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Political Science Department at Northwestern University @polisciatnu.bsky.social · Nov 16
We're proud to present! 🎉💜 go.bsky.app/8A1Yaub
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Next Thursday we are talking about debt.💵

Chloe Thurston from North Western University (@polisciatnu.bsky.social) will give a lecture on "Indebted Citizens and the Political Development of American Debt".

In cooperation with the American Academy Berlin.

📍 HCA, Atrium
🕰️ November 13, 6:15 p.m.
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Join us in Chambers Hall today at noon for a talk by @polisciatnu.bsky.social's @danigilbert.bsky.social on "Blaming the Victim: Hostage Deservingness and the Politics of Hostage Recovery." spr.ly/633257K1Qx
Blaming the Victim: Hostage Deservingness and the Politics of Hostage Recovery: Institute for Policy Research - Northwestern University
Visiting Scholars and Policy Fellows Programs
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November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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When designing reparations policies, authorities must ensure Black Americans have a seat at the table from the start write @mattnelsen.bsky.social of @univmiami.bsky.social, Monique Newton of @polisciatnu.bsky.social and @asdurso.bsky.social of Georgetown University

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When designing reparations policies, authorities must ensure Black Americans have a seat at the table from the start | USAPP
As the beneficiaries of reparations policies, Black Americans must have a close part of the policy development process.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Thrilled to see @chloethurston.bsky.social joining Perspectives on Politics( @poppublicsphere.bsky.social ) as an Associate Editor - 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 #APE ! 🥳 Congratulations, Chloe!

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Chloe Thurston Joins Perspectives on Politics Editorial Board | Consortium on the American Political Economy
Scholar to shape the discipline's broader conversation on the American political economy
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October 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Interested in a comprehensive look at global economic regulation and governance institutions? Check out this Oxford Handbook, in which Bruce Carruthers and I have a chapter on sovereign debt contracts! 🧵
The Oxford Handbook of Institutions of International Economic Governance and Market Regulation
Abstract. The handbook gathers a multidisciplinary author team to question how international systems of exchange work and evolve. It starts by exploring th
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October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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@chloethurston.bsky.social & Mary McGrath (both at @polisciatnu.bsky.social) join the Perspectives on Politics editorial team as Associate Editors in American Politics!
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Chloe Thurston and Mary McGrath join the Perspectives on Politics editorial team as Associate Editors

APSA is happy to announce that Chloe Thurston, Associate Professor of Political Science and Mary McGrath are joining the Perspectives on Politics editorial team as Associate Editors in American…
Chloe Thurston and Mary McGrath join the Perspectives on Politics editorial team as Associate Editors
APSA is happy to announce that Chloe Thurston, Associate Professor of Political Science and Mary McGrath are joining the Perspectives on Politics editorial team as Associate Editors in American Politics. Chloe Thurston, Associate Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University Professor Thurston’s research is on American political development, political economy, and public policy, with a particular interest in how politics and public policy shape market inequality, including along the lines of race and gender.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Chloe Thurston and Mary McGrath join the Perspectives on Politics editorial team as Associate Editors

APSA is happy to announce that Chloe Thurston, Associate Professor of Political Science and Mary McGrath are joining the Perspectives on Politics editorial team as Associate Editors in American…
Chloe Thurston and Mary McGrath join the Perspectives on Politics editorial team as Associate Editors
APSA is happy to announce that Chloe Thurston, Associate Professor of Political Science and Mary McGrath are joining the Perspectives on Politics editorial team as Associate Editors in American Politics. Chloe Thurston, Associate Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University Professor Thurston’s research is on American political development, political economy, and public policy, with a particular interest in how politics and public policy shape market inequality, including along the lines of race and gender.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Join us in Chambers Hall on Monday at noon for a talk by Tabitha Bonilla on "Anti-CRT or Anti-Me? The Results of Restrictive Education Policies" spr.ly/63323AFIPh
IPR Colloq.: T. Bonilla (IPR/SESP) - Anti-CRT or Anti-Me? The Results of Restrictive Education Policies Date: October 20, 2025 Start time/End Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Location: Chambers Hall, 600 Foster St, Ruan Conference Room, Evanston, IL 60208
October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Please join us in congratulating Chloe Bernadaux, who has been awarded a 2025 Historical Political Economy grant from @hpe-project.bsky.social to support her project "Neoliberal Siege: How Sanctions Reshaped Power and Politics of Legitimacy in Saddam’s Iraq" www.hpeproject.org/grantees

