Publisher for @CUP_PoliSci & @CUP_Anthro_Soc, formerly @cambUP_History (she/her)
Joined June 2019
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Today marks 5 years at @CUPAcademic! ๐ฅณ Iโm honored to have worked across the humanities and social sciences at the Press, starting w/ @cambUP_History @CambUP_Econ & now with @CUP_PoliSci @CUP_Anthro_Soc. Iโve made wonderful friends & have been blessed with fantastic mentors.
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I'm very pleased to share that #BringingWarBackIn has received its fourth (!) major award: the @APSAtweets J. David Greenstone Award to the best book in history and politics of the past two years. Many thanks to the award committee doi.org/10.1017/978100944214โฆ tinyurl.com/y42frvvu
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Luis Schiumerini Receives the 2026 Robert A. Dahl Award for "Incumbency Bias: Why Political Office is a Blessing and a Curse in Latin America" buff.ly/FynDnQX
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Thank you to the APSA section on South Asian Politics for recognizing my book, Building Social Mobility, with the Francine Frankel Award. Congratulations to @amilliff and Emily Russell for the recognition of their papers. @APSAtweets @CUP_PoliSci
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Donโt miss your chance to read the new Cambridge element, Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality by Daniel S. Lane, Emilija Gagrฤin and Ying Qi Pan! Free access available until 20 August at
cup.org/4xiDS6X
#cambridgeelements #politics
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Full Cover
I just received the full cover of my forthcoming @CUP_PoliSci book, Progress in the Social Sciences.
Thanks to Przeworski, Collier, Grzymaลa-Busse and @dlittle30 for their blurbs.
For more information: cambridge.org/ar/universitypโฆ
It will be freely downloadable soon.
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New Cambridge Element, Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality by Daniel S. Lane, Emilija Gagrฤin and Ying Qi Pan, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
cup.org/3Shgzvx
#cambridgeelements #politics
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I'm reading the proofs of my Cambridge Element, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. It addresses key problems in the field and proposed solutions
It will be published soon by @CUP_PoliSci & freely available for a few weeks
Rachel Blaifeder retweeted
Persistent Citizens by Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro and Matthew S. Winters.
This book analyzes why individuals vary in their persistence when pursuing social welfare programs in the Global South.
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ALT Persistent Citizens by Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro and Matthew S. Winters.
Rachel Blaifeder retweeted
The Coup Trap in Latin America by Fabrice Lehoucq
Explains instability in Latin America-and why some countries escaped from chronic instability by building democracy or dictatorship.
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ALT The Coup Trap in Latin America by Fabrice Lehoucq
Rachel Blaifeder retweeted
Didnโt think Iโd get this emotional after many years in academia, but my heart skipped a beat when I saw the cover of my new book. Years in the making โ it feels a bit like welcoming a new member of the family ๐ฅน๐ @UniOslo_SVfak @Berkeley
Rachel Blaifeder retweeted
Hot Spots of Crime by David Weisburd, Clair V. Uding, Beidi Dong and Kiseong Kuen.
This book shows that informal social controls are key to understanding and doing something about hot spots of crime.
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ALT Hot Spots of Crime by David Weisburd, Clair V. Uding, Beidi Dong and Kiseong Kuen.
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Ghostwriting Legislation by Mary Kroeger.
Delves into the central yet often-overlooked role that interest groups, think tanks, companies, and bureaucrats play in shaping state law.
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ALT Ghostwriting Legislation by Mary Kroeger.
Rachel Blaifeder retweeted
Based on my new book, "Democratic Drain" from @CambridgeUP, my new essay w/ @ForeignAffairs shows how, thanks to this new global phenomenon...
โRich countries get richer and democratic countries get more democrats, while authoritarianism grows stronger.โ
foreignaffairs.com/europe/hoโฆ
Rachel Blaifeder retweeted
On the latest episode of Older/Wiser, George Mason University professor @_JustinGest joins @chavezlinda to discuss his new book ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ and the connection between democratic backsliding and emigration. Paid subscribers can listen now: thenextmove.org/p/the-democrโฆ
Rachel Blaifeder retweeted
Please check out my newest book:
Democratic Drain:
Global Migration and the Struggle for Democracy
Just published by @CambridgeUP! Available at all major booksellers.
Amazon: amazon.com/Democratic-Drain-โฆ
Politics & Prose: politics-prose.com/book/9781โฆ
Cambridge: cambridge.org/core/books/demโฆ
Rachel Blaifeder retweeted
'Demobilising the Far Right: How Societal Actors Counter Far-Right Social Forces', a new blog by Michael C. Zeller, author of DEMOBILISING THE FAR RIGHT.
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ALT 'Demobilising the Far Right: How Societal Actors Counter Far-Right Social Forces', a new blog by Michael C. Zeller, author of DEMOBILISING THE FAR RIGHT.
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Why Elections Need Parties by Alejandro Trelles.
Partisan inclusion and institutional design shape de facto autonomy for electoral management bodies across Latin America and Africa.
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ALT Why Elections Need Parties by Alejandro Trelles.
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Donโt miss your chance to read the new Cambridge element, Protests & Radicalization in the Digital Age by Jeremy Menchik @jeremymenchik, Samuel Bazzi, Clara Martiny, Pujan Paudel, Seth Soderborg & Gianluca Stringhini! Free access available until 15 July at
cup.org/4eUDFiM
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Shared Morals by Jae-Hee Jung
This book examines how moral rhetoric is a crucial โ and potentially unifying โ part of how we experience democratic representation.
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ALT Shared Morals by Jae-Hee Jung
Rachel Blaifeder retweeted
โThe Elephants in the Roomโ examines what has happened within the Republican Party in recent years, how the party has changed, what we should be learning from it.
cup.org/4xW01cm
