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annemeng.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Politics at UVA. Author of Constraining Dictatorship. Authoritarian Politics & Democratic Erosion. http://www.annemeng.com/
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New paper! @annemeng.bsky.social's thread lays out the key findings, but the v short version is (1) concessions are rising, (2) but primarily for unfair elections, (3) incumbents concede much more and this is probably causal, (4) weak evidence for conceding being a norm osf.io/preprints/os...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

See our closely related Bright Line Watch report on concession timing in the 2020 and 2022 Congressional elections brightlinewatch.org/refusing-to-...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

🚨New paper alert!🚨 @anthlittle.bsky.social and I are excited to share “Presidential Election Concessions.” We present a new global dataset on concessions in presidential elections in all countries worldwide from 1980 to 2024 /1

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Polity has not coded any countries other than the US since 2018, but this places the US below the 2018 scores of Russia, Venezuela, Haiti, Iraq, Zimbabwe, the Central African Republic... Perhaps the inference we should make here is about the reliability of Polity.

submitted 15 days ago • 5 comments

Apply to participate in the 3* APSG Conference in London! Deadline is *16 February* don’t miss it!

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

My paper with @kbclarke.bsky.social and Jack Paine, “Violent Origins and Authoritarian Order: Divergent Trajectories after Successful Rebellions,” was featured in a NYT article analyzing recent events in Syria! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...

submitted 77 days ago • 3 comments

CUP book authors: Did you get an email about signing the addendum for new AI licensing deals? Are you going to sign it?

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

omg. Finally logged back in here after a year, and so many delightful surprises were waiting for me! Like a million notifications, a 6 month old message from @darinself.com, and the discovery that I had made Hot Cheetos my background photo when I first created my account!

submitted 92 days ago • 6 comments

When @annemeng.bsky.social and I started this project I thought it might get some attention but didn't expect a special issue with nearly 30 leading scholars of democracy writing replies. Huge thanks to the folks at PS and all the contributors for a lively and constructive discussion.

submitted 413 days ago • 1 comment

#polisky "Theories of Democratic Backsliding" with @carlorato.bsky.social @luozhaotian.bsky.social and Edoardo Grillo is now accepted at the Annual Review of Political Science. Read if you are looking for help organizing and applying the theoretical literature on backsliding: t.co/UwFneFzAl7

submitted 492 days ago • 2 comments

Beware the UVA poll going around on support for violence & democracy tinyurl.com/uvacpoll I've never heard of firm; few details on methods/sample; and question wording is messy and non-standard. Our survey using more careful methods finds support for violence is extremely rare tinyurl.com/viol-poll

submitted 498 days ago • 11 comments

Andrew Little is here you guys!!! 🥳 😬🚨 Here he is --> @anthlittle.bsky.social

submitted 511 days ago • 0 comments

Got a new working paper w/ @robmickey.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social tl;dr influxes of Black people during the Great Migration led Northern towns & cities to remove directly elected mayors & replace them w/ appointed city managers design: shift-share IV paper: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r54lw...

submitted 514 days ago • 11 comments

Does anyone have a good way to convert a pdf to LaTeX? Doesn't need to be perfect, just something better than copying/pasting the pdf text into TeX and then reformatting all the math by hand. I quickly tried free online things that didn't work. Thanks!

submitted 515 days ago • 1 comment

I've started a list of PoliSky Sub-feeds. If you know of one (or started one) that should be added, please re-skeet the feed announcement and @profruback.bsky.social when you do. I'll add it ASAP. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... (@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social, @profmusgrave.bsky.social )

submitted 526 days ago • 5 comments