My interview in the inaugural issue of Autocratization Research Journal is out: democratic backsliding, populism, and early warning signs of authoritarian drift in Latin America (and beyond). Link: revistas.usergioarboleda.edu.co/index.php/au...
6/ ๐ Read the full paper here, published by @fesonline.bsky.social in the "Democratic Expeditions" series โ collections.fes.de/publikatione...
5/ The playbook is predictable โ and therefore counterable. Protect independent media, safeguard courts, monitor how mainstream parties adopt far-right framings, and build democratic counter-narratives. Discourse is an early-warning signal. By the time policies change, it's already too late.
4/ The key insight isn't about extreme statements. It's about REPETITION. Mid-range attacks on judicial independence, press freedom, and pluralism, deployed constantly across hundreds of interviews, normalise illiberalism without anyone sounding the alarm.
3/ Spain shows a clear gradient: Vox is the most illiberal, the centre-right partially accommodates, the left is more liberal. Argentina surprises: far right and left converge at similarly high illiberal levels, while the centre-right is the most moderate.
2/ We analysed 255 elite interviews and 2,572 responses from political leaders across the ideological spectrum in Spain and Argentina, coded with LLMs. The finding: ~85โ90% of illiberal rhetoric targets courts, media, and political opponents โ not elections or citizenship rights.
1/ ๐งต Can language erode a democracy before a single law changes? In our new report "Tracing Illiberal Talk," Hugo Marcos-Marnรฉ and I dig into how far-right rhetoric undermines democratic institutions โ long before policies shift. Part of a broader research project we're developing together.
๐ Hello 2026!
๐ We are @ecpr.bsky.social's O.G #OpenAccess journal
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๐ฑ Looked after by Editors @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social
๐ Take a look at all the amazing articles from last year: buff.ly/QopHmSx
The last post we wrote on the Chilean right after last year's election for @illsp.bsky.social
First article of 2026 in @politicsjournal.bsky.social on the discursive strategic inclusion of the far right in Spain
A look on the far right at the global level after the Chilean election @elpais.com
elpais.com/internaciona...
On the far right in Chile in @eldiario.es www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
IN NEW ISSUE: Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS)
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
Chile se juega su rumbo polรญtico entre el legado social de Boric y el auge de la ultraderecha www.infolibre.es/1_200215
IN NEW ISSUE: Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS)
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
Tomorrow in Salamanca!
Sobre la ultraderecha y la elecciรณn de la prรณxima semana en #Chile www.ciperchile.cl/2025/11/10/e...
With @marianotorcal.bsky.social and Carolina Segovia on polarization, democracy and the far right in Latin America. Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCZl...
1. "๐๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ โ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐โ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐: ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ" by @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social, @elbanchas.bsky.social, Francisco Roldรกn Duque and Fabiรกn Villalobos-Machuca (www.tfd.org.tw/backend/uplo...). A well-informed account of the demand for the far-right in Chile.
New paper: determinants of support for mainstream and far-right candidates before next Novemberโs presidential election in Chile. #Chile. Here: openurl.ebsco.com/EPDB%3Agcd%3...
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
Paper de verano recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/re...
๐ Hello from PRX
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@steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Polisky #IRsky
I was interviewed on Sunday by the Brazilian newspaper @estadao.com.br about the Left primaries in Chile. ๐๐ป
We are deeply saddened to learn that Leonardo Morlino, a member of our editorial board, passed away. Leonardo was one of the noble founders of political science in Italy, Southern Europe and beyond. We will miss him greatly and try to live up to his teachings.
We continue with Daphne Halikiopoulou (University of York, @dafnoukos.bsky.social) presenting work on ethnic vs civic nationalism in speeches by far right leaders in Europe and Latin America ๐ช๐บ๐
(joint work with Carlos Melรฉndez @eljorobado.bsky.social and Lisa Zanotti @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social)
Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - A Borges (@aborges75.bsky.social) & L Zanotti (@lisazanottiphd.bsky.social) examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/dYS6V4I (OPEN ACCESS)
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
On 31 March we'll explore "A New Authoritarian Tide? Challenges to Democracy around the World".
@sundersays.bsky.social, @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social, @sajuria.com & Richard Youngs will assess the pressures facing democracy & how to reinforce democratic institutions.
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
๐ฏ Introducing a โจ NEW conference โจ for researchers specialising in extremism, democracy, and populism
๐ฅ Inaugural Conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
๐ฐ๏ธ New and Old Challenges of #Populism and #Radicalism
๐โโ๏ธ Hosted by @qmul.ac.uk
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9โ10 June 2025
โ๏ธ Submit your Panel or Paper by 3 March
Women have always been prominent scholars within far-right studies. From pioneers like Kathy Blee & Nonna Mayer to groundbreakers like Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Sarah de Lange, Daphne Halikiopoulou & Caterina Froio, to new stars like Lรฉonie de Jonge, Gefjon Off & Lisa Zanotti. #nomanels
