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Magnus B Rasmussen

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Professor of Political Science, specialising in Historical Political Economy. www.magnusbrasmussen.com

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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
great stuff happening in Lund tomorrow: a public lecture at the Faculty of Humanities, by Sciences Po professor Jonathan Levy, on his ongoing book project on the history of money! www.lusem.lu.se/calendar/lec...
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Øyvind Stiansen @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📢 The Call for Papers for EPSS 2027 (@epssnet.bsky.social) is now open! The conference will be held in June 2027 in amazing Copenhagen! @jamayoral.bsky.social and I will be co-chairing the Judicial Politics section! ⏰ Send us your paper by 13 November 2026! epssnet.org/2027-copenha...
Judicial Politics: The judicialization of politics has made courts central political actors. Courts shape public policy and place limits on majoritarian politics. However, they also face increasing public scrutiny and attempts to curb their authority. Understanding judicial politics is therefore more important than ever. We welcome theoretically grounded and empirically rigorous proposals on any aspect of judicial politics, including judicial behavior, judicial impact, legal mobilization, and public opinion on courts and their rulings. Proposals on domestic and international courts are equally welcome.
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Askill Harkjerr Halse @halsevesenet.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ja, bompengene øker, men inntektene fra veibruksavgiften faller raskere. Bilistene betaler altså ikke mer enn før for bruk av veiene, men regningen er mer ujevnt fordelt.
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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lurking within the new Ariely scandal is the incentive problem of editors giving R&Rs that ask for new analyses (that need to turn out a specific way) or even in psych whole new experiments (ditto).
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In Boston until Sunday at #APSA. Will co-present this paper with @benansell.bsky.social tomorrow (14 to 15.30). Do come along. The contrast between Boston in late summer and the dark clouds of autocratisation couldn’t be more jarring. Useful to bear this in mind as we discuss ideas & arguments
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Askill Harkjerr Halse @halsevesenet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Beste #polkvart på lenge. SSB kan gjerne inviteres hver dag.
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Ben Schneider @benmschneider.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
❗Call for Papers: 5th Norwegian 🇳🇴 Winter Games in Economic History ☃️ ❄️ Host: @oslomet.bsky.social 28 January 2027 📄 CfP Deadline: 23 October 2026 Obligatorisk skitur til Bislingflaka på fredag 29. kommer i tillegg
Call for papers for the 5th Norwegian Winter Games in Economic History. The full call is available at: https://www.okonomiskhistorie.no/?p=1676
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It's a very smart move for new not-for-profit journals to reclaim the typographic standards that have been lost to ruthless profit maximisation. Pic 1: Philosophy & Public Affairs (pre-zombification) Pic 2: Philosophy & Public Affairs (zombie journal) Pic 3: Free & Equal (PPA open-access successor)
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
For those who don’t follow video games, there is constant policing of any AI use among small, indie developers. They are the most resource constrained firms in a field where profits are rare & artistic vision is often compromised, but they are punished more harshly than big devs by their audience.
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Adam Przeworski @adamprz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A summary of what I understand and do not understand about the way democracy works: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7269378
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<p>Swan Song: My Understanding of Democracy</p>
I summarize my understanding of democracy: the theory which predicts when elections peacefully manage conflicts and the empirical evidence regarding the co
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Similarly, work search requirements mandated by UI no longer map to how actually searching for a job works. People have to pretend to look for a job to satisfy UI requirements and then *actually* look for a job. www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/u...
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📄 And another working paper: **Pretty much all citizens say they support democracy.** But what do they mean by that? We ask whether voters from different partisan camps mean the same thing when they talk about "democracy." Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If anyone had any doubt about what kind of publisher Frontiers is, this is a shocking whistleblower account
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A great opportunity for an ambitious scholar to work with some of the best researchers ( and people )in Norwegian political science!
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Vacation time. #hvilepuls
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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality. The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25 Apply by August 9, 2026.
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Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Aug. issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social is out and our article on support coalitions and regime survival is in it: Larger & more diverse coalitions correspond to longer-lived regimes @sirianned.bsky.social @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social @torewig.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Who Rules? Support Coalitions and Regime Survival, 1789–2020 - Carl Henrik Knutsen, Sirianne Dahlum, Magnus Bergli Rasmussen, Tore Wig, 2026
All political regimes rely on coalitions of supporters to govern and remain in power. We discuss, specify, and test arguments pertaining to how the numerical si...
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Tarald Gulseth Berge @taraldberge.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Lyst til å ta en PhD - og å jobbe med @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social og meg? Søk her da vel!
