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We explore how contemporary transformations influence evolutions in politics, in policy and in the polity. Located in @sciencespo.bsky.social, Paris, and also affiliated with the @cnrs.fr www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etudes-eur…

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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 2h
🏛️ Les fusions d’organismes publics sont-elles gages d’amélioration de l’efficacité de l’action publique et sources d’économies budgétaires ? Et à quelles conditions ? Fin septembre, Patrick Le Lidec, chercheur @cnrsshs.bsky.social au CEE, était auditionné au @senat.fr sur ces questions ⤵
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Audition de M. Patrick Le Lidec, sociologue
22 septembre 2026
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚 How do ethnicity and religiosity determine whether the left-authoritarian space gets populated, and by whom, in Eastern Europe? And what Western party systems can learn about it. by @jrovny.bsky.social in @wepsocial.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0140...
West European Politics, 2026, Ahead-of-print
https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2026.2733578
National and socialist: political representation in the left-authoritarian quadrant in Eastern Europe
Jan Rovny, Sciences Po, Paris, France
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The left-authoritarian quadrant of the political space contains forces that are simultaneously ‘national’ and ‘socialist’. Such a combination of positions is rare in Western Europe, but is clearly gaining political traction. Eastern Europe, on the other hand, has been a home to left-authoritarian parties for a long time. This article addresses the characteristics of left-authoritarian parties and their supporters in Eastern Europe, uncovering an interesting paradox – Eastern European left-authoritarians herald from a diversity of ideological families, yet tend to propose similar policies. This article explains this phenomenon by demonstrating the formative role of non-economic divides, particularly ethnicity and religiosity. The article underscores how ethnicity and religiosity determine whether the left-authoritarian space gets populated, and by whom. In doing so, the article provides valuable lessons for Western party systems that will likely see increasing left-authoritarian supply in the near future.
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Political competition, political parties, democracy, left-authoritarian politics, Eastern Europe
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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What does far-right protest do to democracy? Join us online October 8, 12:15–13:15 CET as I present ongoing research with @xromerovidal.bsky.social, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & A. Klassens. Thanks to @anketresch.bsky.social, GRIEC & Uni Lausanne. Info & registration 👇 www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
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Contesting Democracy: Far-Right Protest and Public Satisfaction with Democratic Institutions
Caterina Froio de Sciences Po Paris présentera ses récentes recherches.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
(...) Sur fond de transformation des rapports entre l’État et la finance, l'article décrit l'adoption de logiques et normes de gestion d'actifs par un acteur de la politique du logement intermédiaire et abordable. A lire ici : www.union-habitat.org/sites/defaul... cc @editionsscpo.bsky.social 2/2
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👏 Antoine Guironnet, Grand Prix 2026 de la recherche sur l'habitat social (USH-CDC) pour "L’État investisseur en mode asset manager. La gestion d’actifs immobiliers par la Caisse des dépôts comme nouvel instrument des politiques du logement" issu de sa recherche postdoctorale au CEE ! 1/2
Gouvernement et action publique.
L’ "État investisseur" en mode asset manager. La gestion d’actifs immobiliers par la Caisse des dépôts comme nouvel instrument des politiques du logement 
Antoine Guironnet 
Grand Prix 2026 de la recherche sur l'habitat social 
attribué par l'Union sociale pour l'habitat et le Groupe Caisse des Dépôts 
Sciences Po Les Presses
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚 Territorial reform: Why reform one level rather than another? In 🇫🇷, departments were repeatedly portrayed as redundant but the 2014–2015 reform instead imposed compulsory mergers on regions. Patrick Le Lidec's latest article in @regfedst.bsky.social explains this paradox. ⤵️
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Which level is reformed? Political protection and the politics of territorial restructuring in France
Territorial reform in multilevel states often involves choices among several possible targets. This article thus addresses a question: why is one territorial level restructured rather than another?...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📢 [Call for Papers] 'What is Economic Planning? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives' 10 days left to submit your proposal for a workshop on 10-11 December at @scpo-research.bsky.social organised by Zoé Evrard and @kaijzel.bsky.social, who are both associate researchers with our centre. ⤵️
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What is Economic Planning? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Call for Papers. Deadline: 12/10
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Paul Servais @paulservais.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
9 days left for our call for papers! We’re organising the Doctoral Days at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social on political mediation & representation ! If you're interested in how the green transition is being mediated, and how interests are being represented along the distributional process, apply !
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Call for papers - CEE Doctoral Days 2026
Who mediates between citizens and politics - and how are these relationships changing?At a time when established forms of political intermediation are being challenged and new ones are emerging, the 2...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚 Le gouvernement des idées. Santé, experts et démocratie aux États-Unis par Ulrike Lepont, chercheuse @cnrsshs.bsky.social récemment paru chez @ens-editions.bsky.social À découvrir en accès ouvert sur @openedition.bsky.social 👉 books.openedition.org/enseditions/...
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Nouveauté 
Le gouverment des idées
Santé, experts et démocratie aux Etats-Unis.
Ulrike Lepont

