mfilsinger.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics @ESPOL_Lab, Lille | Affective Polarization, Democracy, Populism, and (Political) Trust | www.maximilianfilsinger.com
👤 Joined on 11 October 2023
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@mfilsinger.bsky.socialImmigrants and immigration are under attack everywhere. My forthcoming book looks at the other side, to examine the people who actually support immigration in Europe. cambridgeblog.org/2026/10/beyo...
Show PostWho are the people demanding the overthrow of established democratic structures? And what drives them? 🏛️💥 In their new open-access paper in Democratization Achim Goerres and @conradziller.bsky.social dive deep into the political psychology of democratic erosion in Germany. (1/4)
Show Post📜 New paper out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social! If you've always found Norris and Inglehart's cultural backlash theory of far-right voting unconvincing, I can confirm your skepticism – at least in the European context. Here, it has both theoretical and empirical flaws. doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Show PostHaving a reckoning over the discipline’s obsession w/ polarization is long overdue. Here are my thoughts, which I’ve shared before. An important q is why so much of the polarization literature has been silent on the kinds of issues @lilymasonphd.bsky.social raises. substack.com/@thecolorlin...
Show Post📢New paper in @thejop.bsky.social on the reciprocal nature of citizens’ support for democratic transgressions. Together with Hannah Werner & @annakern.bsky.social , we show that when confronted with violations by political opponents, citizens’ support for transgressions by their own side doubles!
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