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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 10h

📝 Don't miss one of our most read #openaccess #BJPIR articles!

'Social media and youth political engagement: Preaching to the converted or providing a new voice for youth?' by Avril Keating & Gabriella Melis.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 1d

MPs’ pay and expenses are still touchy subjects for citizens. This paper by @helenbramah.bsky.social finds that mentioning the topic of politicians’ remuneration has a significant negative effect on political trust which is difficult to overcome.

BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 14d

📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!

'Does independent regulation of MPs’ pay and expenses improve political trust? Evidence from a survey experiment' by Helen Bramah.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 4d

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'‘Enter parliament but never become part of it’: How have the Greens in the United Kingdom approached opposition?' by @louisevthompson.bsky.social & Mitya Pearson.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 5d

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'A ‘Good Story’: Von der Leyen’s Narrative on the Ukrainian War' by Isabel Camisão & Ana Teresa Peixinho.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 6d

📈 Trending #openaccess article this week in #BJPIR:

'New migrant activism: Frame alignment and future protest participation' by Georgios Karyotis, @dimitris-skleparis.bsky.social & Stratos Patrikios.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 7d

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'Strategic aid allocation in response to terrorism' by Amber Bosma & Magnus Lundgren.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 8d

What can kayfabe and gimmicks teach us about governmental soft power strategies? This article operationalises pro-wrestling concepts to analyse nation branding through the WWE’s 2022 partnership with the Welsh Government.

BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 25d

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'National gimmicks as soft power strategy: WWE’s Clash at the Castle and the performance of the Cymru Wales Brand' by @daimoon.bsky.social.

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Kate Long @katelong.bsky.social · Aug 24

My first paper is out in @bjpir.bsky.social ! 🎉 It looks at a novel dataset of local climate mini-publics in the UK, and how organisers justify their implementation. Full paper: journals-sagepub-com.libproxy.york.ac.uk/doi/epub/10....

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David S. Moon @daimoon.bsky.social · 29d

New article out in @bjpir.bsky.social that investigates the #WWE + Welsh Government 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 deal to host “Clash at the Castle 2002” in Cardiff.

Mixing nation branding & pro-wrestling literature it analyses how WWE fit the Cymru Wales Brand into its broadcasts. (1/?)

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mabelnewton.bsky.social @mabelnewton.bsky.social · 22d

📣 Excited to share that my first peer-reviewed article has been published online by @bjpir.bsky.social - I am very grateful for all the support & feedback that helped me reach this milestone in my ECR journey 👏🏼

BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · Aug 28

📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!

'International refugee norm sabotage: An analysis of anti-migration groups in the UK' by Mabel Newton.

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Helen Bramah @helenbramah.bsky.social · 14d

Super excited to see the second paper from my PhD now published!

I find that making MPs' pay and expenses more salient significantly reduces political trust. Raising awareness of the regulator mitigates this effect when mentioning pay, but does not improve trust when expenses are mentioned.

BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 14d

📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!

'Does independent regulation of MPs’ pay and expenses improve political trust? Evidence from a survey experiment' by Helen Bramah.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 11d

Does independent regulation of MPs’ pay and expenses improve political trust? This paper tests how framing of information about politicians’ remuneration affects citizens’ trust judgements, drawing on original data from two pre-registered survey experiments.

BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 14d

📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!

'Does independent regulation of MPs’ pay and expenses improve political trust? Evidence from a survey experiment' by Helen Bramah.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 12d

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'Demystifying sportswashing: An assemblage theory perspective on authoritarian states’ investment in global sport' by Paul Michael Brannagan, Jonathan Grix & Alessio Norrito.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 13d

📈 Trending article this week in #BJPIR:

'The politics of ‘whataboutery’: The problem of trauma trumping the political in conflictual societies' by Adrian Little & Juliet Brough Rogers.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 14d

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'Does independent regulation of MPs’ pay and expenses improve political trust? Evidence from a survey experiment' by Helen Bramah.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 15d

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'How Britain’s efforts to launder inequality in citizen rights contributed to a forgotten UNGA declaration' by Tendayi Bloom.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 18d

📈 Trending #openaccess article this week in #BJPIR:

'Industrial policy change in the post-crisis British economy: Policy innovation in an incomplete institutional and ideational environment' by Craig Berry.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 19d

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'The politics of mini-publics: How organisers justify local climate mini-publics in the United Kingdom' by Kate Long.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 20d

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'Muddied waters: Freedom-of-navigation operations as signals in the South China Sea' by Hyun-Binn Cho & Brian C Chao.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 21d

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'The erosion of democracy in an age of wealth inequality: Unravelling the impact of subjective socioeconomic stratification' by Seungwoo Han.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 22d

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'The determinants of public gender egalitarianism at the national level: Empirical evidence from unbalanced panel regressions' by Byung-Deuk Woo & Ki Eun Ryu.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 25d

How do governments perform national identity on the global stage? Investigating WWE Clash at the Castle 2022 – co-produced with the Welsh Government – this article introduces the ‘national gimmick’ as a conceptual bridge between pro-wrestling and nation branding studies.

BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 25d

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'National gimmicks as soft power strategy: WWE’s Clash at the Castle and the performance of the Cymru Wales Brand' by @daimoon.bsky.social.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 25d

📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!

'National gimmicks as soft power strategy: WWE’s Clash at the Castle and the performance of the Cymru Wales Brand' by @daimoon.bsky.social.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 25d

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'Truthfulness, pluralism and the ethics of democratic representation' by Richard Bellamy & Sandra Kröger.

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 25d

📝 Don't miss this #openaccess article from the current issue of #BJPIR - Volume 27, Issue 3 (August 2025)

'The democratic public and the practices of the oppressed' by Lisa Herzog & Just Serrano-Zamora.

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