Andrea Ruggeri
@andrearuggeri.bsky.social
Social scientist and teacher, University of Milan
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Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025
It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...
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Thanks Laia! However, in Spain 1930s the dynamics of incumbency (opposition not recognising winners) and then of violence (conventional civil war) seem different. We mentioned Years of Lead in Italy
for underground violence and also repression. But I'd love to here more on Spain, you're the expert.
for underground violence and also repression. But I'd love to here more on Spain, you're the expert.
September 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Thanks Laia! However, in Spain 1930s the dynamics of incumbency (opposition not recognising winners) and then of violence (conventional civil war) seem different. We mentioned Years of Lead in Italy
for underground violence and also repression. But I'd love to here more on Spain, you're the expert.
for underground violence and also repression. But I'd love to here more on Spain, you're the expert.
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Costalli, Guariso, @apvjustino.bsky.social, & @andrearuggeri.bsky.social map violent repertoires in democracies. With new dataset, Italy (1969–88), argue political violence in democracies requires a broader lens & should not be seen as a residual phenomenon.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Costalli, Guariso, @apvjustino.bsky.social, & @andrearuggeri.bsky.social map violent repertoires in democracies. With new dataset, Italy (1969–88), argue political violence in democracies requires a broader lens & should not be seen as a residual phenomenon.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Big thank you to Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social , and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social for their encouragement (and so much more) and to Abby Cordova, @sritholtz.bsky.social and Juan Masullo for their helpful comments.
September 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Big thank you to Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social , and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social for their encouragement (and so much more) and to Abby Cordova, @sritholtz.bsky.social and Juan Masullo for their helpful comments.