Our January 2026 issue (Vol.58, No.2) is now available: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

Can repression help an autocrat consolidate power non-violently? Ceyhun shows that in Turkey, cracking down on Kurdish mayors strengthened the state's control over Kurdish communities by increasing its capacity to extract taxes and information, enabling more successful cooptation of the youth.

Very nice and really thoughtful review of new work on qualitative methods (with some fair criticisms of our *Integrated Inferences* book!). Looking forward now to spending more time reading *Doing Good Qualitative Research* and *Qualitative Literacy* Thanks for sharing and engaging!

Quite an honor to be reviewed by @ajayverghese.bsky.social -- and in such great company! It was a privilege to work with Jen to bring Doing Good Qualitative Research into the world, and I’m thrilled that Ajay saw the book as the public good we hoped it would be.

Check out my review of some exciting new books in qualitative methods!

Check out The Qualitative Metamorphosis in @comppol.bsky.social! Great review by @ajayverghese.bsky.social of books by @saragoodman.bsky.social, Jen Cyr, @marioluissmall.bsky.social, Jessica Calarco, @alanjacobs.bsky.social, and @macartan.bsky.social. 👇 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

New article on Fast Track by Adam Almqvist, “GONGOs, Zombies, and Astroturfers: Rethinking Hybrid Institutions in Autocracies through the Case of Jordanian Youth Governance,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

New article on Fast Track by Benedikt Bender, Katharina Bluhm, Stanislav Klimovich, Sabine Kropp, Ulla Pape, and Claudius Wagemann, “Why Are State-Business Relations Formalized in Russia’s Authoritarian Regime? A Set-Theoretic Analysis,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

New article on Fast Track by Olena Nikolayenko, “Emotional Contagion and Labor Mobilization in an Autocracy,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny... @fordhamposc.bsky.social

New article on Fast Track by Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell and Yujeong Yang, “The Political Legacy of Anti-Chinese Violence in Indonesia,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

Zohran Mamdani wins! He ran on an unabashedly pro-transgender platform, stood up for the most vulnerable, as so many have pushed for the Democratic Party to abandon trans people in order to win. Major win for trans New Yorkers - he has vowed for intense resistance to anti-trans Trump policies.

New article on Fast Track by Huseyin Emre Ceyhun, “Restive Regions: Sequential Complementarity of Repression and Cooptation in Authoritarian Survival,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

DM me or email me if you want to learn more about publishing with CP! This is a really exciting moment for the journal.

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5) The Leading Venue for Qualitative Comparative Research: Comparative Politics is the discipline’s home of qualitative case-based research whether rooted in comparative historical analysis, process tracing, in-depth interviews, or ethnographic field work. Our authors and reviewers know our cases.

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I'm honored to have become co-Editor-in-Chief of Comparative Politics, alongside Eva Bellin of Brandeis. After thirty years of amazing service, Lenny Markowitz and Ken Erickson, have passed the torch. Along with our extraordinary editorial committee, I'm excited to see the journal into its next era.

We have new editors in chief at Comparative Politics! I'm excited to work more closely with @nickrushsmith.bsky.social and Eva Bellin. It's bittersweet to say goodbye to our old editors in chief, Ken Erickson and Lenny Markovitz, but I'm really excited about the future of the journal. Submit to CP!

Happy to see this paper out in the July issue of CP! Using the case of abortion policy, I argue that clientelistic parties engage in strategic, mutually beneficial interactions with influential interest groups when material exchanges no longer guarantee office.

Our October 2025 issue (Vol.58, No.1) is now available: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

New article on Fast Track by Sibo Liu, Shouzhi Xia, and Dong Zhang, “From Maoism to MAGA: Embracing Democracy with Authoritarian Imprints,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

New article on Fast Track by Alexander De Juan and @juvoss.bsky.social , “Transitional Justice and Support for Policies of Remembrance after Mass Violence,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

The first comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world. Global Challenges to Democracy eds. Valerie J. Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social, & Kenneth M. Roberts Out Now #Politics #BookSky cup.org/3F5YRV7

We’re delighted to recognise Sara Wallace Goodman @saragoodman.bsky.social as Senior Research Associate at GLOBALCIT! ✨ Sara’s collaboration with GLOBALCIT has been longstanding and immensely fruitful💪 Congrats, Sara! We look forward to even more impactful work together 🎉 tinyurl.com/2kzatvpb

If you went to LASA in Bogota, I hope you had a great time and enjoyed the city! But also, test yourself for Covid.

My new piece on the resurgence of the African bicameral parliament is out! Using a mixed-method approach, I argue that incumbents introduce a second chamber when the opposition has sufficient power in the lower chamber to constrain the executive branch. @comppol.bsky.social @winls.bsky.social

Strong statement from two of my favorite colleagues: www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...

When I started this big book project on open-air drug markets, homelessness, and human rights seven years ago, I had no clue that it was going become so relevant in the US. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/u...

I am so so happy to be part of this absolutely incredible volume with such smart people! Check out my chapter with Jessica Rich on developing a data collection plan that can work for multiple projects and purposes.

It’s publication day! Jen Cyr and I are thrilled to announce Doing Good Qualitative Research. Our goal is simple: help folks produce, publish and evaluate qualitative work (especially for people at places without qual methods). Check it out here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

I am seeing a pattern of quite well disciplined pro-Palestine protesters, trained in non-engagement with counter-protestors, getting arrested after "chaos" breaks out instigated by aggressive pro-Israel counter protesters. It happened at UCLA and could happen at U Chicago.

With almost no exceptions, the only violence involved in these protests has been the violence perpetrated upon the protesters – either by police in riot gear, or by counter-protesters, or in some cases, like at UCLA, both. presswatchers.org/2024/05/jour...

WKCR reporting NYPD threatened to arrest Columbia Journalism School dean Jelani Cobb for attempting to make room for his students to report on the police activity.

As someone who studies government, I want to say as clearly as possible that Trump 2.0 will not be the disorganized shitshow that the first term was. They have a credible plan to govern in an explicitly authoritarian model.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 1! We are looking for nominations for the Norton Long Career Achievement Award recognizes a senior scholar for distinguished contributions to study of urban politics through scholarship, mentoring, & public service. To nominate: connect.apsanet.org/s13/norton-l...

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 1: we are still looking for nominations for the Byran Jackson Award, which recognizes outstanding scholarship by a grad student studying REP in urban setting. $500 prize! Self-nominations welcome. See link for nominating instructions: connect.apsanet.org/s13/byran-ja...

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

Is there a good place to look up political science journal desk-rejection / time-to-accept turnarounds? Bonus points for comparative politics? I feel like I've not seen anything since this, which is only for T&F. polisky