Think tanks, fondations, centres universitaires : en quoi ces organisations participent-elles à la fabrication des politiques publiques états-uniennes ? Quel en est l’impact politique ? Sont-elles une garantie de pluralisme et d’indépendance de l’expertise, comme cela est parfois affirmé ? Sont-elles au contraire, à l’image de la Heritage Foundation si proche de l’admi­nistration Trump, responsables de la droitisation du pays depuis les cinquante dernières années ? S’appuyant sur une enquête socio-historique de longue durée sur les réformes de la protection maladie aux États-Unis, cet ouvrage explore ce monde méconnu de l’expertise non gouvernementale et des professionnels qui le composent – les health policy analysts. Il propose le concept de « péri-administration » pour penser cet espace, aujourd’hui si inséré dans le système politique états-unien qu’il participe directement des capacités à agir de l’État fédéral.
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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks to @democratieouverte.bsky.social for the invitation! Next Monday at 3pm CET, I’ll be giving a keynote for NGOs, activists and practitioners on: “Words and Power: The Mechanisms of Far-Right Democratic Erosion”. Info and registration: lnkd.in/p/eKaxijhS
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📣 The Hedgehog Initiative - Online Conference with Caterina Froio How do far-right movements gain ground in Europe and what can we do to strengthen democratic resistance? Join us on Monday, 28… ...
📣 The Hedgehog Initiative - Online Conference with Caterina Froio How do far-right movements gain ground in Europe and what can we do to strengthen democratic resistance? Join us on Monday, 28 S...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📢 Urban poverty: who blocks change? A webinar with @tommasovitale.bsky.social part of the "Problem-Solving Sociology" series convened by @filippobarbera.bsky.social & Monica Prasad 🗓️ Friday 25 Sept, 5 PM CEST Info & registration 👉 www.problemsolvingsociology.com/virtual-even...
Problem-solving sociology webinar series 2026
Urban poverty: who blocks change?
Tommaso Vitale, Sciences Po (CEE & Urban School)
September 25, 2026 - 17:00 Paris / 11:00 New York
Webinar - All welcome
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#SOTEU 2026: key takeaways by our scholars Environment, hybrid threats, migration (@pzlotnik.bsky.social), but also the symbolic dimension of this address (@ffaucher.bsky.social) and the budget issue. More to come on cohesion policy, differenciated integration, Ukraine, etc – so watch this page ⤵️
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State of the Union address: key takeaways from Ursula von der Leyen’s speech
Analyses from researchers at the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Saga Oskarson Kindstrand @sagaokej.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
📢 Call for papers! We’re organising the Doctoral Days at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social on political mediation & representation. We’re especially keen to bring PhD researchers working across different empirical fields and methodological approaches into conversation www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Call for papers - CEE Doctoral Days 2026
Who mediates between citizens and politics - and how are these relationships changing?At a time when established forms of political intermediation are being challenged and new ones are emerging, the 2...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📰 La vie politique peut-elle être morale et qu'y peuvent les institutions ? Le procès Dati est l'occasion de (re)lire Pierre Lascoumes, directeur de recherche émérite @cnrsshs.bsky.social au CEE, dans la revue Conférence de @scpo-research.bsky.social. 👉 conference.sciencespo.fr/content/2026...
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Grand angle - La vie politique peut-elle être morale ?

