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SUMMARY:Thursday Seminars by Ruben Van Severen
DESCRIPTION:How Citizens View Alternatives to Representative Democracy\nAbstract\nThis talk gives a broad overview of the research conducted within my PhD on how citizens view alternatives to representative democracy at a time of pervasive dissatisfaction with representative institutions. Such alternatives include models that increase the role of experts\, models that strengthen citizen involvement through participatory practices\, and\, in some cases\, models that imply a move away from democracy through support for autocratic leaders. The talk progresses from general to more specific contexts. It begins by examining how stable support for (representative) democracy is in times of crisis and whether such crises increase openness to alternative\, non-democratic systems. It then turns to how citizens evaluate additions to representative democracy\, such as participation tools like referendums and panels\, and whether preferences shift when these tools are applied to ideologically polarized issues. The final part considers how these attitudes play out in practice in a concrete local setting in Belgium\, with particular attention to the perspective of cynical citizens. Throughout the talk\, special attention is given to both psychological explanations and contextual influences. I conclude by distilling three overarching lessons of the PhD and discussing what they reveal about citizens’ preferred ways of complementing representative democracy in the future.   \n  \nBio\nDr. Ruben Van Severen is a political psychologist and postdoctoral researcher affiliated with both the Department of Social Psychology and the Department of Public Governance and Management at Ghent University. His research focuses on citizens’ preferences for alternative decision-making models beyond representative democracy. He investigates what these preferences entail\, how they shift in response to societal times of crisis\, and which psychological factors shape them\, including political cynicism and ideological beliefs.  \nDue to the interdisciplinary nature of his work\, Ruben’s research has been published in journals such as the Policy Studies\, Political Research Exchange\, and Social Psychology\, European Journal of Political Research\, Government Information Quarterly. He is also part of a large-scale project in Flanders on local democratic innovations (https://participatievedemocratie.be/en/).  \n  \n 
URL:https://brias.be/event/thursday-seminars-by-ruben-van-severen/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:Thursday Seminars by Anton Jager
DESCRIPTION:Hyperpolitics\nHyperpolitics\, or Political Engagement in the New Century \n Abstract\nWhat do the January 6th invasion of the Capitol and the anti-racist demonstrations of mid-2020 have in common? Both birthed some of the largest protest movements in American history\, but also diminished rapidly after their initial\, pre-revolutionary peak. This lecture reads the recent political sequence through the concept of ‘hyperpolitics’. In contrast to previous types of post-politics or mass politics\, ‘hyperpolitics’ stands for a distinctly novel mode of political commitment characteristic of the 2010s\, in which a formerly apolitical public sphere finds itself intensely repoliticized\, imposing itself on other domains such as the private\, cultural\, or economic. The return in question yet also runs across parameters that are more low-cost\, low-entry\, and low-duration than previous twentieth-century types\, in stark contrast Max Weber’s typology of politics as the ‘slow boring of hard boards.’  \n Bio\nAnton Jäger is a lecturer at University College\, Oxford and a columnist for The New York Times.  
URL:https://brias.be/event/thursday-seminars-hyperpolitics-by-anton-jager/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:Thursday Seminars by Leonardo Puleo
DESCRIPTION:Party-Based Illiberalism in Europe: Why Is Illiberalism Gaining Ground in European Party Systems?\nAbstract\nIlliberalism has entered its hype phase\, increasingly invoked to describe diverse challenges to democracy. Yet the debate remains fragmented between those who treat it as an ideology—often as elusive as liberalism itself—and those who restrict it to the practices of governing actors. Moreover\, existing research focuses on a recurring set of “usual suspects\,” primarily far-right parties\, thereby overlooking potential diffusion among mainstream actors.  \nThe project Party-Based Illiberalism (IllibEU) advances a parsimonious definition of party-based illiberalism as a combination of negative stances toward (i) minorities\, (ii) civic and freedom rights\, and (iii) the horizontal accountability of power—three core pillars of liberal democracy. Contemporary illiberalism may have distinct foci: the most visible manifestations clearly stem from the far right\, yet others may be linked to different ideological orientations—for example\, neoliberal legacies that compress civic and freedom rights. Consequently\, IllibEU treats the ideological correlates of illiberalism as an eminently empirical question to be traced across time and space.  \nThe project combines two analytical levels. First\, a large-N design (12 countries) will map political parties’ illiberal supply by integrating manifesto data and expert-survey indicators (V-Party\, CHES). This broad comparative exploration will test expectations regarding structural socio-economic factors as well as political triggers of contemporary illiberalism (e.g.\, competition with the far right\, polarization\, homogenization of political supply). It will also provide a cartography of contemporary illiberalism\, enabling tests of spatial diffusion dynamics across Europe. In addition\, the large-N analysis will disentangle country-specific peaks in the salience of illiberalism\, offering crucial guidance for structuring a more fine-grained analysis.  \nThe second component of the project consists of an in-depth exploration in four countries. It will examine the implementation of illiberal practices—and instances of resistance and opposition—in IT\, DK\, FR\, and PL through the analysis of governmental decrees and parliamentary debates. The country-level focus will also enable an investigation of the diffusion of illiberal ideas not only within party systems but also across civil society\, assessing the pervasiveness of illiberal think tanks\, CSOs\, and NGOs and their connections with institutional actors.  \nBio\nLeonardo Puleo is a postdoctoral researcher at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). His research examines party competition and voting behavior\, with a particular focus on contemporary challenges to liberal democracy. His new project\, IllibEU: Party-Based Illiberalism in Europe\, funded by the FNRS\, explores the emergence and diffusion of illiberal ideas and practices across European party systems. His work has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals\, including West European Politics\, Political Studies\, Party Politics\, and Democratization.  \n 
URL:https://brias.be/event/thursday-seminars-by-leonardo-puleo/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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