Nic van de Walle passed away yesterday. We have lost a comparativist and Africanist. His book with Mike Bratton helped many of us connect the early debates about democratization to Africa. He was a strong advocate for the study of Africa in the US. Here are some of his works.👇

🍊Fresh out! 🤷 What do we mean when we talk about #constituency service? Edalina Rodrigues Sanches, João Conduto, André Marinhab & Ana Espírito-Santo explain all in their🆕literature review covering >195 studies over4️⃣decades of research #representation #OA 👉 bit.ly/4cR74In

A new article by yours truly exploring the relationship between clientelism and intra-party democracy (IPD) is out in Comparative Political Studies shorturl.at/YfKCq Oxford Politics and IR Oxford School of Global & Area Studies A short thread👇

Que belo lançamento do perfil de uma editora independente mas de provas, já dadas, de trabalho valiosíssimo. Estes dois livros são prova disso.

Recent publications w/ amazing team: Gender, Intraparty Competition, and the Substantive Focus of PQs in South Africa Politics and Governance and What do we mean when we talk about constituency service? A scoping literature review of four decades of research PRXJournal

A super timely article and special issue from Nicholas Kerr, Bridgett King and Michael Wahman on The Global Crisis of Trust in Elections ⤵️ academic.oup.com/poq/advance-ar…

Did somethin today. 💯👊🏿🔥 #FollowTheDogg

I edited a special issue about #populism in #Portugal 🇵🇹 It is titled 'Populism in Portugal: the End of Exceptionalism?' and it's published in Análise Social, Portuguese leading and oldest journal in social sciences. All articles in English & free access! revistas.rcaap.pt/analisesocial/…

Usually, female MPs ask more questions than men about soft policy domains like health and education. Ana Espírito-Santo, Edalina Rodrigues Sanches and Yani Kartalis show that they change focus to hard domains (e.g. economy) when facing tough electoral competition. cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgov…

🤔 Did you know? In Africa, social movements frequently succeed at ousting autocrats. Why isn't this more well-known? Antidemocratic institutions in Africa easily reverse these wins. ⚠LAST DAY FREE! Read today before this essay goes behind a paywall!⚠ muse.jhu.edu/article/930430

Notre partenaire principal, le Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), est à la recherche d'un chargé de la qualité des données pour rejoindre l'équipe Afrobarometer. Clôture des candidatures le 9 août 2024. Rendez-vous sur notre site Web pour en savoir plus:

Jelena Loncar FPN Beograd Kerryn Baker Sonia Palmieri Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) This suggests that electoral incentives can influence women's choices in parliamentary politics. shorturl.at/NWZNv Yani Kartalis Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science CEI Edalina Rodrigues Sanches

These are in the cloakroom - Harriet at the main conference desk can give access if anyone would like a copy! #ASAUK24

It's project HOME final conference! Join us on sep 10 at Instituto de Ciências Sociais | ULisboa or via zoom. An excellent group of researchers will share findings on representation, accountability and responsiveness in Africa! Wayne Sandholtz Letlhogonolo Letshele Beatriz Rey CEI

Congratulations to Nikolaos Frantzeskakis for winning this well-deserved award for his fabulous dissertation on parliamentary representation in Africa. We have great students at MSU!

Very important piece from Catherine Moury on the near-silence over Gaza within the political science community. It gives voice to a lot of the thoughts and emotions that I and many others have had on this topic over the past year. theloop.ecpr.eu/what-can-polit…

It's tmrw!! Join us in presence or online videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/88460863416?…

Does #Africa deserve at least one #permanent #seat on the United Nations Security Council? Absolutely! bit.ly/4dJHQMG

Our article has been awarded the 2024 GESIS Klingemann Prize. I am truly grateful to CSES GESIS and the Selection Committee for this distinction. If you would like to read the article, it is available OA here: doi.org/10.1017/S00030…

It's time 🔥 30 September Final conference of POLAR Both in person at ICS and online --------------- 30 de setembro Conferência final do POLAR Tanto presencialmente no ICS como em linha 1/3 👇 ics.ulisboa.pt/evento/authori…