grattonecon.bsky.social
Professor of Politics and Economics, UNSW Sydney. ARC Future Fellow
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http://resilientdemocracylab.org
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their paper (short summary below) with @marcjacob.bsky.social on the relationship between gridlock and polarisation. www.promarket.org/2024/06/26/i...
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Over the past few days, I have also been reminded of this paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social and @bartonelee2.bsky.social and, of course, ...
gratton.org/papers/Drain...
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and what is, according to @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social and myself, behind populist’s backlash against technocratic views of what democracies should do for “the people”
LINK: gratton.org/papers/TechnocnocraticDemocracies.pdf
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This is precisely what @bartonelee2.bsky.social and I argue motivates voters to respond to calls for “draining the swamp” and replace expert bureaucrats with novices (or nobody at all) even at the cost of large inefficiencies
LINK: gratton.org/papers/DrainTheSwamp.pdf
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6/6 Our analysis points to politicians offering a partisan lense through which to look at policy-relevant events. Users who join the debate after politicians intervene are then induced to look at these events though the partisan polarized lenses offered by politicians.
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2. we show that when politicians intervene, public debates become more tribal and partisan. Crucially: much more so when politicians themselves supply partisan and tribal rhetoric in their own posts.
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4/6 Our contributions is two-fold:
1. describe when and how politicians intervene in public debates: they do not respond to timeline of event or debate, timing of posts by media, other influencers or politicians. This lends credence to a causal interpretation of our results
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3/6 We show that when politicians intervene in public debates surrounding policy relevant events (mass shootings), other users engage in more tribal and partisan posts.
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2/6 American public debate, like in this very platform, is increasingly tribal and partisan. A growing literature has focused on “demand”-side stories: echo chambers, anonymity, etc. But what is the role of political leaders?
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I’m not even sure I understand what that means… 😂
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Your preferences have been recorded: 2x 20-minute intro plus 10 minutes guts.
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More on this at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZh...
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Protein rich 👍