Paul Friesen
@paul_freezy
Postdoc @EinaudiCenter @Cornell | PhD @NotreDame | African & US Politics, Democracy, Elections, Parties, Behavior | Former @NDI | Opinions are my own.
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https://www.paulfriesenpolitics.com/ 06-03-2014 03:58:29
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A paper by a large team led by @chris__claassen tries to address the issue that existing survey questions focusing on “democracy” may not measure the concept well, as the term “democracy” varies in meaning and may prompt social desirability (1/4): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
My former advisor Father Bob Dowd has been selected as University of Notre Dame's incoming president. He is one of the humblest and kindest people I've ever met. Congrats to the ND community and good choice! news.nd.edu/news/rev-rober…
The opinions of Republican former members of Congress stand in stark contrast to those expressed by both the GOP rank-and-file in prior polling and the public stances of many current Republican members of Congress. UMass Poll
🎉Some personal news🎉 I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the incredible UGA Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia as an Assistant Professor next Fall!
#democracy - backsliding and resilience , a conversation at African Studies Association with kim yi dionne (@dadakim.bsky.social) & Boniface Dulani; stay tuned for next week’s series with more from this panel with Alexandra Blackman Dominika Koter & Paul Friesen
With #DRCongo at the polls, the real story in the region remains the horrific and continuing crisis in eastern Congo. The situation is as difficult as ever. I was dumbfounded when visiting this summer. Thankful for this excellent essay from The New York Times. nytimes.com/2023/12/17/wor…
Special issue on Dem Backsliding ft. @anthlittle Anne Meng John Carey Olivier Bergeron-Boutin @gretchenhlmk Carl Henrik Knutsen @kailmarkvart Juraj Medzihorsky Amanda B. Edgell @StaffanILindber Lily Yana Gorokhovskaia Michael K. Miller now online cambridge.org/core/journals/… & FREE to access until the end of March
Democratic backsliding is occurring in many wealthy countries once thought immune to such forces – the United States among them, finds a new analysis led by Cornell University political scientists. Einaudi Center at Cornell Cornell Government CornellArts&Sciences Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0…
Articles for World Politics anniversary issue are still going online. Rachel Beatty Riedl and colleagues' article just launched. Read more about their article and broader research news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0… #Democracy
Excited to share this work on democratic backsliding and strategies for resistance, co-authored w Dr. Jennifer McCoy Ken Roberts & Paul Friesen . Draws lessons from fantastic case studies across 15 countries: #Malawi kim yi dionne (@dadakim.bsky.social) #India Milan Vaishnav #Turkey Murat Somer #Venezuela Laura Gamboa etc
Thanks Ufahamu Africa 🎙🌍 for sharing this presentation. I hope it piques the interest of some listeners!
Thank you to Jonathan Miller Cornell Chronicle for this write-up on our democracy research Einaudi Center at Cornell! news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0…
Join our Kellogg Institute in the fight for democracy. A fantastic opportunity for postdoctoral researchers who focus on this important topic.
Officially announcing the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy Center on Global Democracy! I am thrilled to serve as the inaugural Director, grateful for the incredible support of Cornell University & leadership of Colleen L. Barry & excited to work w incredible colleagues to have impact news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0…
This pre-registered Parallel Vote Tabulation shows convincing evidence of an opposition victory in Venezuela. Kudos to Dalson Figueiredo, Raphael Nishimura, Walter Mebane, and an anonymous Venezuelan scholar for using science to defend democracy. supervisiondev2.metabaseapp.com/public/dashboa…
