Sounding the Alarm, and the Italian Regions’ Limited Ability to Counter Democratic Regression

Sounding the Alarm, and the Italian Regions’ Limited Ability to Counter Democratic Regression

Petra MALFERTHEINER & Elisabeth ALBER

Cultural hegemony lies at the heart of Meloni’s coalition government and its policymaking that continues to reshape the public space vis-à-vis immigration, sexual minorities, cultural institutions, and the freedom in academia and the media…

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Unified Government but Divided Polity? The 2024 U.S. Elections and the Potential Counterweight of the States

Unified Government but Divided Polity? The 2024 U.S. Elections and the Potential Counterweight of the States

Jared SONNICKSEN

Despite the many controversies of his first presidency (2017-2021) – most notoriously the January 6, 2021 ‘storming of the Capitol’ with his refusal to recognize the election results, recurring scandals and more – Donald Trump was reelected as the 47th President of the United States…

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The 2024 Elections to the Austrian National Council: Huge Shifts, but also a New Era?

The 2024 Elections to the Austrian National Council: Huge Shifts, but also a New Era?

Anna GAMPER

On 29 September 2024, elections to the National Council took place in Austria. The National Council is the first chamber of the Austrian Federal Parliament, whose 183 seats are elected by the federal citizens according to the principles of equal, direct, personal, secret and free suffrage…

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