🇵🇷 Nearly 4 million Americans live in Puerto Rico without formal representation in institutions that determine their laws and budgets. @maraceci.bsky.social et al will amplify PR's political voice with the island's first large, representative panel survey: racialjustice.umich.edu/research-eng...

I almost cried during the Bad Bunny show when I saw the workers repairing the electrical system. I spent years working on Puerto Rico's crisis, and this was the one thing I couldn't resolve before moving to the academy. Thanks to the @lpeblog.bsky.social and @lpeproject.bsky.social for sharing this.

If you were confused by the part of Bad Bunny’s halftime show where dancers re-enacted Puerto Rico’s economic struggles under PROMESA’s bankruptcy process, here’s a breakdown of what that moment was all about: lpeproject.org/blog/how-ban...

After Benito’s amazing performance, perhaps you are intrigued by PR’s ambiguous status. Check this one out if interested. #puertorico

power transformers mentioned in halftime show ⚡️

Join us next week to start the season! @yezhang.bsky.social (@mitpolisci.bsky.social) presents "Political Control in the Workplace: How Autocrats Use Firms to Discipline Citizens". Lynette H Ong (@utoronto.ca), @woldense.bsky.social (Minnesota), & @linshengqiao.bsky.social (@utoronto.ca) discuss

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Puerto Rico's ruling statehooders introduced a bill today to amend the Criminal Code so that murder includes "conceived human beings in any stage of gestation." They've stopped short of saying it's an abortion ban so they can call opponents liars and then call it an abortion ban after they pass it.

Latin American Coups promoted by the United States

In PR for the holidays, and the colony has been directly experiencing the latest Imperial move.

Extending the literature on the political economy of US federalism to the US territories, @marielylopezs.bsky.social unpacks the two asymmetric political logics that have produced Puerto Rico's uniquely ambiguous territorial status.

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨 🇨🇲 Exposure to 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: evidence from Cameroon Read the new article by Pascaline Njungoh Fozao, Ebenezer Lemven Wirba & Francis Menjo Baye here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Income #inequality #decentralization #Cameroon

🏆 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🏆 Congratulations also to the 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀-𝘂𝗽 articles by @rfrbrghs.bsky.social and by @jfdaoust.bsky.social & @thomasgp.bsky.social ⌛ You can find 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀-𝘂𝗽 of all editions here 👉 www.tandfonline.com/journals/frf...

🏆 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🏆 The 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 is “Bureaucratic connections and local development: A study of Palwal district in India” by Pranav Gupta & Pradeep Chhibber. You can find it in free access here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

Our article (with @jfdaoust.bsky.social) was a runner-up for @regfedst.bsky.social’s 2025 Best Article Prize! Using CES 2000-2021, we show that attitudes toward Quebec sovereignty still structure federal vote choice. Congrats to Pranav Gupta & Pradeep Chhibber for their winning article!

I’m very happy to learn that my article RETHINKING SHARED RULE AS INTERGOVERNMENTAL LOBBYING has received second place in the BEST ARTICLE PRIZE @regfedst.bsky.social !🙏 I take this recognition as a sign of the potential in bringing together federalism with research on interest groups and lobbying

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌 🇳🇱 Which factors influence 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 in 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆? 🔓 Read the #openaccess article by Pieter Zwaan and Wiebren Kuindersma here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2568658 #multilevel #governance #netherlands #nature

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦… ❓🇩🇪 EM Trüdinger, A Hildebrandt, S Stocker, @ajazajilirjana.bsky.social & @pbundi.bsky.social analysed answers to an open-ended 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 question in #Germany. What do citizens associate with the concept of #federalism? 🔓 #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴! 🇯🇵 You can find the blog post by Andrew Stevens and Naoki Fujiwara here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/ja...

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌 🇳🇴 ⚠️ Is there a rural–urban divide in 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, and if so, is it contextual or compositional? 🔓 Read the #openaccess article by Philip Toney here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Norway #risk #urban #rural

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨 🇮🇹 Twenty thousand leagues below the Po: 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in the Lega (Nord) Read the new article by @gippone.bsky.social & Sofia Marini here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Italy #Lega #party #career

It has been a bracing moment for American federalism, with both unprecedented efforts to extend executive control over state and local govts, novel forms of subnational resistance. Where is federalism going? Paul Nolette and I have edited a new issue of Publius on that question. Short thread:

Check out the special issue in the Future of Federalism published by Publius. Thrilled to be in excellent company #federalism

A third set of essays evaluates the landscape of American intergovernmental relations. Publius editor emeritus, Carol Weissert, charts out two distinct research agendas on how partisan polarization affects (and is affected by) federalism arrangements. academic.oup.com/publius/arti...

