New publication just out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social: using household panel data from Germany, I show that residential moves are associated with declines in local-level engagement but have no effect on national-level engagement.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
... but strongly predict local-level engagement: respondents with stronger local attachments are relatively more engaged in local vs. national politics.
In today’s Got Theory? we are featuring @hanslueders.bsky.social 2024 World Politics article, in which he theorizes that #regime change makes citizens' #political attitudes malleable. Lueders tests his theory using #Germany as his case. Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
I'm especially excited about this publication: now all three of my dissertation papers have found a home!
New article with @elizabethelder.bsky.social out in @polbehavior.bsky.social. We develop a concept and measure of place attachments that is distinct from place identity.
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
We use original surveys from the United States and Germany to study attachments to respondents' place of residence. These local attachments are different from local identities, are equally strong in rural and urban areas, are largely uncorrelated with objective measures of place quality...
Out today in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
Emigration from closed autocracies is often thought to serve as a safety valve and improve stability. I show that it can also backfire and create more demand for emigration, thus raising popular pressure on the regime.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...