Bart Bonikowski
Sociologist at @Harvard studying culture and politics, with a focus on nationalism and populism. 2018-19 @CASBSStanford Fellow.
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Local demographic changes and US presidential voting, 2012 to 2016
In recent years, advanced industrial democracies have grown more ethnically and racially diverse. This increasing diversity has the potential to reshape voting behavior in those countries, in part because majority groups may react by shifting...
Responding to Judit Varga: Separating facts from propaganda about the rule of law ǀ View
Normally, we do not respond to statements from ministers or other representatives of the Orbán regime. Exceptionally, in this instance, we thought it important to counter the misinformation Minister Judit Varga is deliberately spreading.
ASEN Conference
30th ASEN Annual Conference: Nationalism and Multiculturalism 22nd – 23rd APRIL 2020, EDINBURGH The 30th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) will take place on 22-23 April 2020. This year’s theme...
Some Thoughts on Describing the President's Crimes
Here are some basic thoughts about what happened in this story, what matters and how to describe it. The President...
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There is a lot of noise about what POTUS did or didn’t do. @joshtpm cuts through it all: this was “extortion to cheat in the 2020 pres. election,” a colossal abuse of public office for personal gain. This is the message the media should be repeating daily. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/some-th… pic.twitter.com/ILh9l9o9j4
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White House to order federal agencies to end NYT and WaPo subscriptions
Trump has repeatedly attacked the two newspapers for their critical coverage of his administration.
Populism as a Problem of Social Integration - Noam Gidron, Peter A. Hall,
We argue that support for parties of the radical right and left can usefully be understood as a problem of social integration—an approach that brings together e...
Radical right‐wing voters from right and left: Comparing Sweden Democrat voters who previously voted for the Conservative Party or the Social Democratic Party
As in many other European countries, the political system has undergone rapid changes in Sweden while a radical right‐wing party – The Sweden Democrats (SD) – has grown from a negligible position int...
Do Fairer Elections Increase the Responsiveness of Politicians? | American Political Science Review
Do Fairer Elections Increase the Responsiveness of Politicians? - GEORGE KWAKU OFOSU
Polish election preview: Are Law and Justice heading for a majority?
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party has a significant polling lead ahead of the country’s elections on Sunday. Ben Stanley previews the contest, writing that the polls indicate the party is curre…
Troubling Times for Gender Equality Politics: German and European Experiences
The workshop will feature two panels with well-known, prominent and junior scholars on gender equality politics in Germany and Europe, to discuss contemporary challenges in gender politics, especially with the politicization of immigration, as well...
How Ideology, Economics and Institutions Shape Affective Polarization in Democracies
** Please note: Those planning to attend events in this series should read the paper that will be posted on the CES website before the seminar.**
This Is a Constitutional Crisis. What Happens Next?
With a full-on confrontation between the House and the president, no simple resolution is available.
Democracy in Poland Is in Mortal Danger
The country’s upcoming elections are crucial. And the United States is on the wrong side of the fight.
American democracy is poised to be the victim of its own success
Let's return for a moment to what will likely be seen for years as a definitive moment in the 2016 campaign: Donald Trump's refusal during the final debate to say that he would concede the election...
Poland’s drift to right divides young male and female voters
Polls before Sunday’s elections show women under 30 typically more liberal than young men
Will Trump Ever Leave the White House?
It’s a loaded question — with no obvious answer.
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New column by @Edsall on Trump’s persistent violation of democratic norms. With quotes by me, @LilyMasonPhD, @AshleyJardina, S. Levitsky, D. Brady, @jgoldsto, @PhilipBobbitt, B. Cain, W. Frey, and others. nyti.ms/2pdm54l. I went on to write the following: (1/8)
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This Is Why the Impeachment Clause Exists
The authors of the Constitution foresaw the possibility of a corrupt president who would abuse his official powers to stay in office.
The Geometry of Culture: Analyzing the Meanings of Class through Word Embeddings - Austin C. Kozlowski, Matt Taddy, James A. Evans,
We argue word embedding models are a useful tool for the study of culture using a historical analysis of shared understandings of social class as an empirical c...