Anyone teaching Intro CP/Institutions: what's going on in Israel now is a perfect ex of reform of "judicial review" into its opposite, "parliamentary supremacy," and a rare ex of substantial change in nature of separation of powers (and, most countries moved other way since WWII)

Punch line of my new PoP piece, which examines US, EU & Vatican: "Changes in international politics has left democracy with weaker ideational support in the global arena, potentially facilitating backsliding." https://t.co/8Lmq4gZlGc

I wrote a little thing w my student @karinebelarmino about why Lula likely *won't* have to worry about polarization with evangelical leaders & their supporters https://t.co/c4SEaESwQA

After how many years, achievement unlocked? Copy editor of forthcoming article said "It was a huge pleasure to read your work on this fascinating (albeit worrying) topic." Usually I just argue w/copy eds about commas and capitalization...?

“Nice religion you have here. It would be a shame if something happened to it.”

Very excited to see my paper with Timm out at CPS! (open access) We argue that: Political turnover prompts newly politically connected individuals to take, and newly disconnected individuals to cede, ownership of firms. (thread 1/5)

Here's how it appears to have gone down. FBI, for months: You have classified documents. Please turn them over. Trump: Make me. FBI, finally: (Sigh) Okay.

UMN is hiring TT in comparative politics. Deadline 9/25. For info and to apply, go to https://t.co/8JbNcmoHQy, job opening ID 351091. (Ad not posted on APSA ejobs yet, should be soon.)

Agree - we tried a "preregistration" trial run at CPS and found the costs outweigh the benefits

Finally, Kaustav Chakrabarti of Ashoka University wins the section's "Best Fieldwork" award for his dissertation fieldwork in Nagaland, Mizoram, and Manipur, India. Thanks to the cmte: @PostSovietGraf, @MichWeitzel & @MalikMashail

@roya_talibova (Vanderbilt) wins our "Best Paper" prize for her “Repression, Military Service, and Insurrection” https://t.co/8F3SXMzg24. Thanks to the cmte: Erin Lin (OSU), @nikhargaikwad & @noahzucker

@aspaglayan (UCSD) wins our section's Best Article award, for https://t.co/sLjk5hUxGr. Thanks to the prize cmte, @sh_grewal, @Matt__Graham & @VDjuve

@brynrosenfeld (Cornell) wins our Best Book prize for https://t.co/UhNI4rOVpq. Thanks to the prize cmte: @mattinglee, @sjleyg @Gtrejo29

@sashadevo of @NYUJordanCenter is our winner of the Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation, for her thesis "Protest, Mobilization, Concessions, and Policy Change in Autocracies." Thanks to the prize cmte: @JaneEsberg (Princeton/ICG) David Art (Tufts) & Irfan Nooruddin (Georgetown)

One of the best jobs of a section chair is to spread good news - prize winners. APSA's Democracy & Autocracy section has five to announce:

Op-Ed: What will it take for Germany, Europe's heavyweight, to stand up to Russia? - by @AnnaGBusse https://t.co/67No5K1ehs

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2022 Emerging Scholars Workshop for early-career scholars working on Democracy and Autocracy The Democracy and Autocracy Section of the (APSA) is pleased to announce a Call for Applications from early-career scholars in developing countries. 1/

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2022 Graduate Student Workshop The Democracy and Autocracy Section of the (APSA) is pleased to announce a Call for Applications from graduate students who are interested in participating in a workshop at the 2022 APSA Annual Meeting. 1/

So @apsrjournal have written an interesting piece on what makes submitting there different to submitting to a 'subfield journal' such as, well, @cps_journal (which they mention). I have some thoughts as editor of aforementioned subfield journal... https://t.co/fB8fWgCrmp

New online @bartbonikowski (NYU) @simonsen_kris (Aarhus) explore (thru survey experiments) in US/Denmark impact of "moralizing" rhetoric on immigration policy opinions. Find rhetoric solidifies **but doesn't change** attitudes. Imp for polarization debate