🔍 ...a new analysis by @dafnoukos.bsky.social, @a-gugushvili.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas shows that the experience of class decline is a more powerful predictor among a key segment of far-right voters

🔍 Related insights from Social Forces @sfjournal.bsky.social‬: Rolling out anti-discrimination laws across Europe did not reduce perceived disability discrimination—and among men, perceptions even worsened.
Laws without broader change = limited impact.
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Takeaway:
Anti-discrimination legislation is important, but not sufficient. Real progress for people with disabilities needs:
🔹 Stronger enforcement
🔹 Workplace accommodations
🔹 Broader cultural + structural change

What did change?
📊 We saw slight increases in voting + trust after disability-specific laws…
…but placebo tests suggest these trends were driven by broader societal shifts, not the legislation itself.

The Nordic model is praised for equality 🌍✨.
But our analysis shows that even strong anti-discrimination laws haven’t closed disability gaps in:
⚖️ Institutional trust
💼 Employment
🙂 Life satisfaction
➡️ Laws alone are not enough.

⚖️ As leaders debate peace terms, domestic opinion might shape what’s politically acceptable. My article shows European views are fractured, raising doubts about a united European front www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📰 Who you are + what you follow matters:
Close news followers = more likely to expect 🇺🇦-favorable outcomes.
Disengaged = more pessimistic/uncertain.
Far-right sympathies = more acceptance of outcomes favoring 🇷🇺.

🌍 Regional divides:
🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇬🇧 → More skeptical of outcomes rewarding 🇷🇺, shaped by history + security concerns.
🇦🇹 🇪🇸 → More acceptance of concessions, linked to neutrality + economic ties.
Europe is far from united on how the war will end.

📊 Optimism for a full 🇺🇦 victory is modest:
🇬🇧 10%
🇫🇮 6%
🇦🇹 3%
🇪🇸 4%
Most expect either a compromise or a frozen conflict. This gap between public expectations and political ambitions matters for peace talks.

4/
Why does this matter? Because how we remember the past shapes how we see leaders today. This isn’t just about history, it’s about how people across Europe understand today’s threats. 📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1080/2374...

3/
The more people follow news about the war or think it’s a big global threat, the more they see Putin and Stalin as similar. Those who support far-right parties, especially in Austria, are much less likely to make the comparison.

2/
Finns and Danes are much more likely to say Putin is “Stalin-like,” probably because of their history with the Soviet Union and how close they are to Russia. Meanwhile, people in Austria, Spain, and the UK are more on the fence.

@sociusjournal.bsky.social

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