par Pierre Lascoumes

Depuis les scandales de corruption de la fin du XXe siècle, la France s'est dotée d'un arsenal juridique et d'institutions dédiées pour encadrer les conduites politiques, sans pour autant atteindre la transparence espérée. Pierre Lascoumes, directeur de recherche émérite CNRS au CEE de Sciences Po et spécialiste des politiques de lutte contre la corruption, est revenu sur ce lent processus de normalisation et sur ses limites persistantes pour la revue Conférence n°5, La Ve République sous tension (juin 2026). La vie politique peut-elle vraiment être morale, et qu'y peuvent les institutions ?
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚 How can parties expand their volunteer base? Drawing from field experiments in 🇳🇱, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social & @hlarreguy.bsky.social show personal calls are effective, in particular to recruit younger members. Open Acess in @polanalysis.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/pan....
Get Out the Volunteer: Encouraging Diverse Political Party Activism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2026

Abstract

Political parties in advanced democracies face a dual challenge: fewer citizens are willing to volunteer, and those who remain active are disproportionately older and male. This is troubling given the central role that volunteers play in campaigns and party processes. Whether party leaders can recruit a larger and more diverse activist base remains an open question. We partnered with a major party in the Netherlands and conducted two field experiments before the 2021 general and 2022 municipal elections, targeting over 35,000 party members. The party randomized whether members received a personal call, an email or both. Results show that calls—where members could voice their opinions—increased volunteer sign-up rates (83% in Study 1 and 361% in Study 2), especially among younger members. By contrast, emails had no effect. These findings clarify mixed evidence in the literature, suggesting that voice opportunities are key to expanding and diversifying the activist base.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Welcome!
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📰 Following AfD's landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt, and with Germans set to vote in two other state elections next Sunday, @ludwigschulze.bsky.social reflects on the far-right party's local ties, normalisation, and national strategy. 🇩🇪 🗳️ Read his article on @scpo-research.bsky.social's platform ⤵
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Aftermath of the State Election in Saxony-Anhalt
The AfD’s landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt has reignited fears about the normalization of the far right in Germany, but the result is less surprising than it first appears. Ludwig Schulze, Postdocto...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📢 Set off on a sociological stroll through Rome... ... at Sciences Po - Paris, or online! Today, at 5 PM CEST, Marco Cremaschi will present his latest book 'Rome, promenades sociologiques' published by @editionsscpo.bsky.social Registration 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Rome, promenades sociologiques 
Marco Cremaschi

Book talk

Thursday 17 September 2026 | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm CET

Hybrid
Compulsory Registration

Rome, promenades sociologiques explores the traces of the longue durée of urban policies in Rome, inviting readers to discover not only the city’s historic streets and landscapes but also the web of narratives through which the city has been imagined and transformed. It focuses on the past fifty years—a period marked by episodes of strong mayoral activism—while providing the historical context needed to understand the city’s longer-term development. In Rome, decisions and interventions made in the distant past continue to shape the city, often with consequences that extend far beyond the political moment in which they were conceived.Despite its universal cultural significance, the Italian capital does not conform to the conventional model of the global city. It is neither a major economic nor a financial centre. Its exceptional historical heritage coexists with a distinctive interweaving of dense urban structures and rural landscapes. Unlike most Western European capitals, Rome bears relatively few marks of industrialisation and has instead been shaped to a significant extent by land interests, fragmented development, and informal forms of urbanisation. These distinctive characteristics make Rome a particularly rich case for understanding how historical legacies, political choices, institutional capacities, social dynamics, and contemporary pressures interact in the making of the city.

