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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬 '...powerful analytical tool for understanding populism, legitimisation, and ideological confrontation...' Zhenjun Wang reviews 'Analysing Political Discourse: Theory and Practice (2nd edn.)' by Paul Chilton @routledgebooks.bsky.social, 2026 👉️ buff.ly/AiYCMLW

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

❇️ FirstView - 📊Dataset John F. Brüne, Sophie Potts & Elisabeth Bergherr introduce a structured dataset and ParliamentLab, an interractive application, to support the exploration of voting behavior in the European Parliament from 2004 to 2022. 👉️ buff.ly/sYkYfSG

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

❇️ FirstView - 🎓️ Teaching&Learning Emilia S. Heo & @felixroesch.bsky.social explore the pedagogical use of artistic means in international relations by investigating drawing as a creatinve learning method to understand peace&war. 👉️ buff.ly/7ZyCKlb

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬 ‘...concise, rigorous & highly teachable...’ @karolinanugumanova.bsky.social reviews "Different and Unequal? Gendered Political Participation in European Democracies." by Bolzendahl & @hildecoffe.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org, 2026 👉️ buff.ly/X7A6LAb

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

❇️ FirstView - Research @federicazardo.bsky.social intorduces the MigFund dataset, a comprehensive resource that traces the European Union’s financial commitments to migration and asylum from 2000 to 2023. 👉️ buff.ly/rDFeyxR

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

❇️ FirstView - 🔍️ Research Jessy Bally extends the use of Bordieu's field theory to analyse democratic innovations, reflecting on the way promoters of democratic innovations constitute a social space a ‘reform space’. 👉️ buff.ly/TMXrqWS

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That's everything for our 🍃 September issue🍃 📗Volume 25 Issue 3 🔍 2 Research articles, 🎓️ 2 Teaching&Learning, 📊 1 dataset & 📖 4 Book Reviews 🔓 💯 #OpenAccess ✍️ 15+ contributors 🕵️ & many more anonymous referees 👉️ buff.ly/Cv3KZZE

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🍃 September issue 📖 Book Review 💬'...a timely and analytically rich contribution...’ Ondrej Voznak reviews "Great Power Competition and Middle Power Strategies" Edited by Vinod K. Aggarwal & Margaret A. T. Kenney. @springer.springernature.com, 2023 👉https://buff.ly/w5AyBMW"

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🍃 September issue 📖 Book Review 💬'...a highly interesting read...’ Katinka Linnamäki reviews ""The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary: The Populist Logic of Polarisation as Hegemony" by @emiliapalonen.bsky.social @helsinkiupress.bsky.social, 2025 👉️ buff.ly/f2jx0Xj

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🍃 September issue 📖 Book Review 💬'...a significant contribution to the terminological understanding of the concept...’ Mălina-Maria Rîndașu reviews "Democracy’s Resilience to Populism’s Threat: Countering Global Alarmism", by Kurt Weyland @universitypress.cambridge.org, 2024 👉 buff.ly/ho4XGUz

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🍃 September issue 📖 Book Review 💬'...an original and valuable addition to the study of populism...’ Guy Gerba @ucc.ie reviews "The Populist Style: Trump, Le Pen and Performances of the Far Right" by @theoaiolfi.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social, 2025 👉 buff.ly/4F9RF8s

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🍃 September issue 📄 Policy Commentary Yannis Karagiannis, @mattiaguidi.bsky.social & Alba Tort Llorens explain policy failures in the 2023 revision of EU Horizontal Guidelines by drawing on historical-institutionalist process tracing. 👉 buff.ly/0z4ykJ1

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🍃 September issue 📊Dataset @fhublet.bsky.social presents BLUE_EP dataset, covering European Parliament elections between 2019 and 2024 and providing results for 90,000 EU27 Local Administrative Units and 500 parties/list in each election. 👉️ buff.ly/U3oAsYh

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🍃 September issue 📊Dataset Olga Lavrinenko introduces the FEMPOWER dataset, covering the period 1980–2023 for around 9,000 women’s organisations active worldwide. 👉️ buff.ly/StWswFM

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🍃 September issue 🎓Teaching&Learning S. Gherghina, G.M. Fuentes & P. Tap identify how political science courses prepares students for activities within political parties by considering interviews with political science students from Romania, Spain and the UK. 👉️ buff.ly/Nu4BzlM

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🍃 September issue 🔍️ Research Weiqing Song, Mengdie Zhou, & Ziqing Yang use a combination of bibliometric analysis and documentary analysis of Chinese scholarly literature to reveal the Chinese understanding of European strategic autonomy (ESA). 👉 buff.ly/f2asS9c

