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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · Aug 7

Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · Jan 15

Just out
@europeansocieties.bsky.social: Koen Damhuis & I study how the divide bw far-right and liberal-left ideologies is anchored in moral and class-based forms of common sense reasoning.
We also show what qualitative research can contribute to cleavage theory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Cleavage politics in ordinary reasoning: How common sense divides

This study explores how the ideological divide between the radical right and liberal left is anchored in the common sense reasoning of ordinary citizens. Across Western Europe, cleavage research ha...

www.tandfonline.com

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Simone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social · Oct 18

Exciting news! 🎉 Our paper Without Roots: The Political Consequences of Collective Economic Shocks, with Nicola Bariletto & Catherine De Vries, is conditionally accepted at the APSR! 👉 osf.io/preprints/os... 🫒🫒🫒 polisky

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David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · Jan 10

1/ Happy to announce a new paper at @PolBehavior
with Andreas Jozwiak & Eroll Kuhn.

Recent work links ⬆️immigration flows to backlash, esp⬆️far right voting. We ask if it's a general feature of migration politics by testing effects of *co-ethnic* immigration.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Backlash or Inclusion? The Political Effects of Co-Ethnic Immigration - Political Behavior

Immigration often causes backlash, to the benefit of anti-immigrant parties. Most studies that identify the effect of immigration on native attitudes and behaviors leverage variation in inflows of new...

link.springer.com

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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Feb 6

@liesbethooghe.bsky.social & Gary Marks measure the extent to which political parties on the contemporary socio-cultural divide are cleavaged.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies".

#polisky #academicsky

Abstract of the article "How does the education cleavage stack up against the classic cleavages of the past? by Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 1, displaying party cleavage index for education in Western Europe, 1975-2020.

Figure 2, displaying party cleavage index for occupation in Western Europe, 1975-2020.

Figure 3, displaying party cleavage index for gender in Western Europe, 1975-2020.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Mar 3

Many in UK media argue that Reform cannot be grouped with other European radical right parties as their positions are not comparable. As a result we see terminology like "hard right". In the new CHES on the left-right scale, authoritarianism, immigration, anti-elitism you can see this is wrong 1/

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Mar 4

Interesting thread by Tarik Abou-Chadi using CHES 2024

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Mar 3

Many in UK media argue that Reform cannot be grouped with other European radical right parties as their positions are not comparable. As a result we see terminology like "hard right". In the new CHES on the left-right scale, authoritarianism, immigration, anti-elitism you can see this is wrong 1/

Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Mar 4

CHES 2024 is out on chesdata.eu. Many, many thanks to our CHES experts! Now enjoy playing with the data. Updated trend file to follow.

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Mar 2

Nothing to do with your post, Christopher -- which I agree with.

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Mar 2

Am I the only one feeling ambivalent about the flag waving in messages?Can't we just use the paper names.

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Feb 26

Yes, I came across your super article only recently. Our article (SSNR # 5072375 or my website) uses these GSS data on majors to produce a continuous variable tapping human-centeredness of someone's education to explain a range of political attitudes. Results consistent with yours!

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Feb 22

Super graph! Level of education is a strong predictor for Gal/ Tan voting. In other work we show that this does not exhaust the effect of the education cleavage. What people study (field of study) matters too. See my website for more hooghe.web.unc.edu

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Feb 22

GAL is green, alternative, libertarian and TAN is traditional, authoritarian, nationalist. Check my website (hooghe.web.unc.edu) for more.

Home - Liesbet Hooghe

RECENT WORK Papers: Beyond the diploma divide — field of education and ideological divisions among college educated. Working paper SSNR # 5072375 NEW How does the education cleavage stack up against t...

hooghe.web.unc.edu

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Jonathan Polk @jonathanpolk.bsky.social · Feb 21

I am looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher to work with me in a project on social cleavages and political party competition in Europe:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!

Postdoctoral fellow in political science: party competition in Europe

Are you our next postdoc with a focus on using expert surveys to examine political party competition around cleavage politics? The Department of Political Science invites applications for a 2-year pos

lu.varbi.com

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Feb 7

We find that (1) education structures voting for GAL and TAN parties in Western Europe; (2) social structuration is as high as for classic social democratic parties in the 1950s; (3) education structures also Republicans and Democrats. Open access, and on our homepages.

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Feb 6

@liesbethooghe.bsky.social & Gary Marks measure the extent to which political parties on the contemporary socio-cultural divide are cleavaged.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies".

#polisky #academicsky

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Simon Bornschier @simonbornschier.bsky.social · Feb 7

How do voters navigate fragmenting party landscapes with parties behaving in an ever more strategic matter? In this short CUP book‬, we suggest that group identities mediate the link between social structure and ideological party blocks.
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Dec 11

New Cambridge Element 'Cleavage Formation in the 21st Century' by Simon Bornschier, @lhaffert.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, Marco Steenberge & @dpzollinger.bsky.social out now!

