I'm thrilled that my book, Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior, is now available for pre-order through CUP and Amazon! Let me know if you'd like an electronic copy for your class, and I'll send it to you! www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! #Populist #Attacks on #Academic #Freedom: How Populist Leadership Erodes Academic Freedom in #Liberal & #Electoral #Democracies By @victorhernandez.bsky.social & María Inclán doi.org/10.1017/S153...

This terrific article offers a taste of some of the essential research to be featured in Perspectives on Politics' upcoming special issue on "Political Science and the University." @poppublicsphere.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social bit.ly/4382nHn

What drives attacks on #AcademicFreedom in democracies? María Inclán and I argue that the nature of political leadership matters: populist leaders tend to undermine academic freedom because it clashes with their values and worldview. Open thread 🧵

"...populism (...) has made universities and academics natural targets for leaders who seek to impose a narrative in which only they possess the truth and represent the will of the people." New in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - Populist Attacks on Academic Freedom: How Populist Leadership Erodes Academic Freedom in Liberal and Electoral Democracies - https://cup.org/3W088TE - @victorhernandez.bsky.social#OpenAccess& María Inclán #FirstView #populism

What drives attacks on #AcademicFreedom in democracies? María Inclán and I argue that the nature of political leadership matters: populist leaders tend to undermine academic freedom because it clashes with their values and worldview. Open thread 🧵

Why do ordinary people vote to return to office undemocratic incumbents? New survey experiments in several countries suggest that many voters are willing to put their partisan interests above democratic principles. muse.jhu.edu/article...

💡¿Y si Chile hubiese tenido referendos o iniciativas ciudadanas? Siempre intuí que, con mecanismos de democracia directa, no habríamos llegado al estallido social. Hoy tengo más herramientas para sostenerlo. 👉 Lo explico en este nuevo trabajo: doi.org/10.1080/1474...

🚨 NEW RESEARCH ALERT 🚨 My latest article is now available at @polbehavior.bsky.social! "Cueing Without Parties: Experimental Evidence from Peru" explores how citizens navigate politics in contexts without stable parties and deeply-rooted partisan predispositions. 📖 doi.org/10.1007/s111...

NEW - When Reelection Increases Party Unity: Evidence from Parties in Mexico - cup.org/3DYOFxl - @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social "I apply correspondence analysis to a new dataset of over half a million legislative speeches in twenty states" #OpenAccess

Join us on Wednesday - Friday this week! As always, it is free, online and open to all! Final call for registrations: www.electoralintegrityproject.com/electoral-re...

Here's a major conference on "Electoral Reform: DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND GLOBAL PRACTICE" organised by my @politicsuea.bsky.social colleague @tobysjames.bsky.social It's online so easy to get to: Online workshop, 19-21st March 2025 www.electoralintegrityproject.com/electoral-re...

El próximo 24 de febrero tendremos este estimulante diálogo en Charlemos. ¡Les esperamos!

Apply to the APSA’s Kenneth Sherrill Prize • For grad students working on LGBTQ+ politics • Recognizes best dissertation proposal for empirical study of LGBTQ politics • $1,000 prize • Deadline: 12 Feb 2025 (named after Ken Sherrill, pioneering LGBTQ politics scholar) apsanet.org/programs/aps...

We're thrilled to announce that our article has been featured in the printed issue of @govandopp.bsky.social! If you're interested in exploring cabinet reshuffles in presidentialism, with a focus on personal incentives as key drivers of ministerial turnover, check it out! @millanos.bsky.social

Timely joining bsky on the date "Bringing War Back In" was published worldwide with Cambridge UP. Check it out if you are interested in how war makes states also in its aftermath, and how the wars of a distant past explain the variation of state capacity within Latin America until today.

La #FIL2024 está llegando a Guadalajara y presentaré un libro que recién edité y le habla directamente a la realidad e México y América Latina: “Poder Judicial en acción. Perspectiva desde los derechos, la erosión democrática y la integridad electoral” 🗓️ sábado 30 de noviembre 🕧 18:00