Rome thus challenges contemporary urban theories that have often either dissolved the city into the broader category of “the urban” or opposed the city to nature. This book takes a different approach, treating Rome neither as a unique exception nor as a city simply determined by general laws. Rather, it examines how geo-historical features, socio-cultural dynamics, political choices, and external opportunities and constraints combine in the making of the city. What is distinctive about Rome is precisely this combination of opposites: a global city without a major financial or economic base; a long-term alternation between periods of strong political decision-making and weak or uneven implementation; and relatively weak public institutions alongside an inventive, resourceful, and remarkably rich civil society. Such combinations are more commonly associated with cities of the Global South. Rome therefore unsettles conventional distinctions between North and South, formal and informal, strong and weak government, and global and peripheral cities. It offers, in this sense, a particularly revealing case for exploring the complexities of contemporary urban life.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚 A timely read after Ceuta crisis: 'Narrative Coercive Migration Power: "Instrumentalisation" as an Emerging Paradigm in EU Migration Policymaking', co-authored by @pzlotnik.bsky.social 👉 Full book edited by @eui-eu.bsky.social Open Access at cadmus.eui.eu/entities/pub...
Migration Power Europe
Between Norms and Leverage in the EU's Global Role
Edited by Gerasimos Tsourapas and Irene Fernández-Molina
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🇸🇪 🗳️ Pour comprendre les enjeux des élections de dimanche en Suède, lisez la contribution de @sagaokej.bsky.social et @mariusperrin.bsky.social dans @france.theconversation.com. 👉 theconversation.com/elections-le... cc @scpo-research.bsky.social @edr-sciencespo.bsky.social
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📢 Rencontres nationales de la transition écologique dans les territoires avec Charlotte Halpern, chercheuse au CEE, comme grand témoin. 🗓️ 17 septembre 2026, en ligne 👉 www.expertises-territoires.fr/jcms/pl1_101... cc @scpo-research.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @cnrs-idf-villejuif.bsky.social
Affiche des Rencontres nationales de la transition écologique dans les territoires 
Construison les territoires de demain.
Comment fédérer les acteurs locaux ?
Ateliers - Tables rondes - Témoignages - Regards croisés
17 septembre 2026 
9h30-17h
En distancielConstruisons les territoires de demain / COMETE - la COMmunauté Ecologie et TErritoires
 
Les grands témoins

Au cours de la journée, une élue locale et une chercheuse dialogueront, au fil des séquences, et apporteront leurs
regards autour des sujets de coopération territoriale au service de la transition écologique.

Sandra LE NOUVEL 
Présidente de la communauté de communes du Kreiz Breizh
Vice-présidente du Pays Centre Ouest Bretagne
Adjointe au maire de Bon-Repos-sur-Blavet

Charlotte HALPERN
Chercheuse au Centre d’études européennes et de politique comparée de Sciences Po
Co-directrice de l’axe Politiques environnementales du Laboratoire
interdisciplinaire d’évaluation des politiques publiques
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
After #APSA2026 and #SISP2026 last week, some of our researchers are now at @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference and @finandsoc.bsky.social Conference. Our PhD students and recent graduate at #ecprgc26 ⤵️ Jessica De Rongé, Alberto Polimeni, @mariusperrin.bsky.social & @luissattelmayer.bsky.social
Jessica De Rongé, Alberto Polimeni, Marius Perrin and Luis Sattelmayer
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We are delighted to welcome back Matteo Mandelli, who joins us as a @scpo-research.bsky.social Assistant Professor this week, having previously been a postdoc here. His research focuses on the role of the welfare state in addressing the ecological crisis and advancing the green transition.
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Matteo Mandelli
Sciences Po’s Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (UMR 8239) is a multidisciplinary research unit specialising in comparative political analysis.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚 Elena Racheva (@sociologyoxford.bsky.social) & @federicofeoxparis.bsky.social (@scpo-research.bsky.social) analyse the production of extra-legal order by a criminal fraternity in Russian prisons. Outcome from the @erc.europa.eu-funded CRIMGOV project 👉 doi.org/10.1177/1462...
Criminal governance in Russian prisons
Elena Racheva and Federico Varese

Abstract
How is order produced in prisons where formal authority is weak, fragmented or strategically constrained? Drawing on 85 handwritten edicts of the Russian criminal fraternity vory-v-zakone and interviews with former prisoners, this article analyses the production of extra-legal order in Russian penal institutions. We show that the vory-v-zakone constitute a durable, institutionalised and trans-local system of criminal governance that coexists with, and at times supplements or contests, state authority. Their governance relies on reputation, communication networks, coercion and redistributive mechanisms, producing a form of authority that many inmates perceive as more predictable and, paradoxically, more humane than formal prison administration.

Keywords
informal governance, organised crime, prison hierarchies, Russian penal system

