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Martin Gross @martingross.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

@christinajuen.bsky.social & I are very happy to see our first publication of our @dfg.de project published in Party Politics. GLMP provides a new dataset for studying local party politics in 🇩🇪: 2,307 manifestos from 306 political actors in 248 municipalities (1989-2024) doi.org/10.1177/1354...

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The German Local Manifesto Project (GLMP): A new data source for studying local party politics - Martin Gross, Christina-Marie Juen, 2026

Local politics remains comparatively understudied in political science, partly due to limited data on party competition at the municipal level. This research no...

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Simon Otjes @simonotjes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Samen met @thijsvos.bsky.social en Denny van der Vlist @polscileiden.bsky.social richten we ons informele politiek. We vinden dat vrijwel alle politici informeel overleggen, met hun eigen fractie, coalitiefracties en bestuurders. En dat met name populistische politici dit minder vaak doen.

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Simon Otjes @simonotjes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Out now! Met Thijs Vos en Denny van der Vlist dook ik in de informele politiek op het lokale niveau. We laten zien dat gemeenteraadsleden, zeker van de coalitie, zeer regelmatig overleggen met andere raadsleden. plc-journal.eu/article/view...

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Behind closed doors. Informal politics in Dutch municipalities | Politics of the Low Countries

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Simon Otjes @simonotjes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Dat lijkt evident maar dit is om twee reden toch belangrijk. Ten eerste omdat Thijs en ik veel schrijven over het gebruik van formele instrumenten en wij allerlei aannames maken over waarom bv. oppositieraadsleden dit vaker doen dan coalitieraadsleden.

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Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🌟 SPECIAL ISSUE ALERT 🌟 Let's shine our spotlight on the fourth article from our special issue on local politics, guest edited by Kristof Steyvers (Centre for Local Politics, UGent) and Julien van Ostaaijen (@tilburguniversity.bsky.social)!

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Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Interested in learning more? You can find the full article here: plc-journal.eu/article/view... Or check out the rest of our special issue here: plc-journal.eu/issue/view/1... #informalpolitics #localpolitics #coalitions #government #opposition

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2026): Local Democracy in the Low Countries: At The Base, Changing Face? | Politics of the Low Countries

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Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

In this article, @simonotjes.bsky.social, Denny van der Vlist and Thijs Vos (@polscileiden.bsky.social) examine the presence and drivers of informal politics at the Dutch municipal level. Their mixed-method design (semi-structured interviews and a survey with 1000+ respondents) reveals that:

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Simon Otjes @simonotjes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Nu uit! The effect of electoral performance on party renomination in national and independent local parties Hidde van Slooten, Marijn Nagtzaam en ik kijken naar het effect van voorkeursstemmen bij de hernominatie van raadsleden bij landelijke en lokale partijen journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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