MPSA Conference (USA)
Roundtable at the 78th Midwest Political Studies Association Annual Conference in Chicago.
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04, 2021
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04, 2021
Seminar in Italy
Presentation on "Party System Closure: Causes and Consequences for Democracy" at the "Robert Elgie" Brown Bag Seminar Series (Sapienza University, Rome) WATCH SUMMARY
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04, 2021
Bulgarian parliamentary elections: many surprises and uncertain outcome
By Teodora Yovcheva (University of Sofia) Yesterday’s parliamentary election in Bulgaria was the first regular one since 2009. The results surprised everyone. GERB won the elections but it looks like the anti-establishment and protest parties and coalitions won more than it was predicted for them by the polls. The biggest oppositional party in the parliament [...]
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03, 2021
Four more years? The 2021 parliamentary elections in The Netherlands
By Ingrid van Biezen (University of Leiden) Liberal parties on the rise After a tame and uninspiring campaign, Prime Minister Mark Rutte led his party (VVD) to win the Dutch elections for the fourth time in a row. With over 88 per cent of the vote counted,* the liberal-conservatives look to obtain 36 seats (out [...]
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03, 2021
Seminar in UK
Seminar lecture at the Department of European and International Studies of the King's College London (KCL) on "Facing the Anti-establishment Challenged"
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03, 2021
Seminar in UK
Seminar lecture at the School of Law, Politics and Sociology of the University of Sussex on "Party System Institutionalization and Democracy"
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03, 2021
Talk in Spain
Lecture at University San Pablo CEU on "Facing the Populist Challenge in the EU".
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03, 2021
TV debate (Armenia)
Debate with Mr. Daniel Ioannisyan (member of the Constitutional Reform Commission in Armenia) on the "Re-introduction of semi-presidentialism in Armenia" for "Civilnet" (Armenian TV station). WATCH INTERVIEW (in Armenian) WATCH INTERVIEW (in English)
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03, 2021
Fluidity as a virtue, volatility as a norm? Slovak party system one year after elections
By Peter Učeň (independent researcher, policy analyst, consultant and evaluator) and Oľga Gyárfášová (Comenius University in Bratislava) Previous general election in Slovakia took place on February 29, 2020. While there is no formal reason to celebrate the recent anniversary, the glance on how the party scene changes during that one year of the “Corona governance” [...]
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02, 2021
An “electoral Valentine”: the 2021 legislative elections in Kosovo
By Kaltrina Beqiri (Independent scholar, graduated at the University of Prishtina) Only sixteen months after his last electoral success, former Prime Minister Albin Kurti has managed to lead his party, Self-determination Movement (LVV), to an even greater success. The context After the fall of Kurti’s government in March 2020, his junior coalition partner was able [...]