Assistant Professor at WUSTL Political Science. Comparativist studying electoral systems, distributive politics, political parties, and Mexican institutions. Proud Mexican.
Lucia Motolinia
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I’ll be presenting my book Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior next Monday at the IIS-UNAM Seminario Interinstitucional El Futuro de la Democracia en México. Hope to see you there!
What an honor being invited to discuss my book in UNAM. A link to the event here:
Un honor la invitación para discutir mi libro en este evento. Pueden encontrar el vídeo de la sesión aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/NiYv15k...
Voters know that politicians are rich, but dramatically underestimate just how rich they are write Marko Klašnja of Georgetown University and @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social of Washington University in St. Louis blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
I am so shocked and saddened by this news. Raúl Pacheco-Vega was such a generous and kind person, supporting and offering his wisdom to so many people, far and near. This is just awful. Que descanse en paz.
“Just collect more data” is one of the most common responses to uncertainty in quantitative research.
But in a lot of social science, that advice is impossible—or even misleading. Our new working paper asks: when has a study reached its information limit?
Check it out here: osf.io/preprints/so...
So happy to see this paper finally out!!!!!
My new book, "Unity Through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior," is finally out with Cambridge University Press.
A 20% discount is available on the Cambridge site using the code UYTPM25.
www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
Really enjoyed this conversation on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my new book, Unity Through Particularism. We discuss how electoral institutions shape legislative incentives and what that means for representation.
Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/unity-throug...
‼️ New working paper ‼️
We find bipartisan appeals credibly signal policymaking intentions—on an issue-by-issue basis
We show how and why bipartisan lawmaking persists amid congressional conflict: progress often comes through issue-specific pathways rather than broad consensus between Ds and Rs
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📣 Call for Nominations: Jack Walker Outstanding Article Award
⏳ Deadline: February 27
📧 Email nominations to:
@jmcrosson.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social @garlicksauce.bsky.social @shamiragelbman.bsky.social @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social
