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Daniel Ziblatt

@dziblatt.bsky.social

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Eaton Professor of Government & Director, Center for European Studies @Harvard/ WZB Berlin/author of 'Tyranny of the Minority', 'How Democracies Die', & 'Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.'

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Daniel Ziblatt is an American political scientist who has been Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University since 2018.

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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 20h

What a moving evening at the Academy of Arts: @betoorourke.bsky.social, U.S. Democrat from Texas, and @annaluehrmann.bsky.social (Die Grünen) offered convincing analyses about the state of democracy on both sides of the Atlantic, providing critical yet hopeful perspectives.
📸Bernhard Ludewig

The panel with Anna Lühmann, Anna Sauerbrey and Beto O’Rourke.

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 1d

Beto O‘Rourke: ”We still have time to resist“.

Excited for the 1. Annual Interdisciplinary @wzb.bsky.social Conference "The Future of #Democracy?", starting tonight with the public dialogue "Democracy at Stake: A Conversation Across the Atlantic", also featuring Anna Lührmann MdB

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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 1d

We are excited that our first annual interdisciplinary WZB conference "The Future of #Democracy?" starts this evening with a public dialogue on "Democracy at Stake", featuring U.S. Democrat @betoorourke.bsky.social and @annaluehrmann.bsky.social at Akademie der Künste, Berlin.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

"When the mainstream right loses its confidence, when it starts to chase the buzzwords and symbolic politics of the far right, it hands them the steering wheel." Top piece from @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social, referencing @dziblatt.bsky.social's excellent book.

Enjoying the implosion of the Tories? That’s understandable – but completely wrong | Zoe Williams

The world’s most successful democratic party is in a death spiral of its own making – leaving no moderate bulwark between the moderate and truly far right, writes Zoe Williams

www.theguardian.com

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 4d

Protection racket

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360 Magazine @360nl.bsky.social · 17d

Meest gelezen op 360magazine.nl: ‘Reacties die eerst nog pragmatisch lijken – zoals een compromis sluiten – leiden uiteindelijk tot de ondergang van de democratie’, waarschuwt Daniel Ziblatt. https://www.360magazine.nl/met-elke-concessie-worden-autocraten-brutaler-en-wordt-terugdraaien-moeilijker/

‘Met elke concessie worden autocraten brutaler en wordt terugdraaien moeilijker’

De geschiedenis van de Weimarrepubliek herinnert ons eraan dat de afbrokkeling van de democratie vaak geleidelijk gaat.

www.360magazine.nl

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 28d

So happy w this great series at Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social

Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 28d

📚The Fall Graduate Student Research Workshop schedule is live! Come support your peers, hear exciting research-in-progress, and join thoughtful discussions 💬

Interested in presenting your work or staying in the loop? Reach out to our seminar chairs ➡️ ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups...

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 28d

Thrilled to announce our 1st Interdisciplinary conference on "The Future of Democracy"— Oct 8–10 @ WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social for researchers (and practitioners), co-hosted w/ Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln & Michael Zürn.
🔗 Program: www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s...
📝 Register: events.wzb.eu/dialogue81025/

1st Annual Interdisciplinary WZB Conference

www.wzb.eu

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 28d

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Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · Sep 7

New publication alert: "Legacies of Repression and Resistance in Early 20th Century Europe", at Comparative Political Studies. With @andrearuggeri.bsky.social and @apvjustino.bsky.social
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Legacies of Repression and Resistance in Early 20th Century Europe - Andrea Ruggeri, Laia Balcells, Patricia Justino, 2025

Authoritarian and violent experiences affect the institutional settings of post-dictatorial regimes. However, we still lack a comprehensive knowledge on how loc...

journals.sagepub.com

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Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · Sep 4

📚🏛️Welcome back to campus! Join us at our Open House next week to meet our faculty and fellow Europeanists 🇪🇺 Discover what CES has to offer!

🗓️ Sep 10, 4:30-6:00pm
📍Adolphus Busch Hall

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Sep 4

So thrilled that @wzbdemocracy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellow @boesevanessa.bsky.social has received this prestigious and important grant for important work on the global evolution of democracy.

WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulation, @boesevanessa.bsky.social! The WZB researcher has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for her work on regime types and socioeconomic interactions.
www.wzb.eu/en/press-rel...
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social @blfirestone.bsky.social

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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Sep 2

First day of a new school year

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Aug 29

One of our recent articles 'How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms' has been referenced in a Time magazine article - cup.org/4mANXXT

You can read the BJPolS article by @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social article #OpenAccess here - cup.org/4lfeHvD

Britain Is Getting the Immigration Debate All Wrong

There are worrying signs about the country's direction, as Reform tops the polls, and mainstream politicians chase the far right, writes Jonathan Portes.

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Aug 28

A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today

www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...

Warnings From Weimar

Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Aug 13

A re-run

"Why autocrats love emergencies" (2019)

www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/o...

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Aug 12

Vicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Aug 11

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How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD

"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"

- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social

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BJPolS abstract discussing the dynamics of mainstream and radical political rhetoric regarding anti-immigrant policies, highlighting differences in societal responses and enforcement norms based on the source of the rhetoric.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Fabio Ellger @fabioellger.bsky.social · Aug 7

Excited to host the 4th iteration of the Transformations of Democracy Junior Scholars Workshop at WZB Berlin together with Hanno Hilbig!
Amazing talks & exchanges with colleagues from Princeton, Harvard, UC Davis, Toulouse School of Economics, Copenhagen, Humboldt, Chemnitz, EUI, and beyond..

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Jul 23

Bigger issues at stake I understand, but btw, I am big Chauncey Creek fan. Didnt know they sold t shirts!

Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Jul 13

I spy Goltzstrasse

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Jul 2

Past as prologue: those who attacked the French parliament on Feb 6 1934...

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Jun 10

From my undergraduate lecture notes on the Weimar Republic's collapse

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