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Mariely Lopez-Santana
@marielylopezs.bsky.social
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Assoc Prof of PoliSci at ScharSchool (GMU). Co-editor of Regional and Federal Studies; MPE co-director. Comparative PolEcon, Welfare, Federalism, and Debt. UMICH grad. Jerezana. 🇵🇷
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 7d
States are facing catastrophic SNAP cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill--North Carolina is saying they may shutter their SNAP program. The Bill cuts the budget to administer SNAP, charges states billions for making administrative mistakes, all while adding even more admin complexity to the program.
Eligibility guidelines are complicated—and especially so now with new work requirements. Beneficiaries’ incomes and work patterns are also complicated—their employment is unstable and often intermittent given how low-wage labor markets function. Moreover, their expenses, like childcare costs, are highly variable, but also critical to determining eligibility and benefit levels. The interaction, inevitably, leads to mistakes. Importantly, error rates also include procedural mistakes—like a missing form—even if the benefit is correct.
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Mariely Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs.bsky.social · 7d
Those Conservatives who are loosing it about Bad Bunny are forgetting about the basic principle that makes this country go round—- $.

As capitalists, they “just need follow the $”… the “rest” is just frosting.
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Mariely Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs.bsky.social · 21d
Call for proposals for the 2026 IPSA Research Committee Colloquium co-hosted by
@IPSA_RC28

Minorities under Siege? Plural Societies Facing Plural Challenges
June 23-26, 2026
Bolzano, Italy

For more information, see:
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#federalism #multilevelgovernance
rc14.ipsa.org - Bolzano/Bozen 2026
Image credit: Eurac Research | Marion Lafogler
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Mariely Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs.bsky.social · 26d
Indeed. Feel free to PM me
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · 27d
✈️ 🤝 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 at the 121st @apsa.bsky.social Annual Meeting & Exhibition!
@marielylopezs.bsky.social is happy to discuss your ideas for the journal in Vancouver.

Here the 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹’𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/0/0

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Mariely Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs.bsky.social · 27d
Today at @apsa.bsky.social conference we will be discussing the governance of debt from a comparative perspective. #Federalism #multilevelgovernance
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Mariely Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs.bsky.social · Sep 5
Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations Scholars (& Co.) who will be attending @apsrjournal.bsky.social

We've put together a solid lineup covering a wide range of topics: Democ. Backsliding; Migration; Debt; Social & Education; and an AMCP panel (Rocco's "Counting Like a State"):
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APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Aug 27
​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇸🇪 D. Feltenius and J. Wilde investigated the process behind 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 between the central government and the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR).
🔓 #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#regions #sweden #healthcare
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Aug 29
🏛️ The @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Thessaloniki has ended.
✍️ Take another look at your papers. Members of the @ecprfederalism.bsky.social and all other participants who dealt with federalism/regionalism are welcome to submit them to us!
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Sep 1
🇨🇲 How intergroup contact with Francophones shapes Anglophone 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗻

Read the new article by Elvis Nshom here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Cameroon #federalism #secession
How intergroup contact with Francophones shapes Anglophone support for independence and federalism in Cameroon
As a result of its colonial legacy, Cameroon is currently composed of two major linguistic communities: Anglophones and Francophones. Over the past nine years since 2016, the country has been embro...
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Sep 3
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇧🇪 The end of the ‘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗱’? Generational differences in 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 among Belgian Dutch-speakers

Read the new article by Ann-Mireille Sautter here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Belgium #regionalization #Dutch
The end of the ‘consociational mood’? Generational differences in sense-making of regionalization among Belgian Dutch-speakers
Regionalization has become increasingly salient for citizens. To assess whether citizens perceive the process as legitimate, studies have increasingly focused on understanding public opinion toward...
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · Sep 4
With an original survey, @fmortiz.bsky.social finds that conspiracy thinking is racially patterned, responsive to reminders of state violence, and consequential for democratic engagement. ⚡ Find @umisrcps.bsky.social #ISRNextGeneration scholars at #APSA2025.
Enduring Wounds: The Legacy of Racially-Targetted Institutional Violence In Event: Racial Violence, History, and Contemporary US Politics Fri, September 12, 2:00 to 3:30pm PDT Franshelly Marie Martinez-Ortiz, University of Michigan ISR Next Generation Scholar
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Mariely Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs.bsky.social · Sep 4
Next week, I will be attending the @apsrjournal.bsky.social Annual Conference in Vancouver.

