⬇️Thrilled to join as an Inaugural Member of the Israel National Consortium MEDem @medem.bsky.social : Liron Lavi (BIU), @noamgidron.bsky.social (HUJI), Osnat Akirav (ISPSA), @yaelrkaplan.bsky.social (OU), @acavari.bsky.social & Asif Efrat (RU), @ayakter.bsky.social &
@liranharsgor.bsky.social ✨
Why did antisemitism rise in Germany during the Covid pandemic? And why was this increase concentrated among political centrists, rather than on the fringes?
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@kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social
Dans leurs récentes recherches sur la politique israélienne, Noam Gidron et ses coauteurs explorent la polarisation affective du pays, le soutien à la réforme judiciaire, le populisme du Likoud et les relations entre ces différents éléments.
NEW in CASBS's partnership w/ @laviedesidees.bsky.social & its English language site, Books & Ideas:
Q&A w/2024-25 CASBS fellow @noamgidron.bsky.social among the world's authorities on the dynamics of polarization & democratic backsliding in Israel in recent years
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I should also have mentioned this paper by @noamgidron.bsky.social et al. osf.io/preprints/so...
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PS -- this paper follows up on our previous study, recently published in the @ajpseditor.bsky.social, which examined support for (rather than opposition to) the judicial overhaul.
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In future work, we intend to further examine the over-time malleability of conceptions of democracy to learn whether (and to what degree) they respond to elite contestation over backsliding -- so hopefully more to come soon.
We find that people with a thicker, less majoritarian conception of democracy were more likely not only to oppose the overhaul but also to protest against it. Furthermore, a thick conception of democracy amplifies the effects that affective and ideological factors have on the probability of protest.
To answer this question, we analyze two waves of the Israel Polarization Panel: one collected prior to the government’s announcement its plan to restructure Israeli democracy on January 2023, and one collected in April, at the height of the protests against it.
I love this quote, from the one and only Steve Levitsky: “When folks from Turkey, Hungary, Venezuela, or Nicaragua ask me what to do [against backsliding], I tell them—mobilize the people as they did in Israel.” But who were the people mobilized in Israel?
Who protests against democratic backsliding? A new working paper with Margalit, Sheffer and Yakir examines this issue and finds that people’s conceptions of what democracy means play a crucial role in predicting whether they engage in active opposition to backsliding efforts. osf.io/preprints/so...
Excited to share that my project on polarization and nonviolent resistance was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. So grateful to the many colleagues who supported the work along the way, and looking forward to the research ahead!
📢We are looking forward to tomorrow's presentation by @noamgidron.bsky.social in our HPS³ seminar series. All are welcome, 5:15 PM, VMP9 B130!
Great news! 🎉🎉🎉
Evidence from 100+ interviews dovetails with the experimental and descriptive findings and echoes aspects of work outside Pakistan: Hall, @noamgidron.bsky.social and @pavisuri.bsky.social on status concerns, Nyron Crawford on the “racial defense,” and Jeffrey Witsoe on lower-caste politics.
New paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
📢On Wednesday, December 10th (5:15 PM, VMP9 B130), we are pleased to welcome @noamgidron.bsky.social (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) in our HPS³ seminar series. All are welcome to attend! For more information ⬇️ www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...
See here for additional details, and thanks to @maxschaub.bsky.social for the kind invitation.
www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...
Looking forward to presenting at the Hamburg Political Science Seminar Series next week (December 10). Feel free to get in touch if you're around!
Here is the @cpsjournal.bsky.social article discussed in the video:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
How do current and past coalitions explain variations in affect between pairs of parties? This video with Jim Adams summarizes our @cpsjournal.bsky.social article on the topic (w/ @rwillh11.bsky.social), may be useful for those teaching about polarization in Europe:
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This is the paper discussed in the video:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Recommended:
1st article from my dissertation is out in Perspectives today!!
two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity.
Thnx 2 all along this journey!!
A thoughtful and well-argued critique of the common measure of subjective social status, increasingly used in survey-based studies of populism ⬇️
PhD students who might be interested in this -- feel free to get in touch! The application deadline is October 27.
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New paper out in @wepsocial.bsky.social: Pathways to politics: a sequence analysis of political apathy and involvement (open access)
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I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
So great to see Voters Under Pressure featured in this @comppol.bsky.social review article by @klingelt.bsky.social!
Reviewing the book alongside work of Bartels and Tillman, Tristan's reading is the mandate function of elections is being challenged👇
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