#OpenAccess from July 2025 - The Politics of Small Business Owners - cup.org/3GSWFBd "experience of being a small business owner leads people to adopt conservative views on government regulation" - Neil Malhotra, Yotam Margalit & Saikun Shi

#OpenAccess from July 2025 - The Backlash Against Civil Society Participation in International Organizations: The Case of Human Rights Complaints Mechanisms - cup.org/463Vb1m - @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social#OpenAccess& Hannah Marietta Smidt

#OpenAccess from July 2025 - Digital Interdependence and Power Politics - cup.org/3IGmV2e "I theorize that international conflict generates cybersecurity externalities as state and non-state actors directly weaponize digital interdependence." - @harryoppy.bsky.social#OpenAccess

#OpenAccess from July 2025 - How Does Public Opinion Respond to Government Injustices Against Historically Discriminated Minorities? Evidence from Norway - cup.org/4lRGSBG - Helga Malmin Binningsbø, Karin Dyrstad & @finseraas.bsky.social#OpenAccess

#OpenAccess from July 2025 - The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW "politicians drinking beer in a pub appeal particularly to radical right working-class voters" - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social#OpenAccess

From July 2025 - What Is the Point of Harm Reduction? A Relational Egalitarian Perspective - cup.org/44M6gD1 "provision of harm reduction services is not solely or primarily a matter of mitigating the negative consequences associated with high-risk behaviours" - Giacomo Floris

🏛️ Small business and political leanings. A new study in the 'British Journal of Political Science' reveals that current small business owners, especially those with inherited businesses, are more likely to vote right-wing. Read more 🔗 https://cup.org/4mRv5Er

Unveils divergent American and German housing policies over the past century and their major impact on each country's capitalist model. Through the Roof by Alexander Reisenbichler (@utoronto.ca), Out Now 🗺️ 🗃️ #LawSky #BookSky #PolicySky #Housing https://cup.org/47L03JF

You can browse all of our articles so far published in 2025 here - https://cup.org/3Vg7GQA #OpenAccess

#APSA2025 The deadline has been extended until October 1, 2025.

Come by booth 400 at #APSA2025 and check out our latest political science titles!

Missed it in august! But this (with @sumitra.bsky.social) also is out at @bjpols.bsky.social We map how religious beliefs and identities affect the endorsement of falsehoods, and use an experiment in India to test. More to do on the contextual drivers of misinfo, but this is a start. Check it :)

When cities exclude the homeless, it is wrongful discrimination! In @bjpols.bsky.social Knight and I argue that hostile design (anti-sleep benches, spikes on window ledges) should be understood as discriminatory, and wrong for the same reasons as more familiar forms of discrimination. Very proud🥳

Our academic, Steven Klein, and co-author Ethan Porter challenge the view that ordinary citizens are not competent enough to sustain democracy in an article for @bjpols.bsky.social 🗳️ Read more ⬇️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Since the start of 2025 BJPolS has been an #OpenAccess journal. All articles accepted for publication since July 2024 are open access; published with a Creative Commons licence and freely available to read online. Find out about your open access options - https://cup.org/4oKwkXd #OA #APSA2025

Have you seen our #APSA2025 digital booth? Explore the latest research in political science and receive 40% off titles until October 10th. Learn more here: Cambridge.org/APSA

I am really happy that our @bjpols.bsky.social paper on party-system fragmentation and democratic quality has been awarded the Lawrence Longley Best Article Award from the Representation and Electoral Systems section of @apsa.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

NEW - Rethinking Citizen Competence: A New Theoretical and Empirical Framework - cup.org/3I85Zlp - @stevenklein.bsky.social & @ethanvporter.bsky.social #OpenAccess

One of our articles 'The Politics of Small Business Owners' has been referenced by The Hill - https://cup.org/45IbHnb You can read the #OpenAccess article by Neil Malhotra, Yotam Margalit & Saikun Shi here - https://cup.org/3GSWFBd

You can register for new content alerts from the British Journal of Political Science here - cup.org/4lYAvMB BJPolS is now an #OpenAccess journal.

NEW - Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ - @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social #OpenAccess

NEW - Anti-homeless Hostile Design as Wrongful Discrimination - cup.org/45JxUBl - @andreasalbertsen.bsky.social & Carl Knight #OpenAccess

The final paper from my dissertation is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social! I argue that federal agencies collaborate in the policymaking process in order to induce collective action problems in Congress and to pit oversight committees against each other so that agency policies stick.

One of our recent articles 'How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms' has been referenced in a Time magazine article - cup.org/4mANXXT You can read the BJPolS article by @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social article #OpenAccess here - cup.org/4lfeHvD

NEW - Perceptions of Ethnic Minority Discrimination: Statistics and Stories Move Majorities - cup.org/47P73VL "personal stories can increase majorities’ awareness of and willingness to act on the adversity..." - Peter Thisted Dinesen, Clara Vandeweerdt & Kim Mannemar Sønderskov #OpenAccess

NEW - Bargaining Complexity Beyond Arithmetic - cup.org/4lJdugB "We argue that bargaining complexity is best defined as the amount of choice facing the negotiating actors" - @axelcronert.bsky.social & Pär Nyman #OpenAccess