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Er du interessert i politisk økonomi, makt, institusjoner og ulikhet? Søk doktorgradsstipendiat ved USN Handelshøyskolen i Drammen. Du vil jobbe tett med meg og @taraldberge.bsky.social i et ambisiøst forskningsmiljø. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
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Stipendiat i Management: Politisk økonomi og ledelse (304792) | Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge
Stillingstittel: Stipendiat i Management: Politisk økonomi og ledelse (304792), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge, Søknadsfrist: mandag 31. august 2026
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Ingeborg Senneset @ingeborgsenneset.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Sorry, SAS Men nå er begeret faktisk fullt. Si fra når dere tar tak i dette 👉🏻👉🏻 ingeborgsenneset.blogspot.com/2026/06/sorr... @birgitskarstein.bsky.social
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Louisa Boulaziz @louisabo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Happy to announce that I will defend my PhD dissertation August 12th in Oslo 💃🏽 tinyurl.com/4p326pyb More exciting announcements to come (because I also got a new position) 💅🏽
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Disputation: Louisa Boulaziz - Department of Political Science
Master of Political Science Louisa Boulaziz will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science: Breaking the Glass Ceiling is not Enough: Gendered Selection Bias and Inequitable...
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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
new working paper out today! we explore the role played by structural transformation in shaping the Swedish income distribution between 1870 and 1970 ehes.org/wp/EHES_305....
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Daniel de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@annagbusse.bsky.social and I are here for u osf.io/preprints/so...
Abstract of linked paper: 

Good Description*Daniel de Kadt†Anna Grzymala-Busse‡November 20, 2025AbstractWhat distinguishes ‘good’ description from ‘mere’ description? We propose a framework forevaluating descriptive empirical social science, premised on the idea that descriptive research –like all empirical social science – should be grounded in theory. First, we articulate the social sci-entific purpose of description, which provides criteria for assessing descriptivequestions. Gooddescriptive questions uncover facts in need of explanation, build and refine theory, or help to as-sess and revise theory. Second, we articulate three ideal characteristics of descriptiveanalyses:clarity, comparability, and completeness. Good description is thus tightly and transparently linkedto specific research questions (and thus to theory), well contextualized, and as comprehensive inmeasurement and specification as possible
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language? New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Can Simple Language Affect Voters’ Political Knowledge and Their Beliefs About Politicians? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No 0
How does the level of sophistication in political messages affect citizens? While research has examined how politicians use this element to distinguish themselves, little is known about how it resonat...
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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 04/06/2026
All Souls College, Oxford, is seeking 5 Postdoctoral Research Fellows in - Asian and Middle Eastern Studies - History of Art/History of Music - Law - Life Science - Theoretical Computer Science These are 5-year appointments starting autumn 2027. Deadline: 4 Sep 2026 www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships | All Souls College
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Bilyana Petrova @bpetrova.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Introducing Dr. Noah Pruitt (@noahpruitt99.bsky.social)! I am incredibly proud of you, and I look forward to everything you will accomplish. Sincere thanks to a wonderful and supportive committee. (@fthames.bsky.social, Sayan Banerjee, and Austin McCrea)
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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The key implication: people have a general tendency to personal favoritism in professional selection, even in highly formalized bureaucracies. If autocrats can instrumentalize this tendency to select people who are in line with regime objectives, it stabilizes the regime instead of threatening it.
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Cadre networks and bureaucratic careers in autocracies | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Our article "Cadre networks and bureaucratic careers in autocracies" has just been published online first in @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 — joint work with Alexander De Juan & Jan Pierskalla www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Short summary thread below 👇
Title page of an academic paper titled "Cadre networks and bureaucratic careers in autocracies" by Alexander De Juan, Felix Haass, and Jan H. Pierskalla. The abstract examines whether formalized recruitment systems in autocracies eliminate informal personal ties, using biographical data on over 180,000 cadres from the former German Democratic Republic. Difference-in-differences models show that cadre networks aided individuals' career trajectories and that network-based promotions mirrored regime preferences rather than producing decentralized cronyism
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Ok first try.
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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 03/05/2026
For anyone interested, here is the syllabus for my graduate-level course on "Computational Methods for Area Studies" hegghammer.net/assets/docum...
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Lukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Bremen. 5-year-contract, top-up to 100% possible for most of the contract period. Apply by 04 May 2026. If you have questions about the position, send me an email! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen
Offene Stellen
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Martin Søyland @martigso.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Det ble vedtatt å utrede lobbyregister i går. I den anledning har @ma1ken.bsky.social og jeg skrevet om utsiktene for å faktisk få det på plass. Politikerne har ikke vist at de er villig til å innføre sterkere regulering av seg selv, så vi er ikke kjempeoptimisiske. www.altinget.no/artikkel/det...
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Det gjenstår å se om et lobbyregister faktisk kommer på plass - Altinget
En utredning av behovet for et lobbyregister er et skritt i riktig retning mot økt åpenhet om påvirkningsarbeid i norsk politikk. Men demokratisk valgte politikere har ikke gjort seg kjent for å innfø...
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
For en dato !
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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The dept of Economic History in Lund is hiring a new Senior Lecturer! Ad is here, deadline 17 May: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Senior Lecturer in Economic History
The department of Economic History employs around 70 researchers, teachers, doctoral candidates, and administrative personnel. Research at the department includes topics such as Economic demography, E
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The Welsh Senedd has a new electoral system; replacing MMP with low-magnitude closed list PR (with DM=6), ie. bang in the middle of the Carey-Hix “sweet spot” 😉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Se...
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2026 Senedd election - Wikipedia
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Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Viktor Orbán created a new state foundation that forced independent media owners to transfer ownership, changed the state media into a propaganda mouthpiece, and hounded the remaining few free media with tax audits, raids, and surveillance. Over 80% of the media in Hungary is now in his hands.
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Bjørnar Pedersen @bopalong.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Har laget podkast. En fascinerende og godt over middels spinnvill historie fra virkeligheten. radio.nrk.no/podkast/radi...
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Arsenikkmysteriet - Historier fra virkeligheten - NRK Radio
Historier fra virkeligheten - Arsenikkmysteriet
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Gratulerer, gutta!
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Jonas Draege @draege.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Very happy and proud to have co-authored this paper in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, with @plutscher.bsky.social & @chknutsen.bsky.social 😊 doi.org/10.1017/S147... Please see Philipp's 🧵 below for the main findings 😊
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The effects of government propaganda in electoral authoritarian regimes: Evidence from Turkey | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
The effects of government propaganda in electoral authoritarian regimes: Evidence from Turkey
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Jordi Muñoz @jordimunoz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We are launching the dual degree between our Master in Institutions and Political Economy at the University of Barcelona @ubmipe.bsky.social and King's College London www.ub.edu/mipe/#dual @ub.edu
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Master in Institutions and Political Economy | UB
The Master in Institutions and Political Economy (MIPE) is a Social Science research program that combines Political Science, Economics, Economic History.
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Tristan Klingelhöfer @klingelt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
It was an immense honor to contribute to the 30th anniversary issue of Party Politics. Richard Katz and I advocate for the continued relevance of studying party organization, both to understand how politics in democracies actually works and to articulate how it should work. doi.org/10.1177/1354...
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Politics remains a team sport: On the continued relevance of studying party organization - Richard S Katz, Tristan Klingelhöfer, 2026
In advanced industrial democracies, politics has become heavily personalized. What are the implications of this process for research on, and the practice of, de...
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Tomorrow I’ll outline a new project on electoral malfeasance in Norwegian history, arguing that fraud was widespread—especially amid heightened polarization and certain electoral rules—despite the “high trust, low corruption” narrative.
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Happy to head to bed after getting an acceptance from @worldpolitics.bsky.social .
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Chris Butler @chrisbutlerpol.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
In what is sadly still a relevant and timely piece, @drjennings.bsky.social, Gerry Stoker and I spoke to those who have served at the ehart of UK governments to understand how they reconcile with low political trust, depressingly finding little motivation to take action to remedy it
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Only in Norway m.
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Our paper "Partiaization: How National Programmatic Parties Took Hold of Local Politics" using our reconstructed local election dataset (1904-1937) is finally out in draft form in a link below! (with @oskorge.bsky.social )
Abstract: The transition from political rivalry between loosely organized 
individuals to competition between political parties is a hallmark of modern 
democratic politics. We concentrate on a neglected aspect of this development: 
how national programmatic parties entered local politics—what we label 
“partiaization.” In our argument, parties seek to enter local politics to achieve 
local policy gains and mobilize voters. Their opportunities for partiaization, 
however, hinge on the local electoral system. A proportional representation 
system’s weight on pre-arranged lists, rather than personalities, gives national 
parties the advantage of collective organization and party brand. We test our 
argument using a Norwegian 1919 electoral reform requiring municipalities to 
switch from plurality to PR, and previously lost data on Norwegian local 
elections. Difference-in-difference estimates show that introducing PR in local 
elections led national parties to gain representation in new municipalities. Our 
study helps to explain how national parties became a central feature of local
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Read the paper here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Partiaization: How National Programmatic Parties Took Hold of Local Politics
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Our paper "Partiaization: How National Programmatic Parties Took Hold of Local Politics" using our reconstructed local election dataset (1904-1937) is finally out in draft form in a link below! (with @oskorge.bsky.social )
Abstract: The transition from political rivalry between loosely organized 
individuals to competition between political parties is a hallmark of modern 
democratic politics. We concentrate on a neglected aspect of this development: 
how national programmatic parties entered local politics—what we label 
“partiaization.” In our argument, parties seek to enter local politics to achieve 
local policy gains and mobilize voters. Their opportunities for partiaization, 
however, hinge on the local electoral system. A proportional representation 
system’s weight on pre-arranged lists, rather than personalities, gives national 
parties the advantage of collective organization and party brand. We test our 
argument using a Norwegian 1919 electoral reform requiring municipalities to 
switch from plurality to PR, and previously lost data on Norwegian local 
elections. Difference-in-difference estimates show that introducing PR in local 
elections led national parties to gain representation in new municipalities. Our 
study helps to explain how national parties became a central feature of local
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Gratulerer til deg og ikke minst til ISF!
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