1 Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2 Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée, Sciences Po, Paris, France
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are delighted to welcome Sabine Saurugger, who is joining us today as Professor of Institutions and Governance of the European Union. 🇪🇺 A warm welcome to the CEE and to @scpo-research.bsky.social permanent faculty!
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Sabine Saurugger
Sciences Po’s Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (UMR 8239) is a multidisciplinary research unit specialising in comparative political analysis.
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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Starting a career in academia? If you are joinining the #ecprgc26 @ecpr.bsky.social come and say hi. @alessandronai.bsky.social @robert-a-huber.bsky.social and I will be delighted to chat about the ups and downs of academic life! @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚 Policy Instrumentation. Theoretical Debates and Controversies edited by Charlotte Halpern, Pierre Lascoumes, Patrick Le Galès @scpo-research.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social Now out with @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Edited by Charlotte Halpern, Pierre Lascoumes, Patrick Le Galès
Policy Instrumentation. 
Theoretical Debates and Controversies
Elgar
Advances in Critical Policy Studies
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📺 Can nations run up endless debt? Why do nation states rarely repay their debts in full – yet do not go bankrupt? Find out what matters beyond percentages – the economic climate, political choices and, above all, trust – in this film featuring @bartazsofi.bsky.social ⤵️ Available in 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇷🇴
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42: The Answer to Almost Everything - Can Nations Run Up Endless Debts? - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English
Nation states rarely repay their debts in full – yet they do not go bankrupt. How this works depends not only on figures, but also on growth, interest rates, politics and, above all, trust. 42: looks ...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#VendrediLecture📚 Studying 4 European populist radical right parties (🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇱) over 5 decades, this article finds discursive coherence in their economic agendas: chauvinism, producerism and populism. co-authored by @caterinafr.bsky.social #OpenAcess in @spsr.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Original article - Swiss Political Science Review (SPSR)

A Joint Venture? The Ideological Foundations of the Populist Radical Right's Economic Agenda Beyond Welfare Policies
Emmanuel Dalle Mulle 1 | Koen Abts 2 | Caterina Froio 3 |
Stijn van Kessel 4

1 Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
2 Department of Sociology, ReSPOND, KU Leuven
3 Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Science Po Paris
4 Department of Sociology, Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London
Correspondence: Emmanuel Dalle Mulle, emmanuel.dallemulle@
graduateinstitute.ch

Abstract
Recently, the socio- economic agenda of populist radical right parties (PRRPs) has attracted growing scholarly interest, yet many studies focus specifically on positions on welfare policies. It is often argued that economic issues are of secondary importance to PRRPs, or that their
positions are deliberately blurred to maximize electoral appeal. This article qualifies these assumptions by showing that PRRPs' economic policies are underpinned by a more consistent ideological logic than is commonly acknowledged. Drawing on a longitudinal qualitative
analysis of four established PRRPs in Belgium, France, Italy and the Netherlands, we examine party positions across five economic policy domains. We find that PRRPs combine pro-market commitments with nationalist-protectionist elements. These issue positions are rendered
coherent through a recurring repertoire of interpretative
frames – economic chauvinism, populism and producerism – which operate as higher-level justificatory schemata. These frames provide an enduring discursive structure through which PRRPs reconcile flexibility in
policy content with ideological coherence.

