🖥️ Not all #ConspiracyTheories that spread on social media remain popular over time.
🕸️ Today, Courtney Blackington & Frances Cayton🇺🇦 argue that conspiracy theories which map onto salient cleavages are more likely to persist and spread online
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🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.77
Donatella Bonansinga argues the divide between rationality & emotionality in politics is rooted in cultural misperceptions.
Populism is peculiarly emotional, tapping into specific affective states, with differences between left and right
bit.ly/3PVTHxi

🗳️Indonesia has voted in a popular strongman: #PrabowoSubianto
🇮🇩 Iqra Anugrah explains how the illiberal direction of Indonesian democracy is rooted in the authoritarian legacy of a figure from the last century: the charismatic, Machiavellian
#AliMoertopo
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This week is Cătălina Frâncu's turn with a thought-provoking blog post from the Gendering Illiberalism course! Check it below Peto Andrea SNSPA CIVICA The European University of Social Sciences

'Under illiberal administrations, women’s voices, safety, and access to the city all remain in danger.'

Yet another great article (this time by Cătălina Frâncu) for the illiberalism series 🌊

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🌊 #IlliberalWave No.34
🏙️Recent decades have seen real progress on equal access to urban spaces.
🌆Cătălina Frâncu warns these gains are under threat. She explores the impact of illiberalism on the exclusion of women & marginalised groups from urban space
bit.ly/3vQHC5x

Very interesting read.

76🔮 #FutureOfPopulism by Silvija Vuković

'Chatbot politicians recirculate human ideas and discourses. Chatbots can take populist positions, exploiting their technological features to project expertise and neutrality.'

Third blog post from our Gendering Illiberalism course! This one is a great read and an important topic!

🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.76
🤖 The idea that human politicians may one day be replaced by machines is no longer science fiction.
Silvija Vuković introduces the phenomenon of chatbot politicians, and discusses their connection to #populism
🗣️ #ChatbotPoliticians
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New article published at The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR. In it, I discuss about the potential outcome of radical right CHEGA's electoral growth for the upcoming 2024 EU Elections in Portugal.

🗳️ The radical-right #Chega party enjoyed a sharp rise in support during 🇵🇹 Portugal's recent parliamentary elections.
🇪🇺 With European elections coming up in June, Diogo Ferreira warns that support for Chega is likely to grow yet further.
bit.ly/3vCWnsC

🌊 #IlliberalWave 33
🗳️Dóra Oprics explores 🇭🇺 Hungary's 2X campaign, in which 1.7 million Hungarians invalidated an exclusionary referendum
❌❌The outcome reveals insights into the powers of grassroots activism against attempts to demonise LGBTQIA people
bit.ly/43FRM5u

'Afrofuturism supports young people's self-transformation. It encourages them to identify racial injustice and to resist racist hegemonic ideas and practices'

Read the latest from Dr Dayo Eseonu 🌟

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75🔮 #FutureOfPopulism by ℍ𝕒𝕜𝕜𝕚 𝕋𝕒𝕤

'Many populist leaders seek to establish individual, communal, or ideological connections to secure military compliance'

The second blogpost European Consortium for Political Research European Consortium for Political Research_Gender SNSPA CIVICA The European University of Social Sciences from course Gendering illiberalism is out. Congratulations to the author! This is a meaningful course we are teaching together with
alina dragolea
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🇨🇲 Cameroon's political & electoral landscape makes it impossible to defeat the ruling CPDM in an election. Ikome Collins Molua explains how Paul Biya's regime, in power for 42 years, is exploiting military conflict in the country's north to consolidate power bit.ly/4cKwpEz

🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.75
Countries led by more #populist leaders are less likely to have a military with veto power.
ℍ𝕒𝕜𝕜𝕚 𝕋𝕒𝕤 explores the populist centralisation of power that fosters control over the armed forces, & its impact on civilian oversight
bit.ly/3vrGEN3