Got Theory? @chknutsen.bsky.social and @palinakolvani.bsky.social do. In their WP article they theorize how #regime type and #statecapacity shape the abilities and incentives of #political #leaders to respond to #COVID-19. Read their full article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Got Theory? Mai Hassan and Kathleen Klaus theorize that the property rights gap in #Kenya is less likely to close in #autocratic #regimes compared to #democratic regimes. Learn more about the centrality of land to Keynan #politics here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Today in Encode/Decode: Jeffrey A. Friedman uses a #preregistered #survey #experiment to show how #presidential #candidates use unpopular #foreign #policies to portray attractive personal traits. Read how it affects voters here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Time for another Encode/Decode! We look into how Hans Lueders uses #data to test his theory that #regime change makes citizens' #political attitudes malleable. Read his full article, “When Democracy Brings Insecurity,” here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Got Theory? Andrew Rys and David A. Steinberg theorize that #globalization can have an even more profound impact on #partisan #politics, fully reversing the positions of left and right #parties. Read their full WP article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Do you follow WP author @kchriswell.bsky.social? While you are checking out her posts, have a read of her April issue article in which she uses the case of #Mexico to explore when and how #citizens organize to #resist #criminal group presence. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... #StateCapacity #CivilSociety
Has #AI killed the #punctuation star---the em dash? Emphatically, no! As @npr.org reminded us more than a year ago: It's not its use per se that points to AI, it's its incorrect use. When used correctly, it can be a powerful punctuation mark---for the writer & reader. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Encode/Decode! Maayan Mor and Carles Boix employ #data to prove their hypothesis that #socialist #parties in #Europe nominated #working-class candidates where the share of working-class voters was close to the #electoral threshold needed to win a seat. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... #vote
It’s time to Hype that Hypothesis! In his article, “Concept Misformation in the Age of Democratic Anxiety,” Kurt Weyland hypothesizes that #political and #technological #developments may have contributed to terminological loosening. Discover what this means for all of us: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Using interviews and #geospatial #data from two South African provinces, @dyzenhaus.bsky.social finds in his April article that landholders made #land #reform work for them and in doing so, "the redistribution of land reinforced past forms of #segregation." #race #SouthAfrica doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
