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Eric Patashnik

@ericpatashnik.bsky.social

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Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy and Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University. https://home.watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/watson-faculty/eric-patashnik

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · Apr 16

Today at 430pm -- my book panel with amazing discussants Andrea Campbell, David Mayhew, Jim Morone, moderated by @profwschiller.bsky.social
@watsoninstitute.bsky.social @brownupolisci.bsky.social
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Eric Patashnik — Countermobilization: Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized Age

Join the Watson Institute for a panel discussion about Professor Eric Patashnik’s new book, Countermobilization: Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized ...

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · 6d

This was such a nice surprise. @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social @brownupolisci.bsky.social

Krissy Lunz Trujillo @klunztrujillo.bsky.social · 6d

This year the section awarded Eric Patashnik (
@ericpatashnik.bsky.social
) the Award for Outstanding Public Engagement, given to an individual who has been working to improve health and the healthcare system by actively engaging in politics and policy making:

Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · 8d

Many thanks to @elizabethlinos.bsky.social for speaking today
@taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social. So many insights into using cutting-edge research to improve government performance!

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · 11d

Looking forward to @elizabethlinos.bsky.social's Politics & Policy talk to @brown.edu students next Monday, hosted by @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
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Politics & Policy Lunch: Public Sector Innovation with Professor Elizabeth Linos

Join us for the Politics & Policy Lunch series featuring Professor Elizabeth Linos, Faculty Director of The People Lab at Harvard Kennedy Schoo...

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Rob Mickey @robmickey.bsky.social · 12d

This book is really important!

Michael Albertus @mikealbertus.bsky.social · 12d

My interview with @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Dean Will Howell and @stanforduniversity.bsky.social Prof. Terry Moe, leading experts on the American presidency, on their important new book The Rise of the Strongman Presidency @princetonupress.bsky.social

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The Rise of the Strongman Presidency

My interview with Johns Hopkins Professor William Howell and Stanford Professor Terry Moe on their new book on the transformation of presidential power

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 12d

You've heard me talk about it.
You've seen me write about it.
And now it's your chance to pre-order my forthcoming book Coverage Denied!

Combining survey & administrative data with extensive interviews, my book highlights the harms caused by coverage barriers. Hope you'll read it!
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 12d

Coming 2026!

@mirandayaver.bsky.social's Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States is a sobering account of the ways in which coverage denials damage patient health and exacerbate inequalities.

Pre-order now! 🗺️ 🩺📊

https://cup.org/4nfM2IM

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · 15d

I am excited to announce that @nytimes.com columnist @jamellebouie.net will give the Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social on Oct 8 on the vital question, "What's the Matter with American Democracy?"
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Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture: Jamelle Bouie (NY Times Columnist), “What’s The Matter With American Democracy?”

Join the Taubman Center for the annual Noah Krieger Memorial Lecture as New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie delivers a provocative examination o...

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · 16d

Glad the book continues to a be a useful resource for faculty and students. Gene & I welcome suggestions for improvements we can make in the next edition, especially relating to the challenges of policy analysis in an era of AI and whatever we wish to call the current political moment. Email me.

Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 16d

Today in Introduction to Health Policy, I'm teaching my students how to do policy analyses, which means I get to teach Bardach and @ericpatashnik.bsky.social's The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving. Truly essential for those of us teaching in this space.

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · 19d

Looking forward to the panel on 9-29 celebrating the publication of "House of Diggs" by my @brownupolisci.bsky.social colleague Marion Orr. The book provides the first biography of Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr., a founder of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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House of Diggs: A Book Talk with Dr. Marion Orr

Join the Taubman Center for American Politics & Policy for a special Politics & Policy event celebrating the launch of House of Diggs!

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Watson School at Brown @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social · 29d

The launch of the Watson School also brought John Friedman as inaugural dean, with new leaders for three centers: @pheller.bsky.social at Saxena Center, @ericpatashnik.bsky.social at @taubmancenter.bsky.social, and @ievajusionyte.bsky.social at CHRHS.

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New leadership at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs for 2025-2026

New directors have been appointed at three centers within The Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University.

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am honored to have been appointed director of @taubmancenter.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social

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New leadership at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs for 2025-2026

New directors have been appointed at three centers within The Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University.

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Courtney Boen @courtneyboen.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚨 Job! 🚨

Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).

Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655

Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!

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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · Aug 27

Yellen not at all pulling her punches in this op-ed for the FT www.ft.com/content/d2ea...

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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · Aug 27

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!

On the #Decline of #Elite-#Educated #Republicans in #Congress

By Craig Volden, Jonathan Wai & Alan E. Wiseman

doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · Aug 26

The 1994 ambient/ techno album entitled -- wait for it -- "PATASHNIK" by the Norwegian electronic musician and composer Biosphere is not bad background sound for working on a syllabus. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ-M...

Biosphere – Patashnik 1994 [Album]

YouTube video by Ir Zoff

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Jon Oberlander @oberlanderunc.bsky.social · Jul 31

The One Big Beautiful Bill is a big step back for US health policy. My take in @nejm.org

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · Jul 31

A new article by David Mayhew and Ethan Yan on "memorable drives" to repeal congressional measures targeting Prohibition, the Taft–Hartley Act, and the ACA. "A congressional enactment can be just a first draft."
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Intensity, Geography, and Time: Three Controversies Indexed by Major Repeal Drives | Studies in American Political Development | Cambridge Core

Intensity, Geography, and Time: Three Controversies Indexed by Major Repeal Drives

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Jon Oberlander @oberlanderunc.bsky.social · Jul 30

And Medicare: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

Volume 50 Issue 4 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Jon Oberlander @oberlanderunc.bsky.social · Jul 30

@jhppl.bsky.social has published birthday cards in the form of special issues celebrating the 60th anniversary of Medicaid’s enactment: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

Volume 50 Issue 2 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Jon Oberlander @oberlanderunc.bsky.social · Jul 30

Happy 60th birthday to Medicare and Medicaid! Hang in there, I hear 60 is the new 40

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · Jul 29

Tons of my colleagues at @americanprogress.bsky.social undertook the Herculean task of creating a timeline for when various parts of the "big beautiful bill" begin and when various temporary provisions end. You can read it here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Implementation Timeline of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

An overview of when the cuts to basic needs programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, and student loans and other provisions in the Republicans’ OBBBA go into effect.

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Watson School at Brown @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social · Jul 25

NEW Trending Globally #podcast: What does the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for America? — Dan Richards talks with @ericpatashnik.bsky.social & Margaret Weir about Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” what it means for American society, the GOP, & the 2026 midterms.

What does the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for America?

Quickly and easily listen to Trending Globally: Politics and Policy for free!

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Jon Oberlander @oberlanderunc.bsky.social · Jul 29

New in JHPPL: special issue marking Medicare’s 60th anniversary.

read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

Volume 50 Issue 4 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · Jul 23

I enjoyed talking about the One Big Beautiful Bill with my @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social colleague Margaret Weir
on the Trending Globally #podcast, hosted by Dan Richards.
player.captivate.fm/episode/05f3...

What does the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for America?

Quickly and easily listen to Trending Globally: Politics and Policy for free!

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · Jul 23

What does the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for America?

Quickly and easily listen to Trending Globally: Politics and Policy for free!

player.captivate.fm

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Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · Jul 11

Wow!