphasizing that individual social workers are expected not only to implement policy but also to influence policy-makin
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
We welcome diverse theoretical and methodological approaches (qualitative, quantitative, mixed; single-country or comparative), including institutional dynamics, participation, policy design, discourse and narrative analysis. Deadline: May 17 More info: www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/wp-content/u...
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
We invite contributions addressing, among others: • Advocacy and self-representation organizations for people experiencing poverty (in Europe and beyond) • Their role in social policy: When and why they succeed or remain unheard • Sustainable models of self-representation and power-sharing
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Research on political responsiveness shows that welfare state decision-making is characterized by unequal influence, skewed toward well-organized and well-resourced actors. People experiencing poverty frequently lack direct representation in policymaking and public discourse.
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
📢 Call for papers! Who speaks for the poor in social policy? For the upcoming ESPANET conference (August 26-28) in Lisbon, Sigrid Leitner and I are organizing a stream examining the political representation of people experiencing poverty. www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e...
iseg.ulisboa.pt
24th ESPANET Annual Conference
Resize? Restructure? The European Social Model under Pressure. Click Here to Submit Your Abstract Deadline for Submissions: 17th of May 2026 The European Social model is under pre...
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Hans-Böckler-Stiftung @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Ob #Bürgergeld, #Rente, #Pflege, #Bildung, #Kinder oder #Wohnen – der #Sozialstaat in Deutschland spielt für jeden Menschen eine wichtige Rolle. Trotzdem steht er fortwährend in der Kritik. Unsere Studien räumen mit Mythen auf. 💥 Unsere Forschung zum Sozialstaat: www.boeckler.de/de/auf-einen...
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Der Sozialstaat in Deutschland
Ob Bürgergeld, Rente, Pflege, Bildung, Kinder oder Wohnen – der Sozialstaat in Deutschland spielt für eigentlich jeden Menschen eine wichtige Rolle. Und trotzdem steht er fortwährend in der Kritik. Un...
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
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Eloísa del Pino @eloisadelpino.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky url: academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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David O'Connell @daviduk.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Proud to have a chapter published (in German) alongside so many incredible people - looking at the successful role of employee buyouts in building union power. Yes, this is an attempt to push German unions in that direction. Happy to give 30% discounts for those interested in a copy. ✊🏻
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Miriam Rehm @miriamrehm.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Ich freue mich über mein Interview in der SZ @szde.bsky.social! Die Ungleichheit bei den Vermögen in Deutschland ist extrem hoch. Das hat strukturelle Gründe, vor allem Unternehmensbesitz am oberen Ende. Daraus folgen höhere Renditen der Reichen, was die Ungleichheit weiter treibt sz.de/li.3372503
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„Reiche haben in Deutschland zu viel Macht“
Die Ökonomin Miriam Rehm sieht politische Gründe für die Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich. Ein Gespräch über Erbschaftsteuer und den Einfluss von Superreichen wie Elon Musk.
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Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I don’t know how the narrative of American democracy can survive this. The country voted to give the nuclear codes to a mental toddler who’s going to start a war because he didn’t get a participation trophy.
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Hans-Böckler-Stiftung @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
(1/2) Der #Verteilungsbericht unseres WSI Düsseldorf zeigt: In Deutschland haben #Ungleichheit und #Armut spürbar zugenommen. Im Podcast #Systemrelevant wird die #Einkommensverteilung und deren gesellschaftlichen Konsequenzen analysiert. 📲 Hier reinhören: www.boeckler.de/de/p...
Text: Ungleichheit in Deutschland auf dem Höchststand I Ungleichheit und Armut nehmen hierzulande zu. Die geplante Grundsicherung könnte die Situation weiter verschärfen, warnt unser WSI mit Blick auf den neuesten Verteilungsbericht. Foto: Essensausgabe an Kinder in der Berliner Arche; Logo unseres Podcasts Systemrelevant, Fakten für eine demokratische und nachhaltige Wirtschaft
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
You’re telling me the FIFA Peace Prize-winning US President is attacking another sovereign country and practicing regime change?
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Sonja Blum @sonjablum.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🚨Job alert: We are looking for a PhD Researcher at Bielefeld University ✨Research on policy learning, and work-family policies in Mexico & Germany, within the @sfb1342.bsky.social on global dynamics of social policy Applications until 12.1.26, details at: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/473...
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Research Position / PhD Researcher (m/f/d) - CRC 1...
<div style="text-align: justify;">The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1342, "Global Dynamics of Social Policy," has been...
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Oliver Nachtwey @onachtwey.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Legitimationsprobleme der parlamentarischen Demokratie
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Hilde van Meegdenburg 🟥 @hildevanmeegdenburg.com · 18/11/2025
⬇️Februari 2026⬇️ Taking a hands-on approach, this five-day online course introduces you to the essentials of Process Tracing and develops both the theoretical understanding and the practical skills to set-up and conduct a full-fledged PT-study. Early bird registration still possible.
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Johannes Hillje @jhillje.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Aha. (Quelle: @zeit.de)
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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Lower-income people are less likely to vote than higher-income people, across racial groups - and that gap has been growing. That’s a real problem for the future of US democracy. It’s not apathy or ignorance - for many, it’s a sense that politics is not for or about them. In a report out in Jan +
Chart with Turnout on the Y axis & election year (2016, 2020, and 2024) on the X axis.  6 lines, 3 for White, Black, and Hispanic in households making over $100k/year, 3 for the same groups in households making under $30k/year. 

