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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · Sep 7
¡¡VOLUME 23, ISSUE 3 IS NOW OUT!!

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Featuring work by: @natekelly.bsky.social, @janamorgan.bsky.social, @annkristinkolln.bsky.social, @felixlehmann.bsky.social, @feligsantos.bsky.social, @abenewman.bsky.social & ....,
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 1d
@carotorreblanca.bsky.social , Will Dinneen, and my paper entitled "Political Science Under Pressure: Competition and Collaboration in a Growing Discipline, 2003-2023" has been (conditionally) accepted at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.

This paper has been a labor of love. osf.io/preprints/os...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 1d
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Cosmos-Politanism: Transhumanist Visions of Global Order from the First World War to the Digital Age - https://cup.org/425MDEm

- @duncanbell.bsky.social & @blazefutures.bsky.social
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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · 2d
4/6 🧵In @poppublicsphere.bsky.social, @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, Schmid & Apaydin find blame-shifting (esp. force majeure) by autocrat backfires. Survey experiment: Erdogan’s approval dropped (6-8%) among upper class after the 2023 earthquake in 🇹🇷. doi.org/g93527
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Josh Holloway @jholloway.bsky.social · 5d
🎉 New publication out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with @duncanmcdonnell.com and Michelle Evans!

We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias.

Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 5d
#OpenAccess from the latest issue of @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -

Changing Attitudes and Provoking Action: Perspective-Taking Mobilizes White Americans for Prisoner Release - https://cup.org/4mu4H2a

- Mackenzie Israel-Trummel
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 6d
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The Inverted Hierarchy: How Public Bias Can Favor Potential Indigenous Candidates - https://cup.org/3VLXQ9x

- Josh Holloway, Duncan McDonnell & Michelle Evans

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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 6d
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The Inverted Hierarchy: How #Public #Bias Can #Favor #Potential #Indigenous #Candidates

By @jholloway.bsky.social, @duncanmcdonnell.com & Michelle Evans

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 6d
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Institutions as Perpetrators: Power and Political Violence in Responses to Rape - https://cup.org/3VLsHTS

- Milli Lake & Alexandra C. Hartman

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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 6d
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Institutions as Perpetrators: #Power & #Political #Violence in #Responses to #Rape

By Milli Lake & Alexandra C. Hartman

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 8d
Due Tomorrow! Submit to the @poppublicsphere.bsky.social's Call for Papers, “Political Science and the University.”

How does university education shape political attitudes and behavior? How did the pandemic affect higher education? View submission guidelines and submit today: buff.ly/9X51I3v
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 9d
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Business as Usual? #Conventional #Politics, #Critical #Junctures, and #Policy #Feedback in the #Paycheck #Protection #Program

By Michael Schwan, Marc Schneiberg & @tennispolprof.bsky.social

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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 10d
Alan E. Wiseman on CNN yesterday talking about a Perspectives paper (w/Craig Volden & Jonathan Wai):
"On the #Decline of #Elite-#Educated #Republicans in #Congress."

#OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Americans who have a college degree vote differently than those who do not. Here’s why that matters | CNN
Sixty percent of Americans do not have a college degree. Alan Wiseman a professor of political economy at Vanderbilt University, joins Smerconish to discuss how this affects elections.
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Status Quo Slayer @elev8humanity.bsky.social · Aug 31
1/Percentage of Republican representatives who attended elite educational institutions declined from 40% to 15%, and the percentage of similarly educated Republican senators declined from 55% to 35%, while the ranks of elite-educated Democrats rose in both chambers.
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On the Decline of Elite-Educated Republicans in Congress | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
On the Decline of Elite-Educated Republicans in Congress
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Ed Schatz @edwardschatz.bsky.social · 11d
Political ethnography alert! 🚨

Fabulous article by @professorbiko.bsky.social and Tali Mendelberg in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social showing that MAGA is as much about 'reclaiming lost status' as it is about culture wars or policy preferences.
The Symbolic Politics of Status in the MAGA Movement | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
The Symbolic Politics of Status in the MAGA Movement
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 12d
#OpenAccess from the latest issue of @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -

Attributing Responsibility to Big Tech for Mass Atrocity: Social Media and Transitional Justice - https://cup.org/46pocmw

- Juan Espíndola
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 12d
The Perspectives on Politics Call for Papers are due next week!

What is the role of the University in promoting and/or resisting political and social change? Submit manuscripts for “Political Science and the University" by October 1! buff.ly/9X51I3v

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 14d
'On the Decline of Elite-Educated Republicans in Congress' by Craig Volden, Jonathan Wai & Alan E. Wiseman was the most-downloaded @poppublicsphere.bsky.social paper in August 2025.

You can read it #OpenAccess here - cup.org/47ZVCe3
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 14d
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Business as Usual? Conventional Politics, Critical Junctures, and Policy Feedback in the Paycheck Protection Program - https://cup.org/46ipa5s

- Michael Schwan, Marc Schneiberg & @tennispolprof.bsky.social

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Vincenzo Emanuele @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social · 16d
📣Just issued on @poppublicsphere.bsky.social our article analyzing 🔴left #parties in #government and the reduction of inequalities 📉. @fedetrastulli.bsky.social
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Left Governmental Power and the Reduction of Inequalities in Western Europe (1871–2020) | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Left Governmental Power and the Reduction of Inequalities in Western Europe (1871–2020) - Volume 23 Issue 3
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 16d
DEADLINE - October 1, 2025

Political Science and the University

@poppublicsphere.bsky.social invites political scientists to use their expertise to explain what is and ought to be happening at institutions of higher education.

Find out more - cup.org/3KzG1Ig

cc @apsa.bsky.social
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 21d
NEW ISSUE from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -

Perspectives on Politics - Special Section: Challenges to Democracy - Volume 23 - Special Issue 3 - September 2025 - https://cup.org/3VCgRep

Incudes a Special Section: Parties in Competition & Government
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 22d
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Precarious Voices: The #Political #Act of #Transmission in #Feng #Menglong’s #Mountain #Songs #Compendium (c. 1610)

By Leigh K Jenco

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 25d
#APSA2025 - you can find a list of PoliSci & IR journals published by Cambridge University Press that have a presence on Bluesky here -

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Including @apsrjournal.bsky.social @pspolisci.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social @politicsgenderj.bsky.social & more
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 26d
#APSA2025

The deadline has been extended until October 1, 2025.
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · Aug 7
Just to reiterate, if you weren't able to make our August 1st deadline, please email us at [email protected] so we can work with you on an extended deadline.

General information about the Call for Papers is available here: apsanet.org/publications...

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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · Aug 27
Republican Members of Congress are no longer coming from elite institutions of higher education. Elite-educated legislators are more liberal. Important manifestation of the education divide between the parties & context for the current higher ed wars
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