Keywords
Chauvinism, Economic policy, Populism, Populist and Radical Right,
Producerism
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Critiques du Conseil constitutionnel par une partie de la droite : la question institutionnelle est au cœur des recompositions des droites françaises, analysait Florence Haegel dans un article pour Conférence, le média de @scpo-research.bsky.social ⤵️
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La question institutionnelle dans la recomposition des droites françaises
Les convergences et les divergences qui se font jour entre les différentes composantes de la droite sur les questions institutionnelles redessinent le paysage politique. Alors qu’une partie de la droi...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚️ "The future of French planning relies on transforming the plan-project duality from a structural constraint into a productive tension that supports adaptive, equitable, and democratic urban development", Marco Cremaschi suggests in his latest article. ⤵️
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French Double Bind: Reconciling Planning and Project | Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning
Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning aims at promoting excellence in planning education and research.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"By taking a technocratic approach, national leaders are conceding the European debate to their Eurosceptic opponents" @tommccraehunter.bsky.social joined us as an @snsf.ch postdoc mobility fellow a few months ago. He studies how the EU is framed in domestic public spheres. Read his interview ⤵️
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“Brexit 'flipped' the usual dynamics of party competition on the EU” – interview with Tom Hunter
How is the EU framed and blamed (or not) in domestic public spheres? What are the consequences for its legitimacy? What did Brexit and Russia's invasion of Ukraine change?
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The conference season continues with @rc21.bsky.social "Inequalities and the city" in Vienna Meet Silvia Cesa-Bianchi, @brunocousin.bsky.social, Thalia Creac'h, Maxence Dutilleul, Patrick Le Galès, @qualitativresidual.bsky.social, Marta Tramezzani and @tommasovitale.bsky.social rc21-vienna2026.org
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚 Drawing on the case of British climate civil disobedience policing, @lucientb.bsky.social proposes that repression should be analysed along two dimensions: in the public space and in the public sphere. In PArtecipazione e COnflitto 👉 ese-journals.unisalento.it/index.php/pa...
RESEARCH ARTICLE 
Repression as the Closing of the Public Space and Sphere: The Multi-dimensional Repression of Climate Civil Disobedience in Britain
Lucien Thabourey
Sciences Po, Paris
ABSTRACT: The  concept  of  soft  repression  has  broadened  the  study  of  social  movement  policing  by drawing  attention  to  strategies  that  go  beyond  states’overt  strategies  to  suppress  or  control  activism. However, the most subtle and insidious practices are often examined in isolation from more coercive tactics, and the meaning of “soft” remains ambiguous –frequently conflated with extra-state, covert, or discursive forms of repression. This article draws on the case of British climate civil disobedience policing to argue for a more integrated approach. I propose that repression should be analysed along two dimensions: repression in the public space, which restricts movements’ access to the streets, and repression in the public sphere, which  seeks  to  delegitimise  them.  Idemonstrate  that  these  distinct  forms  of  repression  can  overlap, precede, or reinforce one another; operate with varying levels of visibility; be enacted by both state and non-state actors; and provoke specific responses from movements.
KEYWORDS: civil disobedience, climate movements, repression, social movements, soft repression
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR(S): lucien.thabourey@sciencespo.fr
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
📰 Royaume-Uni : à l’aube de l’arrivée du 7e premier ministre de la décennie, Patrick Le Galès dresse un état des lieux des défis qui attendent Andy Burnham, face aux exigences des marchés et aux contrecoups du Brexit 10 ans après le référendum. À lire dans @france.theconversation.com ⤵️
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Face aux marchés, Andy Burnham aura-t-il les moyens de ses ambitions ?
Andy Burnham devrait succéder à Keir Starmer à la tête d’un pays où le Brexit n’a fait qu’amplifier les incertitudes politiques et économiques.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
#VendrediLecture 📚 @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social's latest article is out in @wepsocial.bsky.social ⤵️ What pulls people toward a political camp is who they think is already in it. An important contribution to the study of polarisation.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
👏 Congratulations to Patrick Le Galès, @cnrsshs.bsky.social research professor and @scpo-research.bsky.social professor, on being named SASE's latest Honorary Fellow at the 2026 @sasemeeting.bsky.social Conference in Bordeaux last week. 👉 sase.org/news/announc...
portait of Patrick Le Galès at Sciences Po
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🎓Congratulations Dr @theodoretallent.bsky.social! Today, he defended his #PhD thesis exploring discontent / support for the green transition in rural areas, co-supervised by @ffaucher.bsky.social and @d-luca.bsky.social. 👉 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude... cc @edr-sciencespo.bsky.social
Federica Genovese, Florence Faucher, Théodore Tallent, Sarah De Lange, Emiliano Grossman, Simon Persico"Putting Climate Policy in its Place: How Distributive and Symbolic Conflicts Shape Discontent with the Green Transition in Rural Europe"
Théodore Tallent
PhD defence, 8 July 2026
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
At #IWPP5 in Ottawa this week, Charlotte Halpern and Alvaro Artigas (associate researcher) are taking part in the workshop "What can be done? Comparing public policy responses and climate change-issues across regions as two sides of the same challenge" 👉 www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/i...
International Public Policy Association presents
6th-8th July 2026
International Workshops on Public Policy
5th edition
Ottawa, Carleton University
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Anti-growth economists have done their calculations on the planet. But what about on the voters? @aidanregan.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social @hannaschwander.bsky.social @cyrben.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social & Tim Vlandas @politicsoxford.bsky.social on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
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The challenge with climate action is not about the maths – it is about the politics
Economists who would abandon growth to prevent climate change have done their calculations on the planet, but they have not done them on voters.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
📰 "Les relations entre la question élitaire et la démocratie aux États-Unis ont longtemps été vertueuses, avant d'être perçues comme dangereuses." A l'occasion du 250e anniversaire de la Déclaration d'indépendance des États-Unis, William Genieys retrace la généalogie des critiques de l'élitisme. ⤵
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Les élites américaines, entre fascination et détestation
À l'occasion du 250ᵉ anniversaire de la Déclaration d'indépendance des États-Unis (4 juillet 1776), la démocratie américaine fait face à une fracture sans précédent. Longtemps perçue comme le moteur v...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
#VendrediLecture📚 Political science can no longer treat the far right as an *external challenger* in the *electoral arena* of politics. In the 2025 Peter Mair Lecture, @caterinafr.bsky.social suggested three ways forward. You can now read her full keynote speech: doi.org/10.1080/0790...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In this conference-packed week, Marco Cremaschi, Francesca Retondo and @tommasovitale.bsky.social are at #WPSC2026, the World Planning School Congress (@gpean-planning.bsky.social to present results from the #ReHousIn project
Tommaso Vitale, Marco Cremaschi and Federica RotondoSpecial Sessions · Tue 30.6. · 16:00-17:30
Assessing inequalities and socio-environmental trade-offs in housing retrofitting policies in Europe
Federica Rotondo, Marco Cremaschi, Tommaso Vitale
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
📢 Our Annual Report is out! Discover: 🔹The core ambition that drives our work: “Comparing to explain: Europe and its democratic challenges” 🔹 Concrete examples of how our researchers are helping shape public debate and inform public policy 🔹New arrivals & more! 👉 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
💡'Growth, democracy or climate action? The new political trilemma of advanced capitalism' by @aidanregan.bsky.social @hannaschwander.bsky.social er.bsky.social @cyrben.bsky.social & Tim Vlandas (@agendapub.bsky.social) will be presented & discussed today today at 4 PM at the #SASE2026 conference ⤵️
Featured Book Salon: Growth, Democracy or Climate Action?The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism 
16:00 - 17:30 - 1st July, 2026
A.132 (Amphi Montesquieu) - Sciences Po

