On behalf of IPSA’s RC 27 (sponsor of ‪@govjournal.bsky.social), delighted to announce that the Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize has been awarded to Isabel Perera (@isabelmperera.bsky.social) for The Welfare Workforce: Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies (CUP).🏆1/5

Call for Nominations: The 2026 Levine Prize is now open! Books must be published in 2025 and submitted by March 15, 2026. Committee: Eduardo Dargent, @danhonig.bsky.social, and @kbersch.bsky.social (chair). (Sponsored by IPSA’s RC27 and @govjournal.bsky.social) @gabilotta.bsky.social

On behalf of IPSA’s Research Committee 27 (sponsor of @govjournal.bsky.social), I’m pleased to share that the 2025 Levine Prize Honorable Mention goes to Bringing War Back In by Luis Schenoni @llschenoni.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org.👏

On behalf of IPSA’s Research Committee 27 (sponsor of @govjournal.bsky.social), I’m pleased to announce that the 2025 Levine Prize has been awarded to The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South by Ola G. El-Taliawi (@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social). 🏆

Denmark: ~25 political appointees U.S.: ~4,000 Brazil: ~25,000 A proposed rule could push the U.S. over 50,000—gutting career protections for civil servants. This is how democracies erode. You can help stop it. 🗓️ Comment by Friday (May 23): 🔗 regulations.gov/commenton/OP... 1/5

This paper examines how political control evolves over time as polit refine their methods to manage the bureaucracy, adopting and testing instruments to determine their effectiveness. These tools foster an environment of fear and control. @kbersch.bsky.social + www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

When I published When Democracies Deliver, people asked if the theory applied to the US. Could “powering” reforms—like those reshaping Latin American states—happen here? The answer, as Musk’s DOGE overhaul shows, is yes. And we know how this ends. 🧵 www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...