My students and colleagues were pepper sprayed and arrested at UVA today. A disgusting and heartbreaking show of force by UVA and state police.

Listen to the voice of Columbia students represented by their Council in this letter rather than the distorted narrative of politicians and the media
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Relevant!!

I truly love that our amazing co-authors and contributors are the first to promote this book. What a labor of love. What a joy to help bring this book to life. Feeling overwhelmed and so happy.

A bureaucracy saved Brazil from a public health disaster during Covid-19 despite a populist president's opposition. How did it thwart Jair Bolsonaro?

New article on Fast Track by Jessica Rich Elize Massard and Liam Bower, “What Makes Bureaucracies Politically Resilient? Evidence from Brazil’s Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign,” ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…

In 2023, our average review time, from submission to decision, was 32 days. The average decision time for externally reviewed manuscripts was 63 days. We accepted for publication 8 percent of submissions: jcp.gc.cuny.edu/submissions-da…

#Covid19lessonstobelearned

'In conjunction with political advocacy, resource provision and social activism bolster bureaucracies under attack by filling in where other forms of support fall short.'

Federico M. Rossi Elize Massard Thanks! There also seems to be variation in resilience across bureaucracies in Brazil--something to further explore.

Katherine Bersch and Gabriela Lotta 🇧🇷 have another take 👇

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I love this article and I'm so happy that it's now available in Comparative Politics !

Editing motions in real time w/type A profs (in-person & online) was a bit chaotic, but #Emory faculty upped the ante from censure to no confidence. It now goes to electronic vote by all college faculty.

Can democratic participation reduce inequalities in citizenship produced by policing? #TBT Yanilda González and Lindsay Mayka 🦞 analyze the mechanisms through which citizen participation in policing produces asymmetric citizenship.
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We are extending the deadline for the Norton Long Career Achievement Award until May 1st! Please spread the news!

We are extending the deadline for the Byran Jackson Award until May 1st! Nominate yourself or a brilliant grad student you know!

The The Christian Science Monitor never contacted me for this story and the quote attributed, implying I spoke with a member of their team, is made up. Electing women does not offer freedom.

For those waking up in the US, to repeat, The Christian Science Monitor did not interview me for this article and fabricated a quote to make it look like I had spoke with them.

Due largely to an unexpected surge in immigration, the U.S. economy will be about $7 trillion larger - & federal revenues about $1T bigger - the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday

New article on Fast Track by Juan Qian and Steve Bai, 'Loyalty Signaling, Bureaucratic Compliance, and Variation in State Repression in Authoritarian Regimes,” ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…