Read #OpenAccess here: cup.org/3ZLtQ0o

#cambridgeelements #politics

Cover image of Cleavage Formation in the 21st Century' by Bornschier et al

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Feb 2

Excellent!

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 1

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 1

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Jan 30

High quality work on immigration flows and RR backlash. Must read.

David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · Jan 10

1/ Happy to announce a new paper at @PolBehavior
with Andreas Jozwiak & Eroll Kuhn.

Recent work links ⬆️immigration flows to backlash, esp⬆️far right voting. We ask if it's a general feature of migration politics by testing effects of *co-ethnic* immigration.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Backlash or Inclusion? The Political Effects of Co-Ethnic Immigration - Political Behavior

Immigration often causes backlash, to the benefit of anti-immigrant parties. Most studies that identify the effect of immigration on native attitudes and behaviors leverage variation in inflows of new...

link.springer.com

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Dec 31

The real challenge of our time indeed -- losing the modern state (and rule of law) to patrimonialism (and strongmanism).

Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Dec 31

A great op ed drawing on their new book The Assault on the State
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Assault on the Systems That Keep Americans Safe Is Dangerous

Eviscerating modern state institutions almost always clears a path for a different political order, built on loyalties and connections to the ruler.

www.nytimes.com

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Dec 31

A great op ed drawing on their new book The Assault on the State
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Assault on the Systems That Keep Americans Safe Is Dangerous

Eviscerating modern state institutions almost always clears a path for a different political order, built on loyalties and connections to the ruler.

www.nytimes.com

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Dec 25

Support Wikipedia if you can!

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Dec 25

If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...

Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia

The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.

www.newsweek.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Dec 25

If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...

Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia

The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.

www.newsweek.com

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Oct 18

Congratulations!

Simone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social · Oct 18

Exciting news! 🎉 Our paper Without Roots: The Political Consequences of Collective Economic Shocks, with Nicola Bariletto & Catherine De Vries, is conditionally accepted at the APSR! 👉 osf.io/preprints/os... 🫒🫒🫒 polisky

Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Oct 8

This article on "(North Carolina) Republican pastors and the use of force" was a COVID passion that is out in Religion & Politics, and -- let's say-- remains topical. With thanks to my co-authors Stephanie Shady and Gary Marks. North Carolina, you're very much on my mind.
doi.org/10.1017/S175...

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Liesbet Hooghe @liesbethooghe.bsky.social · Mar 21

Just co-authored a paper explaining party support for Ukraine in 29 countries using CHES data. Many thanks to all experts who provided assessments. You can check out our LSE blog at blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2....
The paper is Open Access at European Union Politics: doi.org/10.1177/1465...

How populism and EU-scepticism shape party support for Ukraine

Support for Ukraine has been strong across Europe, but it is far from uniform. Drawing on a new expert survey, Ryan Bakker, Liesbet Hooghe, Seth Jolly, Gary Marks, Jonathan Polk, Jan Rovny, Marco S…

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Romain Lachat @rlachat.bsky.social · Mar 14

CfA for a summer school on Democratic Decline and Resilience at Université de Montréal, organized by the CERIUM- FMSH Chair, with @rdassonneville.bsky.social

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Mar 14

CfA for doctoral summer school on Democratic Decline and Resilience, from 26 to 30 Aug at U Montreal, w lectures from Jessica Gottlieb, @dhdannychoi.bsky.social, Shanto Iyengar, @dietlinds.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
All info is here chairedemocratie.com/files/sites/... @rlachat.bsky.social

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Mar 14

CfA for doctoral summer school on Democratic Decline and Resilience, from 26 to 30 Aug at U Montreal, w lectures from Jessica Gottlieb, @dhdannychoi.bsky.social, Shanto Iyengar, @dietlinds.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
All info is here chairedemocratie.com/files/sites/... @rlachat.bsky.social

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Chapel Hill Expert Survey @chesdata.bsky.social · Feb 12

The new @chesdata.bsky.social-Israel team,
@rbakker.bsky.social & @roizur.bsky.social, announce the release of the first CHES-Israel dataset at chesdata.eu/chesisrael. Their paper discussing the data is out now at Party Politics: orcid.org/0000-0003-19...

CHES-Israel — Chapel Hill Expert Survey

chesdata.eu

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Lisa Herbig @lisaherbig.bsky.social · Feb 8

⏰ Just one week left to apply for our "Discourse in the Data" workshop with @chrauh.bsky.social!

🚂 All participants will enjoy fully funded travel and accommodation.

✨ Don't miss out on an unforgettable journey of learning and fun in the vibrant city of Amsterdam!

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