Publications - Articles

Parliamentarians’ Support for Direct and Deliberative Democracy in Europe: An Account of Individual-Level Determinants

Auteur(s): Caroline Close, with Sergiu Gherghina and Christopher Carman Editions: City University of New York Collection: Comparative politics Année: 2022 ABSTRACT The increasing critique of representative democracy and its institutions determined reformers to consider the direct and deliberative processes as potential solutions to bridge the gap…

Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty. Hypothesis: that greater immigration reduces support for social policies among the public

Auteur(s): Année: 2022 By Laura Jacobs in collaboration with a lot of researchers, in PNAS. ABSTRACT This study explores how researchers’ analytical choices affect the reliability of scientific findings. Most…

When activists speak to powerholders : comparative insights

Auteur(s): Jessy Bailly Editions: Routledge Collection: Social Movement Studies Année: 2022 ABSTRACT This paper examines the extrajudicial use of legal norms by activists. It aims to show how law serves as a useful symbolic resource for activists to strengthen their strategies for…

La délibération échelonnée

Auteur(s): Pierre-Etienne Vandamme en collaboration avec Aurian de Briey Editions: De Boeck Supérieur Collection: Revue Participations Année: 2022 Résumé Doit-on renoncer à l’idéal d’une grande délibération structurée incluant l’ensemble des membres d’une communauté politique ? Pas forcément. La délibération échelonnée, étudiée dans cet…

Back to the Post-Fascist Past or Landing in the Populist Radical Right? The Brothers of Italy Between Continuity and Change

Auteur(s): Leonardo Puleo in collaboration with Gianluca Piccolino Editions: Routledge Collection: South European Society and Politics Année: 2022 ABSTRACT Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) is the new rising star of Italian politics. Scholars and pundits briskly categorised it as a (new) populist radical right (PRR) party. Still, FdI’s newness needs to…

Metaphors, political knowledge and the basic income debate in Belgium. An experimental study of the framing impact of metaphors on political representations

Auteur(s): Année: 2022 By Thomas Legein and Audrey Vandeleene, in collaboration with Francois Randour, Jérémy Dodeigne, Pauline Heyvaert, Julien Perrez, and Min Reuchamps, in Metaphor and the Social World.

Comment les partis politiques utilisent le numérique

Auteur(s): Lucas Kins et Emilien Paulis Année: 2022 Les écrans sont aujourd’hui partout et ont bouleversé nombre de nos habitudes et de nos pratiques sociales. Toujours pour le pire ? Il faut en tout cas se poser la question de leur impact sur le…

Affective polarization and coalition preferences in times of pandemic

Auteur(s): Luca Bettarelli and Emilie van Haute Editions: Frontiers Collection: Political Science Année: 2022 Using the RepResent Voter Panel Survey conducted in Belgium since the 2019 Federal elections, we investigate the relationship between affective polarization and voters' coalition preferences, in the…

Standing up against autocratization across political regimes: a comparative analysis of resistance actors and strategies

Auteur(s): Luca Tomini, Suzan Gibril and Venelin Bochev Editions: Taylor and Francis  Collection: Democratization Année: 2022 ABSTRACT Resistance against autocratization is a neglected area of inquiry. Although we have solid knowledge of the structural pre-conditions, modalities, and patterns of autocratization, as well as…

Party organisation and the party-delegate style of representation

Auteur(s): Caroline Close and Thomas Legein in collaboration with Conor Little Editions: Sage Journals Collection: Party Politics Année: 2022 Abstract Politicians perceive their representative role in a variety of ways: as a delegate of their party, a delegate of voters, or a trustee who exercises their mandate independent of any external…