New article….#puertorico

Happy to see this one out before the end of the year.

Commenting on the new Monroe Doctrine and Puerto Rico. www.elnuevodia.com/english/news...

Hoy en el @elnuevodia.bsky.social comentando sobre la nueca doctrina Monroe y #puertorico. www.elnuevodia.com/corresponsal...

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Do you know that Regional & Federal Studies has a blog?!!! Check it [email protected]

Join us for a program information session on Tuesday, December 9th at 2pm ET. Please share with your talented undergraduate students. Register here: pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us for a program information session on Tuesday, December 9th at 2pm ET. Please share with your talented undergraduate students. Register here: pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@scharschool.bsky.social joined the Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute Consortium. At least 1 of our students will have the opportunity to attend the 2026 the Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute, which will take place at Georgetown government.georgetown.edu/ps-psi/

📣Do you teach American politics or policy? Join our upcoming webinar on how to integrate American Political Economy into your classroom and discover new strategies, resources and real world-examples! www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/announc... #APE #PoliticalEconomy #HigherEd

#APSAawards and prizes honor the work of scholars who make outstanding contributions to political science research, teaching, and service. Awards will be presented at the 2026 APSA Annual Meeting in Boston. Submit your nominations by February 11th. Apply: buff.ly/4VHk2AE Learn more: buff.ly/6IFDXYL

The application portal for the 2026 Mobilization and Political Economy Summer Program is now open. Please share with your talented undergraduate students. #politicaleconomy @mpepitt.bsky.social @cape-team.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨 🇵🇷🇨🇦 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 and the transformation of 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀: the cases of Puerto Rico and Québec Read the new article by @drvalvez.bsky.social & André Lecours here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359... #politics #nationalism #Québec #PuertoRico

We are delighted to support the publication of a new blog series by @regfedst.bsky.social, identifying and analysing emerging issues in the study of federalism, regionalism, and multi-level governance. The first blog in the series is live here: edin.ac/43V8AH0

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦… 🇮🇶 Filip Sommer investigated the post-2017 development of territorial #governance in #𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾 's 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 of northern Diyala and Kirkuk. 🇮🇷🇹🇷 How do #Iran and #Turkey use 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀-𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 to support local allies on the ground? Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨 🇮🇳 Identity superimposition model: 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 and its mechanism and process Read the new article by Dingkun Lei and Huming Li here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359... #India #identity #politics #state

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦… 🇪🇹 N. Afesha and H.R. Barrett explored how 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 are governed and practiced in the 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 🤝 Will the institutionalization of 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗚𝗥 be successful? Read the article here👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2519918 #IGR #Ethiopia #federalism

The application portal for the 2026 Mobilization and Political Economy Summer Program is now open. Please share with your talented undergraduate students. #politicaleconomy @mpepitt.bsky.social @cape-team.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social

Gracias a @joseadelgado.bsky.social por incluirme en este articulo sobre el primer ano de Trump 2.0 www.elnuevodia.com/corresponsal...

Check this out, if you are interested in #federalism, multilevel governance, regionalism and adjacent topics. @regfedst.bsky.social now has a blog!!

The satisfaction of moving a paper from the “in progress” to the “forthcoming” section of your CV. This has been a hard one to write, but it is finally accepted: “US Federalism and the Political Economy of Territorial Status: Evidence from Puerto Rico.”

States are facing catastrophic SNAP cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill--North Carolina is saying they may shutter their SNAP program. The Bill cuts the budget to administer SNAP, charges states billions for making administrative mistakes, all while adding even more admin complexity to the program.

Those Conservatives who are loosing it about Bad Bunny are forgetting about the basic principle that makes this country go round—- $. As capitalists, they “just need follow the $”… the “rest” is just frosting.

Call for proposals for the 2026 IPSA Research Committee Colloquium co-hosted by @IPSA_RC28 Minorities under Siege? Plural Societies Facing Plural Challenges June 23-26, 2026 Bolzano, Italy For more information, see: sites.google.com/view/ipsarc1... #federalism #multilevelgovernance