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🍃 September issue 🔍️ Research Jacob Cox and Austin Horng-En Wang explore whether blame-shifting strategies extend beyond domestic political competition to external actors. 👉 buff.ly/UmdihZu

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🍃 September Issue Out Now!🍃 Volume 2️⃣5️⃣ Issue 3️⃣ 📗For our third issue of the year, with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org, we explore populism, governance, public policy and international relations. 👉️ buff.ly/Cv3KZZE

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬'...undoubtedly a must-read masterpiece...’ Brent H. F. Yan reviews "Supernatural Politics: Mao Zedong and the Drive to Eliminate Religion in China, 1949–79" by S. A. Smith. ( @universitypress.cambridge.org, 2026) 👉https://buff.ly/faDRaYi

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

EPS Roundtable on 'Resisting Illiberalism' is in full swing!🐸🪧 Chaired by EPS Editor @ljramiro.bsky.social & an exceptional group of scholars @dafnoukos.bsky.social, C Rovira Kaltwasser, @lucatomini.bsky.social, A Driscoll, @luanarusso.bsky.social & @simonbornschier.bsky.social. #ecprgc2026

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

📚️ Looking for free and engaging literature to read on your journey to the #ecprgc26? 👀 Take a look at our curated collection of standout articles & Loop Posts on #resistingilliberalism and join us for our panel on Thursday 10th of September! 👉 buff.ly/LYEl3OJ

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

❇️ FirstView - 🔍️ Research @manuelkogel.bsky.social & @zinnatullin.bsky.social synthesise causal evidence on affective polarisation, providing a valuable overview of contemporary research. 👉️ buff.ly/eFEgq3S

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📣 Not long till #ecprgc26 Join our EPS Featured Roundtable on 'Resisting Illiberalism' chaired by EPS Editor @ljramiro.bsky.social. See you soon 🐸 🪧 👉️ buff.ly/xQZzh0s

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

⭐️ Free to Read ⭐️ 🐸 Will you be attending the EPS Roundtable on Resisting Illiberalism at the #ecprgc26? 👀 Take a look at our curated collection of standout articles & Loop Posts on #resistingilliberalism and join us for our panel on Thursday 10th of September! 👉 buff.ly/LYEl3OJ

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

📣 3 weeks to #ecprgc26 Come and join us to the EPS Featured Routable on 'Resisting Illiberalism' chaired by our own @ljramiro.bsky.social. We can't wait to see you there 🐸🪧 👉️ buff.ly/xQZzh0s

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

❇️ FirstView - 📊Dataset @fhublet.bsky.social presents BLUE_EP dataset, covering European Parliament elections between 2019 and 2024 and providing results for 90,000 EU27 Local Administrative Units and 500 parties/list in each election. 👉️ buff.ly/U3oAsYh

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We hope you've enjoyed the ☀️ June Issue ☀️ ✒️ Edited by Linda Basile & Stella Ladi 📖 @ljramiro.bsky.social 👏 Thanks to all our brilliant contributors & to the anonymous reviewers 🕵️ who help to make each manuscript the best it can be

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

That's everything from our ☀️June Issue☀️ 📗Volume 25 Issue 2 🌟 1 Special Issue, 🗣️ 1 Debate, 🔍 7 Research articles, 💼 2 on the Profession, 📊 1 dataset & 📖 3 Book Reviews 🔓 💯 #OpenAccess ✍️ 30+ contributors 🕵️ & many more anonymous referees 👉️ buff.ly/gaA1mHj

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

⭐️ FREE to read ⭐️ 📣 Will you be at #ecprgc26 in September? Why not take a look 👀 at our curated collection of standout articles & Loop Posts on #resistingilliberalism and join us for our panel on Thursday 10th of September! 👉 buff.ly/LYEl3OJ

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 📖 Book Review 💬'...an innovative approach...’ Mariana Vahlis reviews "Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis: Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro", Edited by @jpolga.bsky.social & Raul Sanchez Urribarri @routledgebooks.bsky.social, 2025 👉https://buff.ly/82Ml3uG

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 📖 Book Review 💬'One of the book’s greatest strengths is its commitment to the realist paradigm’ Greg Shaw reviews "The EU’s Strategic Dilemma in the Ukraine War", by Viktor Jakupec @springer.springernature.com, 2025 👉 buff.ly/6BStSqq

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 📖 Book Review 💬'...begins with a useful engagement with the history and sociology of public intellectuals...’ Tyler Robinson reviews "How Slavoj Became Žižek: The Digital Making of a Public Intellectual" by Eliran Bar-El @uchicagopress.bsky.social, 2025 👉 buff.ly/VSbU5IR