As a co-editor of @regfedst.bsky.social, I am available to meet to discuss potential submissions. Feel free to DM me.
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Aug 12
🇷🇺 What is the the role of 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of local elites in power dynamics in 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮’s authoritarian federalist system?
🔓📌Find out in the #openaccess article by Olga Masyutina here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2520977

#Russia #corruption #elites
Summary of anti-corruption cases against Russian mayors, 2002-2022. N = 109.
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Aug 13
🇳🇬What are the patterns of 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 in 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮?
📌Find out in the article by Elena Semenova & Nkwachukwu Orji here 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2024.2319730
It is part of our latest 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 👉https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/35/3?nav=tocList
#Nigeria #politics #career
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Aug 18
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
🇪🇹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in federal systems: notion, manner and country practices

Read the new article by Habtamu Sitotaw Semahagne and Brightman Gebremichael Ganta here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Ethiopia #land #governance
Land governance power delegation in federal systems: notion, manner and country practices
This article seeks to analyse the concept of power delegation within the realm of land governance, examining the methodologies employed and the experiences of different countries. The objective is ...
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Aug 20
📰𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Take a look to the new Issue of Regional & Federal Studies, Volume 35, Issue 4 (2025) 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/3...
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Mariely Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs.bsky.social · Aug 7
Aquelles q estan en PR no se pierdan esta charla
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Mariely Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs.bsky.social · Aug 7
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Mariely Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs.bsky.social · Aug 6
While the White House is right in asserting that the Board is a problematic body, we should expect a deepening of its austerity agenda.

If interested in this topic, check out this paper: academic.oup.com/publius/arti...
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Jun 26
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Politicized corruption in authoritarian multilevel states: anti-corruption prosecution of local elites in Russia

🇷🇺🔓 Read the new #OpenAccess article by Olga Masyutina here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Russia #corruption #repression #local
Politicized corruption in authoritarian multilevel states: anti-corruption prosecution of local elites in Russia
Corruption is the nexus of diverse strategies of power preservation in autocracies. It can be used to both co-opt elites and to sideline rivals. The fight against corruption can also become an impo...
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Jun 30
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
The impact of 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 on resource rent distribution in 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮

🇨🇴🔓 Read the new #openaccess article by Maria Antonieta Collazos-Ortiz, Pui-Hang Wong & David Andrés Londoño Bedoya
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Colombia #transfers #rents #politics
The impact of political alignment on resource rent distribution in Colombia
Subnational governments that are politically aligned with the central government tend to receive more fiscal resources than their non-aligned counterparts. However, the motivations behind this patt...
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Jul 2
🇳🇬🔓Why 𝗟𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲’s elites chose 𝘁𝗮𝘅𝗲𝘀 over transfers?
Omowumi Olufunmbi Elemo-Kaka shows how 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 are establishing a model of 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆.
📌Don’t miss the article in #openaccess 👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2486621
#tax #Lagos #elite #Nigeria
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Jul 4
🇧🇪🗳️ Who decides what are 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱-𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?
Is the importance voters give to different levels linked to 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘁-𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?
📌Don’t miss the article on Belgian case by @dieterstiers.bsky.social & @marchooghe.bsky.social
👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2496883
#elections #regions #Belgium
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Mariely Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs.bsky.social · Jul 6
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Regional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · Jul 6
📝Now that #ICPP7 is over and you are revising your papers, why not consider submitting them to Regional & Federal Studies?
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Isabel M. Perera @isabelmperera.bsky.social · Jul 2
Huge thanks to @marielylopezs.bsky.social , Sheri Berman, @markblyth.bsky.social , Sara Watson, and @pculpepper.bsky.social for mentoring, as well as Abby Lewis and Nathália Nascimento for making sure the event ran smoothly.
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