Our open access🔓 article explaining how #disinformation affects perceptions of election fairness now has an issue number in Comparative Political Studies. Thought I'd re-share it here. Thanks to the brilliant Marlene Mauk for this collaboration.
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What determines attachment to the state among ethnic minorities? Jangai Jap shows how everyday experiences involving street-level bureaucrats matter.

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Can peasant rebellions occur under rising agricultural prices? M.V. Murillo and coauthors challenge conventional wisdom by leveraging novel municipal data from Paraguay (2000-2014)

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Happy to see our article w/ Rocío Duarte Germán Feierherd & Vicky Murillo at Comparative Political Studies. Contrary to an established literature, we argue that peasant unrest can occur in times of booming crop prices. We provide supportive evidence from 🇵🇾 in the 2000s

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Are punitive preferences affected by experiences and perceptions of crime? Isabel Laterzo employs a conjoint experiment in Argentina and Brazil to show the extent to which ideological preferences can be moderated.

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What determines support for the militarization of security? In our latest issue, Davide Morisi and Juan Mansullo show how civilian casualties decrease support even in successful operations in the context of Mexico's 'war on drugs'.

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The last paper of my dissertation just got published in Comparative Political Studies ! Jonathan Rodden & I compared urban-rural electoral divides over time across 15 countries, at the level of elections and individual parties. Check out our dataset and results here doi.org/10.1177/001041…

At long last, we are excited to share this new Comparative Political Studies piece, inspired by the work of Edward Telles, Rosario Aguilar Gladys Mitchell-Walthour Danielle Clealand, Jana Morgan Daniel E Moreno Elias Dinas Jennifer hochschild Andrew Janusz Marcus Johnson Gabriel S. Lenz & others! doi.org/10.1177/001041…

My joint article with Marek Endrich (VUB) has been accepted for publication at Comparative Political Studies. We show that host governments strategically improve human rights protection before papal visits.
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Excited to share my article on rural reform and authoritarian rule in Taiwan Comparative Political Studies! Using archival data from 2 crucial campaigns in the early days of KMT rule, I show how the regime tried to coopt rural society with mixed results. A summary: 1/15
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My paper with Yuree Noh is out Comparative Political Studies Despite the proliferation of gender quotas in non-dem, no work has examined the correlates of public support for quotas. We address this question relying on original survey data from Tunisia & Morocco journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… POMEPS

Our Comparative Political Studies article is out! Lindsay J. Benstead and I examine gender and electability in 6 #mena countries. We find more support for female vs. male candidates, from both men & women, and suggest frustration w/corrupt politicians explains this doi.org/10.1177/001041…

New article 'The Energy Transition and Support for the Radical Right: Evidence from the Netherlands' now out at Comparative Political Studies doi.org/10.1177/001041…

🚨 How do backsliding leaders maintain public support? 🚨

My new piece at Comparative Political Studies shows that presidents' populist discourse increases citizen support for the expansion of presidential power in Latin America.

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