Reposted by Krisztina SzaboTom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 29/01/2026You should vote, even if your vote won't change the outcome, because this is how we uphold the democratic principles that underlie our republican ideals. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 17024
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboCatherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Today in @theguardian.com, I argue that Donald Trump’s foreign-policy playbook is increasingly about attention capture, or what I call geopolitical clickbait. Plus I outline why this matters for Europe & what to do about it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTrump wants our attention. Let’s stop falling for his geopolitical clickbait | Catherine De VriesWhether he’s targeting Greenland, tariffs or Iran, Trump’s agenda is to distract – because a Europe that is always reacting is never planning, says political scientist Catherine De Vries 812652
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboScholars Working on East European Politics @sweep-workshop.bsky.social · 02/10/2025We kick off next week w/ papers from our Estonia time-sharing survey: 1️⃣ "The Democratising Effects of the 1989 Baltic Way Demonstration," Robert Lipinski 2️⃣ “The Historical Determinants of Eastern European Solidarity with Ukraine," @isadesisto.bsky.social ➕ Discussion from @krisztiszabo.bsky.social! 132
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboJoost van Spanje @joostvanspanje.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Here in 🇨🇦Vancouver, @krisztiszabo.bsky.social is presenting joint work with Ádám Reiff & myself. We address the question of why voters vote for corrupt politicians. In a conjoint experiment in Hungary, we test 3 explanation types, including media trust & partisanship. #APSA2025 @apsa.bsky.social 094
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboTom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 23/07/2025We live in an era of democratic backsliding. But the terminology of "backsliding" isn't up to the task of making sense of the deep crisis of liberal democracy around the world. I've just finished a working paper that lays out what I think is going on. tl;dr it's about the state and society 🧵papers.ssrn.comState, Society, and the Politics of Democratic BackslidingRecent scholarship on democratic backsliding has focused on measuring its global prevalence and identifying the causal processes and mechanisms that produce or 720250
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboCatherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 01/08/2025🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live. 🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe. 🙏🏼 Sharing is caring! 04923
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboJoost van Spanje @joostvanspanje.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Here in Madrid, @krisztiszabo.bsky.social is presenting joint work with Ádám Reiff & myself. We address the question of why voters vote for corrupt politicians. In our conjoint experiment in Hungary, we test 3 explanation types, including media trust & partisanship. #EPSA2025 @epsanet.bsky.social 1123
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboCatherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Most literature reviews miss the point. Not because they’re sloppy. But because they treat the literature like a box to tick. In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter... 🧵catherineeunicedevries.substack.comMost Literature Reviews Miss the Point. Don’t Let YoursCritically Engaging Past Work to Confidently Shape Your Own 1020058
Krisztina Szabo @krisztiszabo.bsky.social · 30/05/2025I'm looking forward to having a copy of this one! 010
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 27/05/2025'Global Challenges to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience' by Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social & Roberts. 📚 cup.org/4jESqXD 📚 A comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world. 13412
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboTom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 19/05/2025Any democratically minded voter faces a dilemma when deciding whether to participate in an illiberal election. Does participation amount to endorsing the authoritarian status quo? For more, see this excellent writeup of my forthcoming piece with Turku Isiksel, "Voting in Authoritarian Elections"politicalsciencenow.comShould We Vote in Authoritarian Elections? -In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Ewa Nizalowska, covers the new article by Turkuler Isiksel [...] 0175
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboAmerican Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Just published on APSR First View: "A New Measure of Affective Polarization" by Nicolas Campos and Christopher Federico. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 04012
Reposted by Krisztina SzaboAmerican Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad by James Pattison is now available in Early View. @jamespattison.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/04/14/t... 0176