This book panel will feature a presentation and discussion of Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? The New Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism. The book identifies a structural trilemma at the heart of contemporary capitalist democracies: governments cannot simultaneously pursue economic growth, democratic legitimacy, and effective climate action. They can achieve, at most, two of these three objectives. This is not a policy failure or a problem of political will. It is a structural condition of advanced capitalism.

The book develops this trilemma as a novel analytical framework for comparative political economy, and uses it to examine three pathways through which governments are attempting to navigate the trade-offs: the Liberal Status Quo, the Big Green State, and, more speculatively, Degrowth. Each pathway, the authors argue, misplaces political agency: in markets and technology, in technocratic institutions, or in scientific prescription. Each underestimates the centrality of organised political conflict to any viable transition.

The deepest challenge is not technical but political. The scale of structural transformation required to reach carbon neutrality cannot be achieved within the liberal rulebook that has governed the politics of democratic capitalism for the past century. Existing approaches in comparative political economy have largely treated the politics of ecological transition as a secondary concern. This book puts it at the centre, and insists that taking organised political conflict seriously is not optional. Without that, the trilemma cannot be resolved. It can only be evaded.

Cyril Benoît, CNRS, Sciences Po - Moderator
Aidan Regan, University College Dublin - Presenting Book Author 
Donato Di Carlo, LSE - Discussant
Elsa Massoc, University of St. Gallen - Discussant
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
[📖Review] “One of the best books on the politics of climate change [...]. A compelling critique of liberal democracies and of the calls for authoritarian solutions. It should be read by all students of climate mitigation” writes Daniel Fiorino in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Growth, democracy or climate action? The new political trilemma of advanced capitalism
Aidan Regan, Hanna Schwander, Cyril Benoît, Tim Vlandas
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Our #SASE2026 delegation @cyrben.bsky.social @jbbonnet.bsky.social @charlotteboucher.fr Eva Bossuyt, Lea Dornacher, Maxence Dutilleul @jdeyris.bsky.social Gabriel Feltran @marylou-h.bsky.social Ulrike Lepont, Matteo Mandelli @bpalier.bsky.social @matthiasthiemann.bsky.social @slstutzmann.bsky.social
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Off we go for #SASE2026 conference in Bordeaux. We have a dozen of researchers there, with papers on ◽eco-social risks and policies ◽workers in the green transition ◽industrial policy ◽monetary policy ◽financial markets ◽housing markets among others! sase.org/events/2026-...
SASE Conference 2026 
38th Annual SASE Conference
Fighting Divisions: Conflict and Power in a Post Globalisation Order
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