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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · 25d

So fun to see all these articles compiled into a special issue together. Especially delighted to see my work with @erincassese.bsky.social & Gina included here.

Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 27d

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of P&G, we've compiled a list of favorite articles from the tenure of our former and current editors as part of a new Virtual Special Issue.

The selected articles will be ✨ #OpenAccess ✨ until December 2025.

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Title: 20th Anniversary Editors's Choice Collection
Text: In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Politics & Gender(opens in a new tab), past and current journal editors were asked to identify some of their favorite articles published during their editorial terms. Criteria for selecting these articles reflected a mix of considerations, including the impact and originality of the articles – as well as their relevance to understanding the current political climate. Collectively, they reflect the broad reach of the journal, representing different subfields and methodological approaches, as well as the work of junior and more established scholars.

Please enjoy free access to all articles below until the end of December 2025.

For the latest articles from Politics & Gender, follow us on X and Bluesky.

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 27d

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of P&G, we've compiled a list of favorite articles from the tenure of our former and current editors as part of a new Virtual Special Issue.

The selected articles will be ✨ #OpenAccess ✨ until December 2025.

buff.ly/x3lLmuq

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Mona Lena Krook @mlkrook.bsky.social · Sep 9

I am delighted to share the latest virtual special issue at @politicsgenderj.bsky.social, the 20th Anniversary Editors' Choice collection featuring favorite articles of current and past editors over the years.

Articles are free to access until the end of December.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

20th Anniversary Editors’ Choice Collection

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 Meet the Editors: Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics
📅 APSA Annual Meeting, Fri 12, 2:30–3:30pm
📍 Salon Cezanne, Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver

Join the editors for an informal gathering to learn about the series & share your research on gender and politics
www.cambridge.org/core/series/...

Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics

Welcome to Cambridge Core

www.cambridge.org

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · Aug 16

Woot woot! Congrats Cecilia 🥳🥳🥳

Cecilia Josefsson @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social · Aug 6

So excited (and honored, humbled, grateful, and honestly still in disbelief) to share that I've received the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award from @apsa.bsky.social for my book Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas (OUP).

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Cecilia Josefsson Receives the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award for “Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas” -

The Victoria Schuck Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book published on women and politics. Citation from the Award Committee: Cecilia Josefsson’s book, Defending the Status Quo: On [...]

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · Aug 16

Got my copy in the mail today! 🎉
If you haven’t already, checkout this new Element by Amy Alexander & Gefjon Off. 👇

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thanks so much, Bonnie!

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Bonnie Field @bonniefield.bsky.social · Aug 14

Updating your comparative politics, gender & politics or executive politics syllabus (etc.)? Consider this great review article by @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social and @dzobrien.bsky.social - open access
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Gender and Leadership in Executive Branch Politics | Annual Reviews

Gender influences who has access to power, how leaders behave and are received within institutions, and how institutions are perceived. This review examines gender dynamics in the executive branch, fo...

www.annualreviews.org

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Cecilia Josefsson @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social · Aug 6

So excited (and honored, humbled, grateful, and honestly still in disbelief) to share that I've received the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award from @apsa.bsky.social for my book Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas (OUP).

politicalsciencenow.com/cecilia-jose...

Cecilia Josefsson Receives the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award for “Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas” -

The Victoria Schuck Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book published on women and politics. Citation from the Award Committee: Cecilia Josefsson’s book, Defending the Status Quo: On [...]

politicalsciencenow.com

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · Jul 25

📚📚Get your copy here! 📚📚 www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands

Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · Jul 25

Excited to get my copy of Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands by Andrea Aldrich and @zeynsom.bsky.social in the mail today. 📪💌 They examine gender conditions party leaders' candidacy, selection, and survival across 11 European countries.
@dzobrien.bsky.social
@rblaifeder.bsky.social

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · Jul 2

Congrats to Amy Alexander and @gefjonoff.bsky.social‬ on their new @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Element on attitudes towards political authoritarianism. 🎉

Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · Jul 2

New Element Alert 🚨
Download for free for the next two week. 👇

@dzobrien.bsky.social
@rblaifeder.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies

Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies

www.cambridge.org

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · Jul 2

Excited to see my new Annual Review w. @dzobrien.bsky.social out this summer & open access!

Special thanks to our editor @bashleyleeds.bsky.social & all the scholars doing research on gender & the executive branch.

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Gender and Leadership in Executive Branch Politics | Annual Reviews

Gender influences who has access to power, how leaders behave and are received within institutions, and how institutions are perceived. This review examines gender dynamics in the executive branch, fo...

www.annualreviews.org

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · Jul 2

New Element Alert 🚨
Download for free for the next two week. 👇

@dzobrien.bsky.social
@rblaifeder.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies

Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies

www.cambridge.org

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · Jul 2

This is my first (short) book and I am very grateful to my co-author Amy Alexander and the editors @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social and @dzobrien.bsky.social for this amazing experience! 😊

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 28

🌍 European Political Science Society is officially launched (EPSS)!

