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Yesterday, I successfully defended my PhD thesis on the democratic accountability of political staffers. It's been great to close this adventure surrounded by friends and family. But there's nothing like the feeling of your son looking up to you. 😅
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NEW: Only 13% of Brits trust Rishi Sunak to put up a shelf, compared to 47% who opt for Keir Starmer. Starmer also leads on pub conversation and putting out a fire. Sunak leads only on 'negotiating a discount' and 'solving an escape room'. @JLPartnersPolls @RestisPolitics
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Now in @apsrjournal: in a study of >800 politicians in four countries led by @jbpilet, we find that politicians massively overestimate how conservative citizens are, on a long list of policy issues. /1 cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Terecht wijst @barteeckhout op blijvend belang van sociale klasse. Maar of het nu gaat over vertrouwen in justitie of eigen toekomstperspectief, de opvallend scherpe en groeiende sociale klasse-breuklijnen worden helemaal niet opgepikt in debat: demorgen.be/politiek/reuzego…
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Think Europeans are getting increasingly fed up with their democracies? You might be in for a surprise! The @EurobarometerEU 50-year data tells a different story. Here are the numbers you usually don’t see. A brief 🧵👇🏾 1/5
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Are political staffers out of touch with grassroots party members? @PtrMoens assesses congruence between professionals and volunteers in @PolStudies: ow.ly/8rRC50KoOTX #ECRs #polsci @PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics #politicalstaff
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Out now, #OnlineFirst: Audrey Vandeleene (@AudreyVdleene), Pieter Moens (@PtrMoens) & Bram Wauters (@Bram_Wauters) explore the ideological congruence between party members and leadership candidates. Read it here: rdcu.be/c6LLl
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Great minds think alike ? Find out to what extent party members and aspirant party leaders are ideologically aligned in our new study with @Bram_Wauters and @PtrMoens in @ActaPolitica 👉 rdcu.be/c6LLl Main findings 🧵
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China's population is set to shrink substantially over the next decades, with lots of ageing in the process. This will have major global macro implications.
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Pieter Moens retweeted
Working on party politics at the local level? Submit your paper to our Workshop @ecprjs23 in Toulouse.
💡 #ecprjs23 🇫🇷 Workshop Directors 🎬 @SimonOtjes & @christinajuen 🔎 seek theoretical & empirical Papers that study #PartyCompetition in #municipalities 👉 bit.ly/3H4Y2up ⏳ 9 Jan ✅ @SG_Parliaments + SG on #LocalGovernment & #Politics #PoliticalParties
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Parties increasingly allow their members to elect the party leader. But what about members who support losing candidates in such contest? How do they react? Leen Linger, @anna_a_kern and I investigate this in a new article in #PartyPolitics (1/6) @Gaspar_UGent @ResearchUGent
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Are political staffers out of touch with grassroots party members? @PtrMoens assesses congruence between professionals and volunteers in @PolStudies: dlvr.it/Sc96ky #ECRs #polsci @PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics #politicalstaff
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Are political staffers out of touch with grassroots party members? @PtrMoens assesses congruence between professionals and volunteers in @PolStudies: ow.ly/8rRC50KoOTX #ECRs @PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics #politicalstaff #polsci
Pieter Moens retweeted
Electoral systems matter: they create majorities where they do not exist
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