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October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Professor Wendy Pearlman (@wendy-pearlman.bsky.social) joins the UNE Center for Global Humanities (@unecgh.bsky.social) for a presentation on the stunning collapse of the Assad regime in a broader historical context and reminds us of what is at stake, in human terms. www.youtube.com/live/bp4-VmQ...
Understanding Syria - Wendy Pearlman
YouTube video by UNE Center for Global Humanities
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October 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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"This study examines whether mayoral partisan ideology affected pandemic policymaking in Brazilian municipalities, a highly polarized context with a severe COVID-19 health burden."

Professor @blibgober.bsky.social and colleagues via Social Science & Medicine www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Beyond partisan rhetoric: Institutional constraints and local COVID-19 policies in Brazil
Political polarization can influence policy responses, particularly during crises. While institutions aim to counterbalance these effects, their capac…
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October 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Professor Daniel Galvin's Alt-Labor and the New Politics of Workers' Rights @russellsagefdn.bsky.social named 2024 Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics by the Princeton University Industrial Relations Section @ipratnu.bsky.social irs.princeton.edu/post-notewor...
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Over the last half century, two major developments have transformed the nature of workers’ rights and altered the pathways available to low-wage workers to combat their exploitation. First, while national labor law, which regulates unionization and collective bargaining, has grown increasingly ineffective, employment laws establishing minimal workplace standards have proliferated at the state and local levels. Second, as labor unions have declined, a diversity of small, under-resourced nonprofit “alt-labor” groups have emerged in locations across the United States to organize and support marginalized workers. In Alt-Labor and the New Politics of Workers’ Rights, political scientist Daniel J. Galvin draws on rich data and extensive interviews to examine the links between these developments. With nuance and insight, Galvin explains how alt-labor groups are finding creative ways to help their members while navigating the many organizational challenges and structural constraints they face in this new context.
October 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Please join us in congratulating Professor Nicole Wilson (@nicolewilson.bsky.social) for receiving TWO!! awards for her dissertation, “Seeing Like an Estate: Middle-Class Political Behavior After Collective Exit.” www.nicoleewilson.com

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October 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Forthcoming book alert, now with book cover!

Professor Daniel Krcmaric's new book ABOVE THE LAW: The United States and the International Criminal Court via @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org out this December!

Pre-order www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
IMAGE: Book cover of ABOVE THE LAW, showing a U.S. Flag waving about the ICC flag. BOOK ABSTRACT: The United States has traditionally been a great promoter of international justice – forging the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals after World War II and leading the way in creating tribunals to address genocides in Yugoslavia and Rwanda after the Cold War. Yet the US views the International Criminal Court – the culmination of the tribunal-building process – as a dire threat. The US voted against its establishment, passed legislation threatening to invade The Hague, and tried to destroy the ICC with economic sanctions. Delving into the uneasy relationship between the world's superpower and one of its most prominent international institutions, Above the Law explains how the desire to shield American soldiers from unwanted ICC scrutiny is the ultimate source of tension. Offering a sophisticated analysis of the ICC's track record that shows how American fears are overblown, Daniel Krcmaric argues that a more cooperative US policy toward the ICC would benefit both sides.
October 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Will Trump's new executive order “Strengthening Efforts to Protect U.S. Nationals from Wrongful Detention Abroad” help deter hostage diplomacy? Four big questions remain.

Professor @danigilbert.bsky.social via @goodauth.bsky.social

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Trump wants to punish countries that wrongfully detain U.S. citizens
A new executive order aims to strike back against “hostage diplomacy.”
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September 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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"Home is going to the store and not having to pay because the owner knows you and you can just pay tomorrow”

Wendy Pearlman from @polisciatnu.bsky.social talked with Sarah Al Saeid about reoccurring themes of #belonging in the #Syrian #diaspora

Find us on Spotify via 🔗 in bio.

