Reminder that I have a textbook on an introduction to mathematical statistics and regression, designed for first year PhD students in poli sci, but maybe useful to others. Let me know if you use it and have feedback! mattblackwell.github.io/gov2002-book/
I will be visiting Harvard's Kennedy School for a few months in spring 2024 during my sabbatical. Please get in touch if you'd like to meet up while I'm in Cambridge!
Exceptional column. Thanks for the h/t @jayulfelder.bsky.social. Polisky
As someone who wrote a book, a few journal articles, and a bunch of blog posts on democratic breakdown before shifting my focus several years ago to U.S. protest activity, I'll say: this is very good, and I hope lots of people read it.
There is a clear path to dictatorship in the United States, and it is getting shorter every day. So why is everyone behaving like normal?
We are pleased to announce the 2024 *Rebecca B. Morton Conference on Experimental Political Science,* which will be held on Friday, *March 1st* and Saturday, *March 2nd,* 2024 at New York University nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Deadline December 4!
At the airport at 3:45am and am hearing an acoustic cover of "Everything I Do, I Do It For You" that is rather loud. Dear me.
I wrote a thing: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Last call: Nominations for the APSA Conflict Processes Section Best Book Award closes 15 November. Books published in 2021 or 2022 are eligible. Self-nominations definitely cool. All kinds of political conflict, either within or between states, welcome. Well, not welcome, you know what I mean
This may be too complex a topic for limited characters, but I’ll try: conventional wisdom in the hostage recovery community is the more “professional” the kidnapper, the better outcome for the hostage: less rash, more patient, better care, centralized decision-making authority about release 1/n