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28 Jul 2025 • Preprint • arXiv
Dialogues of Dissent: Thematic and Rhetorical Dimensions of Hate and Counter-Hate Speech in Social Media Conversations
AbstractWe introduce a novel multi-labeled scheme for joint annotation of hate and counter-hate speech in social media conversations, categorizing hate and counter-hate messages into thematic and rhetorical dimensions. The thematic categories outline different discursive aspects of each type of speech, while the rhetorical dimension captures how hate and counter messages are
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16 Jul 2025 • Journal Article • Cities
Identities, participation, and the immigration crisis in the city: A comparative analysis
AbstractCan major cities accommodate the growing political polarization surrounding immigration? Attitudes of city residents toward immigrants vary widely, influenced by factors like urban diversity, labor market dynamics, and cultural identity. While some embrace immigrants as enriching urban life, others view them as threats to culture and economic stability. Using data from
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9 Jul 2025 • Journal Article • Journal of European Public Policy
At the last minute: the use of the prime minister's power to amend the agenda during a crisis
AbstractCoalition management is challenging, especially during the agenda-setting stage. The prime minister has to balance the priorities of the coalition partners, ministers from her party, and broader government priorities. To meet this challenge, the prime minister has agenda-setting power. Most research has studied the agenda-setting power during periods of stability. This
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1 Jul 2025 • Journal Article • Comparative Migration Studies
What happens when forced migrants and transit state actors meet? Encounters at decision nodal points during the migration journey
AbstractThis study investigates the interactions of forced migrants with state actors in transit countries at critical decision nodal points (DNPs) along their journey—defined as turning points where migrants make decisions about resuming mobility or altering the course of their journey. Granted official legal power by the state, transit state actors operate on the ground in
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26 Jun 2025 • Journal Article • Perspectives on Politics
Career Civil Servants’ Socially Embedded Responses to Democratic Backsliding
AbstractRecent studies portray civil servants as potential guardians against populist attempts to undermine liberal democracy. However in polarized societies, bureaucrats, like citizens, tend to hold divergent perceptions of the threat that politicians’ actions pose to democracy. This, in turn, likely shapes bureaucrats’ responses. We examine this in the context of the attempt
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9 Jun 2025 • Journal Article • Policy & Politics
A new measurement model and database of the democratic qualities of regulatory bodies
AbstractTransparency, accountability, participation and inclusiveness are central concepts in the literature on public administration. They are considered qualities that enable administrative bodies to share power with social and political actors and strengthen their democratic nature. These qualities have also been recognized as crucial for regulatory bodies, especially because
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22 May 2025 • Journal Article • European Union Politics
What you see is not what you get: The incorporation of women in radical right parties
AbstractIn recent years, an increasing number of women have been elected as candidates by radical-right parties. Does this trend toward feminization of the radical right improve the substantive representation of women's interest? Our investigation reveals that instead of moderating their positions on gender roles in response to increased female visibility, radical-right parties
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15 May 2025 • Journal Article • Conflict Resolution Quarterly
Spontaneous Contact and Social Resilience Following Eruption of Interethnic Violence in Ethnically Mixed Settings
AbstractDoes spontaneous contact between individuals from different ethnonational groups affect their social resilience, specifically their ability to avoid escalation and radicalization following eruptions of ethnic violence? To address this question, we conducted a series of studies in mixed Jewish–Palestinian cities and academic settings. Study 1, based on data collected
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13 May 2025 • Book
The Future of Equality
AbstractPhilosophers have been preoccupied with the future from time immemorial. But for egalitarians, the future of humanity constitutes a relatively new frontier. The premise of this book is that a complaint-based ideal of egalitarianism faces problems when applied to the future. For one thing, if we suppose that future people are destined to fare better than us (say, in
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9 May 2025 • Edited Volume
Cities and Identities
AbstractThis book illustrates how cities possess unique normative identities, referred to as 'ethoses', and how the residents shape and perceive them. The question of identity and which social relations constitute it has been a central topic in philosophy and social science for centuries. While the state played a key role in shaping identity during the 20th century, its influence
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