Overall you can see turnout increasing among higher-income people in all three racial groups, and declining (White and Black) or staying flat (Hispanic) among low-income people; the turnout gap by income is much larger in 2024 than in 2020 or 2016.

from 2016 -> 2024:
- White $100k turnout goes from 65% to 78% while white under $30k turnout goes from 55% to 49%
- Black over $100k turnout goes from 51% to 64% while Black under $30k turnout goes from 48% to 33%
- Hispanic over $100k turnout goes from 52% to 67% while Hispanic under $30k turnout stays flat at about 36% (higher in 2020 at 42%).

Caption: "Our analysis, Cooperative Election Survey Data, Validated Votes."image of a report cover, with a US flag in the background, and the text "The Political Disconnect: Working-Class and Low-Income People on What Politics Means to Them and How They Might be Mobilized”
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Hans-Böckler-Stiftung @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Seit 2018 haben #Ungleichheit & #Armut in Deutschland nochmal spürbar zugenommen und zuletzt einen Höchststand erreicht. Das zeigt der neue Verteilungsbericht unseres @wsiinstitut.bsky.social. Der Anteil armer Menschen stieg von 14,4 (2010) auf 17,7 % (2022). 🧵👇 📲 www.boeckler.de/de/pressemit...
Text: Ungleichheit in Deutschland wächst I Die Ungleichheit in 
Deutschland hat einen traurigen Höchststand erreicht. 
Auch Armut nimmt zu. 
Der Anteil reicher Haushalte ist dagegen stabil.
Mehr zum WSI-Verteilungsbericht 2025.
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WSI Düsseldorf @wsiinstitut.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Wie kann das über lange Zeit gewachsene Institutionengefüge des deutschen Sozialstaats in systematische Verbindung zur Umwelt- und Klimapolitik gebracht werden und Sozialpolitik im Idealfall sogar eine positive ökologische Wirkung erzielen? Dazu die neuen WSI-Mitteilungen www.wsi.de/de/wsi-mitte...
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Gregory Crewdson, Redemption Center, 2018/9. Kunstmuseum Bonn.
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Vera Deleja-Hotko @veradelejahotko.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Der 1. Teil unserer Jobcenter-Serie: Der Staat investiert Milliarden in Maßnahmen, die helfen sollen, Menschen wieder in Arbeit zu bringen. Doch zu oft fließt das Geld in eine kaum kontrollierte Weiterbildungsindustrie, in der Beschäftigung simuliert wird und Qualität Zufall zu sein scheint.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I think about this post every day 🧪
Screenshot of a Tweet pointing out that academic spam is actually in its own way kind of encouraging.
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
“The novel’s prescience lies not in foretelling specific events but in diagnosing a culture where power enjoys impunity and cruelty rubs out its traces — a society run by careless people.” www.ft.com/content/dd6f...
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How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America
A century after it was published, F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is more relevant than ever. Sarah Churchwell on the trouble with ‘careless people’
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Awesome cover!
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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350... @manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
What a brilliant discussion about narrative form and how we necessarily and constantly use it to (re)interpret, (re)define, and legitimize history. Highly recommended. radioopensource.org/shattered-dr...
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Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope - Open Source with Christopher Lydon
Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope is Brandon Terry’s long-awaited personal and philosophical case for struggle and optimism in the long civil rights movement in our country. It’s a map of our minds and ...
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Peter Atwater @peteratwater.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Houston, we have a problem. And probably plenty of other American cities. And this is before SNAP payments end.
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 09/10/2025
A fantastic episode. The art of talking about a big, complex book is perfected, by host and author, to an unbelievable degree.
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
In a new study, Christopher Hoy (World Bank) reveals that people tend to dramatically underestimate wage inequality. What’s more, when confronted with the actual data, far right voters alter their views about redistribution the most. #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/99zYlGH
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The wage gap and far-right support for redistribution
New study on beliefs and preferences about the wage gap (CEOs vs average worker). When the true gap is revealed, far right voters change their policy views most.
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Policy & Politics @policy-politics.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
⚡New blog post just landed!⚡ 'A systematic review of the Narrative Policy Framework: a future research agenda' policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/10/01/a... @gbsong.bsky.social @jo-kuenzler.bsky.social
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A systematic review of the Narrative Policy Framework: a future research agenda
by Johanna Kuenzler, Bettina Stauffer, Caroline Schlaufer, Geoboo Song, Aaron Smith-Walter and Michael D. Jones The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has become instrumental in understanding how pol…
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Christopher Smith Ochoa @csmithochoa.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
“If you can be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you.“ youtu.be/wnopyFg5msU
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One Very Important Thought
YouTube video by Boards of Canada - Topic
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