In the US, one of the groups that is most opposed to choice are Evangelical Christians
but in the 1970s, these same people were pro choice
partly cause it was their enemy the Catholics who were forced birthers, and partly cause abortion helped remove "undesirables"
unbelievable but true: the evangelicals became forced birthers for political reasons !!!!!!!!
@mjb@socialpsych@politicalscience This is really useful for helping to understand the challenges for democratization and the relative ease of backsliding, even when the most oppressive people from dominant groups are in the minority.
Im Buch „Regieren in der Transformationsgesellschaft“, herausgegeben an der #NRWSchool, thematisiert mein Beitrag die neuen Treiber und alten Hürden der Politikgestaltung.
Drei Faktoren-Sets der Politikwandelforschung (institutionell, akteurbezogen, „politics of change“) zeigen die Dynamiken der Transformation und Ansatzpunkte, in sie sich von anderen Politikstabilitäts- und -wandelprozessen unterscheiden.
(How) do scientific experts engage in political learning in the science-policy interface?
Have a look at this new publication, co-authored with the excellent @BishoyZaki and published in the Journal of European Public Policy: “Understanding political learning by scientific experts: a case of EU climate policy”
On today's episode of #NewBooks #PoliSci : Wendy Hesford explains how the figure of the child-in-peril informs debates about border crossers, Malala Yousafzai, African child soldiers, the criminalization of Black children, and transgender rights. Her book couldn't be more timely.
The investigation I've been waiting for (including a nice visualisation):
A breakdown of all complaints filed against bloggers and musicians by Ekaterina Mizulina (Safe Internet League) - from formal complaints to social media posts - and what happened next.
Over half of the participants are eager for the transnational #citizensjury in 2024 to share their experience with other citizens, #regroup and EU policymakers! 🇪🇺
In two weeks (December 5) the deadline closes for applying for our full professorships in political communication and journalism @cpc@UvA_ASCoR University of Amsterdam.