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This new book on qualitative research is *practical* and *accessible*, and I wish I had it as a reference during my diss. research. (I contributed a chap w/ Lindsay Mayka 🦞, and it was such a pleasure.) Thanks to the brilliant Sara Wallace Goodman and Dr. Jennifer Cyr for creating it!

We demand that Tulane University stop criminalizing peaceful student protest, lift student & staff suspensions, & drop all criminal charges against members of our community. We defend our students’ right to free speech and political self-expression, & stand in solidarity with them.

🚨 Oportunidade de Bolsa FAPESP! 🚨 🔍 Tema: A economia política da regulação de vacinas contra Covid-19 na América Latina. 🎓 Área: Instituições Políticas / Política Comparada 💰 Valor da Bolsa: R$ 6.242,40 📢 Interessado? fapesp.br/oportunidades/…

The Comparative Politics section will award 12 $500 grants to support members’ travel to the APSA conference this year. Awards are determined by lottery. We especially encourage members at less well-endowed institutions to apply here: apsa.secure-platform.com/a/solicitation… by July 10th.

Imperdible dossier que explora las relaciones entre la protesta masiva, los movimientos sociales, y la esfera electoral en América Latina. Sofia Donoso y Omar Coronel hicieron un trabajo estupendo de coordinación y su artículo introductorio es un tour de force 🧵👇🏼

📢 Just out in Journal of Politics @[email protected]! doi.org/10.1086/729961 (DM me for a copy if you don't have access; pre-print available at guillermotoral.com/turnover.pdf) 🧵⬇️

Our in-progress World Development special issue on the policy consequences of social movements (w/ @garaycand and Jessica Rich) continues to roll out! Check out Anindita Adhikari and Patrick Heller's terrific new article and the thread below with a summary. More soon!

Publication day just in time for vacation! Check out my new article on how social movements fight for policy survival. 👇 Thanks to my delightful co-authors Santiago Anria and @garaycand. And to Comparative Politics for making this a surprisingly smooth process.

In need of a vacation read that makes you feel vaguely productive? The Spring 2024 QMMR newsletter is out! Fieldwork focused, & w/ a fresh look--perfect for Summer. (Don't ask about my own vacation reading list. The newsletter also good for an easy vacation return!.)

Sad to learn about the passing on July 19th of the great social scientist James C. Scott. I had the good fortune to interview Jim extensively in 2001. Here is a link to the published text: shorturl.at/MbNZR

Modesta contribución 👇🏼 con Vicky Murillo en RCP para pensar la irrupción de Javier Milei en la política argentina. scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid…

Clearly I am still learning to speak Midwestern. Phrase of the week: "corn sweat"

Seems the right day to repost this Politico article written a year ago by my brilliant colleague Julia Azari politico.com/news/magazine/…

Interesting paper for comparativists who want to learn more about the US administrative state. 👇

Call for Nominations: The 2025 Levine Prize for the best book in comparative public policy or public administration is now open. Submit your book by March 15, 2024. Levine Prize sponsored by Governance Journal and sog_rc27. 1/2

Come work with me! We've got a TT job opening in public policy/quantitative methods. I'm not on the committee, but I would be happy to answer questions. members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJobs/…

Amigues! Nuevamente, el Institute for Qualitative & Multi-Method Research, una escuela de métodos en Syracuse (NY, EEUU), auspiciará la participación de 5 alumnes de posgrado y/o profes de América Latina, con todo pago, incluyendo el viaje y el hotel. maxwell.syr.edu/research/cente…

🌍✨This #WorldAIDSDay, Dr. Helena Achcar reflects on the challenges facing Brazil’s AIDS movements - see the LSE Global Health blog - shorturl.at/xXhZs. Pauperization, de-prioritization, and internal divisions call for unity and alliances to reignite action.

With the upcoming change in administration, this new article on how to navigate tensions between bureaucratic autonomy and political control is a new must-read. 👇

Now that the administrative state is under siege: here's a perfect example of how comparative politics should inform our understanding of political crises in the United States.