#exile #belonging
September 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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IPR events bring together researchers, policymakers, students, and community members to examine and discuss today’s most pressing social issues. Join us at one (or all!) of our events this fall! 🍂 spr.ly/63323AVzyb
Schedule of IPR events
September 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Next week, join @polisciatnu.bsky.social's Ian Hurd, @loyolachicago.bsky.social's Juliet Sorensen, and Council fellows Cécile Shea and @profpaulpoast.bsky.social as they discuss the evolution and future of multilateralism through the lens of the United Nations' 80th anniversary. brnw.ch/21wVTkc
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September 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Do U.S. elections have a primary problem?

@polisciatnu.bsky.social's Laurel Harbridge-Yong explains how low voter turnout in primaries gives more power to a small group of voters, which can skew representation. Read more: spr.ly/63327AKpFD
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September 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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#OpenAccess from our latest issue -

Negotiating racial subjection: analysing Black and Indigenous resistance from within colonial orders - cup.org/3F8FkmN

- @obrown.bsky.social & @arturochang.bsky.social
Abstract of an International Theory article discussing the need for reevaluating agency and resistance in the context of empire and colonisation, mentioning specific historical examples such as the Black Loyalists and Indigenous colonists of New Granada.
August 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Meet Amanda Sahar d’Urso, 2025 Advancing Research Grants for Early Career Scholars Recipient

Project Title: Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) American Identity in the United States Amanda Sahar d’Urso, Georgetown University Dr. Amanda Sahar d’Urso is an assistant professor of government at…
Meet Amanda Sahar d’Urso, 2025 Advancing Research Grants for Early Career Scholars Recipient
Project Title: Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) American Identity in the United States Amanda Sahar d’Urso, Georgetown University Dr. Amanda Sahar d’Urso is an assistant professor of government at Georgetown University. Her research details how Middle Easterners and North Africans (MENA) have been racialized throughout the 20th and 21st century. Her work is published in Perspectives on Politics, …
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August 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Join us and @ipratnu.bsky.social for a Distinguished Public Policy Lecture with @Ali Zaidi, former White House National Climate Advisor, on September 30.

Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/1412826093...
Ali Zaidi: Distinguished Public Policy Lecture
Join Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research and Trienens Institute for a public policy lecture with Ali Zaidi.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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🚨Calling all REP Members🚨

🗞️Share your news with us🗞️

Kiela Crabtree and I are taking on the annual REP newsletter!

Please send in any news and/or announcements for us to include to Kiela ([email protected])

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August 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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New article with Daniel Encinas. “Cleavages without Parties: Populism and its Voters in Peru.”

Even without stable parties, Peruvian voting is quite predictable. Competition has long been structured by a core–periphery cleavage and a populist narrative of “people vs. elite.”
Link: t.co/P7AuVXzSTZ
August 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Now in Print!

Elizabeth Good (@tgsatnu.bsky.social Ph.D. & @stanfordcisac.bsky.social Postdoc), "Power Over Presence: Women’s Representation in Comprehensive Peace Negotiations and Gender Provision Outcomes" via @apsrjournal.bsky.social

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Power Over Presence: Women’s Representation in Comprehensive Peace Negotiations and Gender Provision Outcomes ELIZABETH GOOD Northwestern University, United States American Political Science Review (2025) 119, 3, 1099–1114 doi:10.1017/S000305542400073X The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) sector assumes increasing the number of women involved in peace negotiations drives better outcomes for local women. However, empirical support for this assumption is inconsistent. This article tests how power alters the relationship between women’s formal (Track 1) involvement in peace negotiations and the inclusion of women-specific provisions in peace agreements. Using an original dataset comprised of 2,299 Track 1 delegates involved in 116 comprehensive peace agreements finalized between 1990 and 2021, I find women’s involvement in peace negotiations is positively correlated to comprehensive agreements containing provisions for women. However, this correlation is dependent on women holding positions of power—simply having women in the room is insufficient. This article offers a novel quantitative approach to WPS studies, provides nuance to theories linking descriptive and substantive representation, and casts doubt on the longstanding assumption that increasing women’s involvement inherently enhances gender equality.
August 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM