Matthew Rhodes-Purdy
@matthewpurdy123
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Clemson Asst. Prof, scholar of populism, democracy, and political psychology, coauthor of Age of Discontent, dad to two wonderfully bizarre small humans.
Clemson, SC
Joined May 2013
Want to learn how economic insecurity and inequality have inflamed racial, ethnic, religious, and political tensions all over the world since the 2008 crisis? eBook now available at much more affordable price, paperback available in May!
Resolves a key theoretical debate of economics vs. culture using a broad comparative perspective that includes multiple world regions. Out Now : The Age of Discontent by @matthewpurdy123 @RachelNavarre & Stephen Utych https://t.co/9XnFbfKa8B
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New technologies don't necessarily mean new politics. To understand why, check out this great new book on political party use of new information and communication techs by @NandoRosenblatt @rafaelpineiror and coauthors: https://t.co/3bttj9l3Da
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Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - Parties and New Technologies in Latin America
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Data beatings will continue until morale improves.
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Apropos of nothing everyone should read this article on left populism in Latin America. Compared to technocratic leftism, populist leaders successfully activated poor + working class constituencies, cutting the gordian knot of political-economic inequality https://t.co/wSkDOle5Bp
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Glad to know #ageofdiscontent is helping people understand what's happening...less glad to know it's still very relevant to US politics. https://t.co/GS4DQ6TxTu
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An overview of expert analysis on the appeal of Trump’s authoritarian populism and the future of democracy in the United States The recent victory of Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election...
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Exciting news! @matthewpurdy123 @aysed_9 and I are thrilled to have received a DOD grant to study U.S. security cooperation with Pakistan and the Philippines! Exciting work ahead on critical defense partnerships in an era of info warfare & great power competition 🇺🇸🇵🇰🇵🇭
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Thrilled to announce that Age of Discontent has won the David O. Sears Best Book on Mass Politics from the ISPP International Society of Political Psychology! @PolPsyISPP @drsteveu @RachelNavarre
https://t.co/CNyx93MZ3Q
cambridge.org
Cambridge Core - Political Economy - The Age of Discontent
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Another exciting announcement: proud to introduce our US Scholars heading to the UK for 2024-25! Join us in wishing them a wonderful adventure across the Atlantic! Learn more about our US Scholars and other Fulbrighters here: https://t.co/QLpX5YJ8Aa
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4/6 New Books: The Age of Discontent - Populism, Extremism, and Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary Democracies, by @matthewpurdy123, @RachelNavarre, and Stephen Utych https://t.co/7reLaTyuMv
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📚Summer Reading Goals. I'm reading recent scholarship on populism: just finished @JulioFCarrion1's book (I recommend!), and really looking forward to new ones from Kurt Weyland and @matthewpurdy123/@RachelNavarre /S. Uytich. Also revisiting some classics of Cent. Amer. history.
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It's official: starting next year I will be an Associate Professor with tenure at Clemson!
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NIMBYs love weaponizing making the perfect the enemy of the good. Generous social housing policy > market housing policy sure, but market > ridiculous antisocial current housing market and zoning rules
So many people, w/o a hint of shame, will pretend to not see any difference between a) Giving rich people more money and hoping they do socially beneficial things with it b) Allowing rich people to do a thing with the money they already have that we know is socially beneficial
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.@matthewpurdy123 joins us this week on Democracy Works to discuss political discontent and how it destabilizes democracy. He is one of the authors of "The Age of Discontent, out now from @CambridgeUP Listen to the interview: https://t.co/qU5bxWXnoW
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Hey all! Had a great conversation with @demworks about our new book (w/@RachelNavarre and @drsteveu), focused on the solutions to democratic discontent we discuss in The Age of Discontent. https://t.co/J8c5sabiRX
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Random notes about the Portuguese election in this thread throughout the next few days. Let's start with a look at how fast the radical right Chega has grown in comparison with its existing Southern European counterparts. (1)
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At long last, we are excited to share this new @cps_journal piece, inspired by the work of Edward Telles, @rosario_ap Gladys Mitchell-Walthour @ProfClealand, @prof_jmorgan @dmorenomo @EliasDinas @Jenniferhochsc2 @AJanusz Marcus Johnson @GabeLenz & others! https://t.co/TqaJEbKpuC
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So happy to report that I'll be spending the Spring 2025 semester (along with Hank) as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar at the University of Manchester! So excited to start an extremely important project on democratization and popular organization with @NandoRosenblatt.
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Great article about economic insecurity and its causal role in populism! Interesting that the effect on right-wing populism is clearer than on the left-wing populism. And of course it's always nice to see outside support for our work in Age of Discontent @RachelNavarre
Excited to share our article just out in @BJPolS #OpenAccess. The first meta-analysis of the evidence of a causal association between economic #insecurity and #populism provides a definite answer confirming that economic insecurity is a robust cause. @ManuSeral @alexdmoise
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Thanks @RyanECarlin1 for participating in our new series! Thrilled to have you coming.
I'm super excited for my first visit to @ClemsonUniv! Thank you to @matthewpurdy123 & @joeura for the invitation to present work from the @ExecApproval Project' NSF grant project. Looking forward to meeting more of the faculty and students!
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Happy (UK) pub day to DEMOCRACY'S RESILIENCE TO POPULISM'S THREAT and huge thanks to the @CUPBookshop for this wonderful display! @CUP_PoliSci @CambridgeUP
Happy publication to Kurt Weyland on the release of his latest book, Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat https://t.co/DJOuD1C0xc
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