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So the old @Uni_of_Essex radicalism is back, in unlikely places: For radical #Greek politicians, #TOWIE – Telegraph http://t.co/QCCbBbAslH @alexandreafonso: Marx on immigration, 1870. Could have been written today http://t.co/2wtPjsmyyz http://t.co/0bHq3ZukLF Engaging/provocative/mad as ever: Hey, who you calling a ‘Crusader’?! http://t.co/zTsMW9VK51 (@asecondmouse)
Sage advice from Andrew Gelman: How to read (in quantitative social science). And by implication, how to write. http://t.co/1nVQ62cVMj New Statesman | “It’s sad they’ve sunk to such depths”: Tories use Ukip candidate’s Turkish name on a leaflet http://t.co/DiznLrWmXX Sigh Your holiday shopping guide for political scientists – The Washington Post http://t.co/1GEEJpDiT3 PHD comic: not…
Still looking for a Christmas present? Now available in Paperback: Class Politics and the Radical Right – Routledge http://t.co/ilhCXBlczm #InstantClassic Crooked Timber: Fly Air Gini http://t.co/s85aIzxA4u Art Goldhammer on Sarko’s inevitable comeback: He’s baaaaaack! http://t.co/5Q9Eu0Rt5L This has already happened as hinted at here: Trouble in (the Guardian’s) Paradise: anti-immigration party could bring Swedish government down…
A modern guide to getting started with Data Science and Python http://t.co/pncihL61hj PHD Comics: Research I Problems http://t.co/pJEwhaQqE Not sure about this one, but it is interesting enough: French Politics: The Emerging Split in the Extreme Right http://t.co/PmsbosbpGE So much to read, so little time: A very useful trove of free articles: Psychology of #Terrorism…
Going to Oxford now a stigma in Tory Land? The Tories play the local card hard in Rochester https://t.co/bhrm6iftC4 Some striking images here: “Berkeley. A history of disobedience in pictures” http://t.co/c3kv9vbPEo This is nuts & destroyed my productivity for today: Yougov’s terrible segmentation tool: http://ift.tt/1ulmuuf German village plays prank on neo-Nazis h/t @BDStanley http://t.co/pvJ7wYstYz
Meta-Analysis http://t.co/qWCfNPwLkt Here’s Proof Some Pollsters Are Putting A Thumb On The Scale http://t.co/bpmudscs4u About time? “Belatedly, Germany ratifies UN anti-corruption convention” http://t.co/HkyAPvJtXy Type I and II errors simplified. http://t.co/rbTeHiUkj0
From the excellent LSE blog: European Parliament staff: who are they and do their backgrounds influence decision-making? http://t.co/huQ7dj1FNb @DarthPutinKGB: Russia Today has changed since the Donbass elections. http://t.co/eiwP7k7sQo (picture) Book chapter “Estimation techniques: Ordinary least squares and maximum likelihood” — Martin Elff http://t.co/NFw2rgYStd No real surprise is here, as tax-dodging assistance is a business model:…