NEW - Quick. But Impactful? United Nations Quick Impact Projects and Violence against Civilians in Civil War - cup.org/4mZSEdA - @joribreslawski.bsky.social & Jacob D. Kathman #OpenAccess

NEW - Executive Policymaking Coalitions, Veto Activation, and Collective Action Problems - cup.org/3UNAjok - Nicholas G. Napolio #OpenAccess

NEW - Parents, Peers and Political Participation: Social Influence among Roommates - cup.org/4oTQEFF "evidence suggests that roommates’ influence on turnout decisions rivals the association between students’ turnout and that of their parents" - Brad T. Gomez & @mtp.bsky.social #OpenAccess

This book exposes the weaponization of surveillance, law, and technology to chill and control us, and how we should respond. Chilling Effects by Jonathon W. Penney, Coming Soon #LawSky #Tech #Politics #USPol 💙📚 #Surveillance #AI https://cup.org/44Iheta

Another great paper by Valentim et al.! If you're more broadly interested in how changing social norms are linked to the success of far-right parties, consider to check out this episode of our podcast. 👇 podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/e...

1/4 Download our new book for FREE! Thiago, Laron, and I explain why studying whether and how voters know what parties want (and who goes with whom) is important and layout a framework for how to do this better. Check out the cover, promotional comic, and abstract cup.org/4mkBibw

NEW - Should Political Discrimination be Unlawful? - cup.org/3HBAVdF "democratic right to exercise political agency... requires that individuals should not be vulnerable to being treated disadvantageously because of their political affiliation" - Thomas W. Simpson #OpenAccess

New Cambridge Element 'Voters' Perceptions of Party Brands' by @fortunato.bsky.social, Thiago N. Silva & Laron K. Williams is now free to read for 2 weeks. cup.org/4mkBibw #cambridgeelements #politics

NEW - The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr - @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social #OpenAccess

NEW - Austerity and Social Spending: Estimating the Long-Run Effects of Fiscal Adjustment - cup.org/4oAi3MF "Ageing populations and slower growth have compelled governments in mature welfare states to implement fiscal adjustments" ‬ - @nilsblossey.bsky.social #OpenAccess

NEW - Measuring Descriptive Representation at Scale: Methods for Predicting the Race and Ethnicity of Public Officials - cup.org/45DAPu6 - Diana Da In Lee & @yamilrvelez.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Center-right politicians erode democractic norms more through rhetoric than their far-right counterparts. A new study looking at Germany🇩🇪 by @dziblatt.bsky.social @valentimvicente.bsky.social & @eliasdinas.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social ‪⤵️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

NEW - Cleaning up Politics: Anti-Corruption Appeals in Electoral Campaigns - cup.org/4msGB8X "Surprisingly, a clean disciplinary record does not substantively enhance a candidate’s anticorruption appeal..." - Sofia Vera #OpenAccess

If you work in message testing or persuasive communication, this may be the most importantly paper you will read this month, perhaps all year. From @carnes.bsky.social and Henderson in @bjpols.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

From June 2025 - Political Activists are Not Driven by Instrumental Motives: Evidence from Two Natural Field Experiments - cup.org/4kfEt2h - @anselmhager.bsky.social, @lukashenselecon.bsky.social, Johannes Hermle & Christopher Roth #OpenAccess

From June 2025 - Varieties of Anxieties: Disaggregating Emotion and Voting Behaviour in the COVID-19 Era - cup.org/46eT5f0 - Ranjit Lall & David Vilalta #OpenAccess #COVID19

From June 2025 - How Do Electoral Outcomes Affect Campaign Contributions? The Role of Personal Loyalty and Investment Motives - cup.org/45EIgCT - Miguel R. Rueda & Nelson A. Ruiz #OpenAccess

From June 2025 - Understanding Voter Fatigue: Election Frequency and Electoral Abstention Approval - cup.org/4enhQaZ "findings hold major implications for our understanding of voter turnout and democratic institutional engineering" - @filipkostelka.bsky.social #OpenAccess

From June 2025 - Beyond Retraumatization: Trauma-Informed Political Science Research - cup.org/4dTaqMt "the paper highlights that a narrowly defined concept of retraumatization can lead us to neglect other trauma-informed concerns" - ‪Amanda Weiss #OpenAccess

Interviewing extremists, even critically, in mainstream news outlets normalizes and increases support for their views

Excited that my paper on early money and dropout decisions is out at @bjpols.bsky.social! A brief thread: Main finding: Experienced candidates who struggle to raise money are more likely to drop out before the primary. Pattern is even more pronounced in the current money-driven era.

If the articles from my PhD were my children this article now published in @bjpols.bsky.social is my favorite. Written together with truly amazing supervisors and mentors, Pieter de Wilde, Oliver Treib, and Lene Aarøe, I had the support I needed in bringing this baby into the world. Summary below 👇

New Cambridge Element 'The Undulating Capacity of the State: Autochthony and Infrastructure Development in African Cities' by Ato Kwamena Onoma is out now. Read free for 2 weeks - cup.org/41C5IO4 #cambridgeelements #politics

NEW - Venturing Beyond the Vote: Routes to Feeling Represented through Unelected Representation - cup.org/4lkNXKt - @andreavik.bsky.social, ‪@pieterdewilde.bsky.social, Oliver Treib & @leneaaroe.bsky.social #OpenAccess