🗓️ June 26, 2025

📍EPSS is a not-for-profit & member-led association for political science in Europe

👉 Visit us: epssnet.org

Some updates 👇🏽

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EPSS – European Political Science Society

In June 2025, the EPSA Governing Council voted to establish the not-for-profit organisation European Political Science Society (EPSS). Join our listserv and follow this website for more information and join us next summer for Belfast 2026.

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thrilled to see this new Element about party leadership in parliamentary democracy in our Gender & Politics series. 📚📚

👇Free to download for the next two weeks 🥳

@dzobrien.bsky.social @rblaifeder.bsky.social

Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social · Jun 5

I am incredibly proud that my book, co-authored with Andrea Aldrich, is published. Using an original party leadership dataset from 11 parliamentary democracies, Andrea and I show that women candidates face a glass ceiling for leadership and quickly sink once elected (the quicksand theory).

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jun 5

New Cambridge Element 'Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands: Gendered Party Leadership in Parliamentary Systems' by Andrea S. Aldrich & @zeynsom.bsky.social is now free to read for 2 weeks.

cup.org/3HqJXty

#cambridgeelements #politics

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Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social · Jun 5

I am incredibly proud that my book, co-authored with Andrea Aldrich, is published. Using an original party leadership dataset from 11 parliamentary democracies, Andrea and I show that women candidates face a glass ceiling for leadership and quickly sink once elected (the quicksand theory).

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jun 5

New Cambridge Element 'Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands: Gendered Party Leadership in Parliamentary Systems' by Andrea S. Aldrich & @zeynsom.bsky.social is now free to read for 2 weeks.

cup.org/3HqJXty

#cambridgeelements #politics

Front cover of "Cambridge Elements: Gender and Politics - Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands" by Andrea S. Aldrich and Zeynep Somer-Topcu, featuring abstract orange and pink shapes.

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · May 26

Including:
Gendered jobs and local leaders by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @rivb.bsky.social‬ ‪and @mirya.bsky.social‬
Also available as an ebook: solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/44...

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations. Sounds like a great project!

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Christina L. Boyd @theclboyd.bsky.social · May 20

The database "is a comprehensive, public, multi-user data resource containing information about every case decided by the United States Supreme Court from its first decision in 1791 to today."

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · May 19

Spotted our mental load research in the wild 😎 These all sound amazing… sign me up 💯 www.cntraveller.com/article/the-...

The Great Decision Detox: why decision-free holidays are the latest travel trend for women

“The best thing is the reduced cognitive load. You do almost nothing, and it feels like everything.” Holidays where all the decision-making is done for you is on the rise – we take a look at why this ...

www.cntraveller.com

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · May 19

Great workshop in Mexico City at ITAM 🇮🇹 Thanks to all the scholars who shared their research and provided comments. Special thanks to @teele.bsky.social @alucardi1.bsky.social & Juan Pablo Micozzi for hosting us!

Empirical Study of Gender (EGEN) Research Network. @egenpolisci.bsky.social · May 19

We had an amazing time in ITAM in Mexico City for the 17th Empirical Study of Gender (EGEN) workshop! Our workshop brought together scholars from around the world to discuss projects on gender and power, get feedback, and build community. Look at this group of amazing scholars 🤩

A group of scholars stand behind a sign that reads ITAM. There is green lawn to the front and sides of the sign and red buildings in the background.

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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · May 19

Thanks so much to everyone @egenpolisci.bsky.social MEX for the excellent feedback on our research. 🙏🙏🙏

Empirical Study of Gender (EGEN) Research Network. @egenpolisci.bsky.social · May 19

We finished with a plenary! Amanda Clayton workshopped “When the Personal Becomes Political: Sexual Assault and Women’s Political Engagement” & @mirya.bsky.social & @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social got feedback on “How Gendered Opportunities for Political Advancement Shape the Behavior of Legislators”

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Empirical Study of Gender (EGEN) Research Network. @egenpolisci.bsky.social · May 19

We finished with a plenary! Amanda Clayton workshopped “When the Personal Becomes Political: Sexual Assault and Women’s Political Engagement” & @mirya.bsky.social & @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social got feedback on “How Gendered Opportunities for Political Advancement Shape the Behavior of Legislators”

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Empirical Study of Gender (EGEN) Research Network. @egenpolisci.bsky.social · May 19

We had an amazing time in ITAM in Mexico City for the 17th Empirical Study of Gender (EGEN) workshop! Our workshop brought together scholars from around the world to discuss projects on gender and power, get feedback, and build community. Look at this group of amazing scholars 🤩

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Christina L. Boyd @theclboyd.bsky.social · May 15

Today's NSF Funding Highlight: The many dissertation improvement grants (and equivalents) funded by the NSF. These grants are small in size but help launch research agendas & careers. These awards=a better dissertation in scope and design. #LowCostHighImpact

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · May 13

From our new issue: "Legacies of Wartime Sexual Violence: Survivors, Psychological
Harms, and Mobilization" by Summer Lindsey and Carlo Koos. #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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