The last paper of my dissertation just got published in @cpsjournal.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1177/0010...
I've been wanting someone to do this kind of analysis: merging personal experience with climate change events with public attitudes toward climate change. This 2022 paper is, as my 13yo would say, busin'. Not surprised Piero Stanig is on this author list. Polisky
Exposure to extreme weather events could increase environmental concerns and support for Green parties. With high-resolution data across European countries, the authors demonstrate the existence of su...
We test our 17 questions in 19 countries. We find that disjunctures in how our item cohere reveal faultlines in political cultures that can be exploited by authoritarians. We also identify a set of 7 items that provide a reliable and valid measure of public support for liberal democracy. [3/3]
Instead, we - a consortium of 22 experts on public opinion and democracy - propose a new approach. Rather than asking respondents about democracy, we ask them to evaluate the rights and institutions that constitute liberal democracy, based on the V-Dem operationalization. polisky [2/3]
Public support for democracy is crucial to prevent backsliding. But existing survey questions focusing on “democracy” may not measure the concept well, as the term “democracy” varies in meaning and may prompt social desirability. polisky 1/3
Every wanted to know how left- or right-wing your MP is on economic issues? A new Survation / Royal Holloway collaboration allows you to do just that mpsleftright.co.uk
Very happy to see this paper on the rural 🚜 urban 🏙️ divide out in @wepsocial.bsky.socialt.co/9gMIvuFRsC
Fascinating new APSR paper by @dziblatt.bsky.social@hannohilbig.bsky.social@danbischof.bsky.social!