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

📣 We can't wait to see you all at #ecprgc26 🐸 Resisting Illiberalism 📆 Thursday 10th of September ⏰ 14:00 - 15:45 CEST 📌 Faculty of International and Political Studies, Ground Floor, Room: 027 ➡️ buff.ly/xQZzh0s

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🌟 Special Issue @robertofalanga.bsky.social @inescampos.bsky.social Doris Fuchs & Graham Smith conclude this Special issue by illustrating how democratic innovations have developed in different ways across Europe, Latin America and Australia. 👉️ buff.ly/zHyxkJA

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

☀️June Issue 🌟 Special Issue @stephene.bsky.social & @oliverescobar.bsky.social compares UK historical trajectories of democratic innovation via collaborative governance, participatory budgeting, referendums and mini-publics. 👉️ buff.ly/IJ4rzns

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🌟Special Issue Francesco Veri & @nenadstojanovic.bsky.social examine how configurations of three key institutional dimensions – consensus democracy, federalism, & direct democracy – shape the adoption of minipublics in Switzerland 👉 buff.ly/iIQvGRS

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🌟 Special Issue Ernesto Ganuza & Alfredo Ramos analyses, though the sociological concept of 'field', the expansion of democratic innovations in Spain. 👉️ buff.ly/51hnwG8

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🌟 Special Issue @robertofalanga.bsky.social explores Portuguese democratic innovations within the legacy of the revolution by offering insights into the interconnectedness with democracy. 👉️ buff.ly/36H4YTE

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🌟 Special Issue Thamy Pogrebinschi examines democratic innovations in Latin America and contemporary deliberative theory and expands the range of institutional designs where deliberation can be connected to the public. 👉️ buff.ly/ZFeOx6T

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

☀️ June issue 🌟 Special issue Donatella della Porta & @andreafelicetti.bsky.social explore the state of democratic innovations in Italy and discuss local democratic innovations do not equate to a dynamic national context and vice versa. 👉️ buff.ly/GGcVtwH

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

☀️ June issue 🌟 Special Issue Alan Marx, Brigitte Geissel & Detlef Sack, through a theoretical framework, analyse how citizens' opportunities are affected by trajectories of democratic innovations in Germany. 👉️ buff.ly/rlOTCmf

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🌟 Special Issue Marina Lindell, Maija Jäske & Katariina Kulha provide the first comprehensive outlook on the diffusion of democratic innovations in Finland; which have created truly novel channels for citizen influence, but their impact varies greatly. 👉️ buff.ly/Tii2n6b

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🌟 Special Issue A. Webb, L. Parry, S. Ercan, H. Asenbaum & J McCaul examine the divergent trajectories of democratic innovations in Australia and the institutional constraints to improve traditional mechanisms of political participation and decision-making. 👉️ buff.ly/l3gpvTf

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🌟 Special Issue @robertofalanga.bsky.social introduces the Special Issue ‘Trajectories of Democratic Innovations’ which illustrates diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, emerging disruptions and patterns of Democratic Innovations. 👉️ buff.ly/LFo0idX

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🗣️ Debate Imogen Bayley & Marylou Hamm examine the evolving role of expertise in democratic policy arguing that it requires greater inclusion alongside structural safeguards for academic independence. 👉️ buff.ly/TegL6re

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🗣️Debates Imogen Bayley examines how policy learning occurs via instrumental learning and political leaning. The article argues that policy learning is fundamentally relational, with knowledge shaped and deployed through political and institutional networks. 👉️ buff.ly/jMQFrtR

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 🗣️Debates Diane Stone @eui-eu.bsky.social explores how transnational governance can be understood through forms of contemporary political and social-science expertise. 👉️ buff.ly/mCVkPb3

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

☀️ June issue 🗣️ Debates Stella Ladi, Linda Basile and Luis Ramiro Fernandez introduce the 2024 EPS debate on Knowledge and Democratic Accountability in Policy Making, based on the EPS Roundtable event hosted at EUI. 👉️ buff.ly/rSS8bS8

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 📄Policy Commentary Susana Sanz-Caballero compares how the EU and the U.S. address hybrid threats, particularly the manipulation of information as a tool to undermine democracies. 👉 buff.ly/s1IWw4C

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

☀️ June Issue 📊Dataset Amy Alexander, Susan Banducci, @hildecoffe.bsky.social, @martafraile.bsky.social & @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social introduce the new module Gender in Contemporary Europe: Rethinking Equality and the Backlash developed for Round 11 of @ess-survey.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/5W07Y56

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