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SUMMARY:Thursday seminar: Lala Muradova & Alberto López Ortega + Christoph Niessen
DESCRIPTION:Book launch: Cambridge Elements on Gender and Politics\nby Lala Muradova and Alberto López Ortega \nThis book argues that contemporary dating contributes to increasing gender-based political polarisation in modern societies. As heterosexual men’s and women’s political beliefs diverge\, especially around feminism and gender equality\, romantic encounters become sites of tension and conflict. Men often encounter women supporting (either directly or indirectly) feminist ideals\, while women frequently face dismissive or sexist attitudes\, fuelling frustration and hostility on both sides. These dynamics intensify political divides within intimate settings\, shape individuals’ attitudes and reinforces broader societal polarisation. Our theoretical claims are tested through a multi-method design that combines survey and experimental data with quantitative text analysis of individual responses to an open-ended question from respondents in the UK. The findings highlight the role of romantic contexts in sustaining gendered political polarisation. \nBio\nLala Muradova is Associate Professor in Political Psychology and Democracy at the University of Southampton (UK)\, where she is a member of the steering committees of the Centre for Democratic Futures and the Centre for Behavioural Experimental Action and Research (C-BEAR). Her research sits at the intersection of political psychology\, political communication\, and democratic innovations. \nLala is the author of Empathy and Political Reasoning: How Empathy Promotes Reflection and Strengthens Democracy (Cambridge University Press\, 2025)\, and of journal articles published in European Journal of Political Research\, Political Communication\, PLoS ONE\, and Political Studies\, among others. Dr Muradova holds a PhD in Social Sciences from KU Leuven\, Belgium (2021)\, and her doctoral thesis received the 2021 Best Political Science PhD Award from the Belgian and Dutch Political Science Associations\, as well as an honorary mention for the APSA/ICA Political Communication Dissertation Award. \nInstitutionalizing citizen deliberation in Belgium: Who participates? What do participants make of it? And what does the broader public think?\nby Christoph Niessen \nTo regain public trust in governance\, decision-makers around the world make increasing use of new forms of citizen participation that aim at giving citizens a greater say in policy-making. Among these so-called ‘democratic innovations’\, deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) – i.e. gatherings of lay-citizens deliberating before formulating policy recommendations – have received particular attention. In response to criticisms about the limited institutional connection and follow-up of ad hoc DMPs\, some political institutions even went as far as to institutionalise DMPs\, i.e. to embed them within regular political institutions\, such as parliament. Proponents hope that this institutionalisation will make DMPs politically more consequential and\, in turn\, let them be seen by both participants and the broader public as credible means of participation. The verdict on whether these hopes hold\, however\, is still out. In this talk\, I use empirical evidence collected among the participants and the broader citizenry for three Belgian cases of institutionalised citizen deliberation: the Mixed Deliberative Committees in the Regions of Brussels and Wallonia\, as well as the Permanent Citizens’ Dialogue in East Belgium. I use this evidence to answer three questions: (1) Who participates in institutionalised citizen deliberation? (2) What effect does institutionalised citizen deliberation have on participants? (3) What does the broader citizenry think of institutionalised citizen deliberation? \nBio\nChristoph Niessen is a postdoctoral researcher in comparative politics\, working on the institutionalisation and public reception of democratic innovations\, as well as on multi-level governance and on the determinants of sub-state autonomy demands and conferral.
URL:https://brias.be/event/thursday-seminar-book-launch-cambridge-elements-on-gender-and-politics/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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