In recent years, Italy has witnessed two attempts at constitutional reform: the Renzi-Boschi reform and the Meloni-Casellati reform. Both aim to reshape the system of government, but differ signifi...

This study examines whether the representation and governing status of local political parties influence citizen satisfaction with local democratic governance in Sweden. Drawing on a large dataset ...

Descriptive and substantive representation of disability in parliaments is low. Local district disability representatives represent one of the decentralised and non-parliamentary efforts to enhance...

This study examines female parliamentary representation in Nordic countries from 1969 to 2023, with particular focus on populist radical right (PRR) parties. Using a novel Party Gender Balance Scor...

Commentary: This remains Labour's election to lose, especially if Sir Sadiq runs again as London is still a Left-leaning city

Tories could gain eight seats, the Greens four and Reform three from Labour

From Amanda Goodall, London EC1, UK and Andrew Oswald, Coventry, Warwickshire, UK

This study moves beyond the question of whether descriptive representation leads to substantive outcomes, and instead examines how lived experience is interpreted, framed, and translated into polit...

The current debate on ‘post-democracy’ or the ‘crisis of representation’ in Western European democracies often draws on comparisons with a more representative, and hence more legitimate and stable ...

This study examines how substantive geographic representation – measured by the frequency and concentration of regional references in committee speeches – affects both party nomination and electora...

Following the Kuomintang's defeats in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, the party's decline was attributed to the rise of a stronger Taiwanese identity and its pro-China image. However, the...

This study examines how citizens in five European democracies (France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, and Poland) evaluate multidimensional legislative responsiveness. Utilising a conjoint experiment wit...

Abstract Recent analyses examine the role of crisis in the emergence of the populist/anti- populist discourse and the confluence of populism and Euroscepticism at the party level. In this article, the study focuses on the analysis of the main political actors in the EU institutions, by examining the channels and discourses adopted by different actors in the (de)legitimation of the EU. The focus is on the transnational contestation (DiEM25, Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 and VOLT), following the model of analysis of the mutual construction and reproduction. The analysis shows that the antagonized discourse used by the mainstream narrative further reinforces populism and provides a breeding ground for populism to consolidate itself, while weakening the possible impact of the legitimizing representation of Euroscepticism in the EP.

LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance