Daniel Tavana
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Penn State. I work on elections, identity, and political behavior in the Middle East and North Africa.
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- Reposted by Daniel TavanaNew paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
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- It was my great pleasure to celebrate @natalie-letsa.bsky.social's "The Autocratic Voter: Partisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship" today at @apsa.bsky.social. Buy, read, and cite this incredibly important book! www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
- For those in Vancouver, the Democracy and Autocracy Section will be holding our business meeting tomorrow (9/11) from 6:30-7:30pm at the Convention Center (West) Room 115. Our reception will be right after from 7:30-9:30pm at Steamworks Brewpub (375 Water Street). Come join us!
- The Department of Political Science at Penn State is hiring in CP/IR, for a position focused on non-democratic politics. Link to apply: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
- Reposted by Daniel TavanaVicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.
- NEW - How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD "we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians" - @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social #OpenAccess
- Reposted by Daniel TavanaI really want to believe that American public opinion still matters. It makes me feel better that most Americans don’t support these policies. But other non-democracies demonstrate that once institutions have been politically weaponized, public opinion matters significantly less.
- Reposted by Daniel Tavana"Political brokers use social networks to identify & target reciprocal non-copartisans for vote buying. Parties recruit brokers central in networks to sway persuadable voters." From @rduartegonzalez.bsky.social, Finan, @hlarreguy.bsky.social and Schechter: www.restud.com/brokering-vo... #Econsky
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- Reposted by Daniel TavanaApply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30
- Call for applications now open! @apsamena.bsky.social Methods Workshop on Engaged Research in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) web.apsanet.org/mena/
- New preprint with @cmparreira.bsky.social and Lindsay Walsh posted to @socarxiv.bsky.social: "From Protest to Parliament: Lebanon’s October Revolution and the Rise of Movement Parties." Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
- Recently, movement parties have upended support for traditional parties and contributed to forms of electoral instability in many cases. Movement parties combine growing dissatisfaction with traditional parties and anti-systemic protest - in both democracies and autocracies.
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- Reposted by Daniel TavanaIf you’re curious the assassination of the IRGC commanders creates a rally around the flag. I suggest reading my recent coauthored article. #IRGC is not a liked in #Iran due to its participation in repression of oppositions. Some of Iranians actually celebrating it. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...
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- Reposted by Daniel Tavana*DEADLINE TOMORROW!* ⚠️
- The Call for Papers for our Fall 2025 Workshop series is now OPEN! Polisky Dictatorsky To apply complete this form by May 31st: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT... You can find more information here on the CfP: apsg.work/cfp/
- Reposted by Daniel TavanaPlease circulate! @wpmarble and I are looking for a part-time RA to help with various data tasks. This is a remote-work position that is ideal for recent graduates who are considering applying for a social science PhD. Apply here: forms.gle/EN3JLUiNm8m4...
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- For those interested in fieldwork and research ethics, this is a must-read by @separkinson.bsky.social: "Indiana Jones & the Institutional Review Board: Disciplinary Incentives, Researcher Archetypes & the Pathologies of Knowledge Production." Link: doi.org/10.1162/daed...
- The Doha Institute is hiring a post-doc with experience in network analysis, statistics, and information technology. Link: www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/en/Careers/P...
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- Our article on legislative cooptation and opposition in the Kuwait National Assembly is finally out at @bjpols.bsky.social! Key findings: bsky.app/profile/dani... Article link: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
- Looking forward to presenting Iran-focused survey work at Princeton's Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies next week. Wednesday, 4/16, at 12:30 in Robertson 16. Come if you are around campus!
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- Officially out at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Excited to share my new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! "Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics" explores how authoritarian elections generate opposition to incumbent autocrats. Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ukrer...
- Reposted by Daniel TavanaOur data paper on the Regime Support and Opposition Groups data was just published in @bjpols.bsky.social ! Co-authored with @sirianned.bsky.social , @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social and @torewig.bsky.social Here comes a relatively long thread (as is appropriate for a long-term project)
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- Very excited to welcome Melani Cammett to PSU next week! Join us if you're on campus!
- Excited to share my new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! "Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics" explores how authoritarian elections generate opposition to incumbent autocrats. Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ukrer...
- How do opposition elites succeed in authoritarian elections? A broad popular and academic consensus holds that elections help dictators stay in power. 2/
- I'm putting together an APSA panel focused on legislative behavior / ideology in authoritarian regimes. If you have something that uses evidence from legislatures in these contexts, shoot me an email: tavana@psu.edu.
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- Deadline Sunday! Apply!
- APSA MENA CFA for early-career scholars who would like to participate in a 1-week workshop on identity politics in the MENA region, organized in partnership with the Center for the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies at Kuwait University. Details here: t.co/hZLLk0JLF8
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- نظر من در مورد اوضاع واحوال در کویت - برای ایرانیان سیاست، دموکراسی و آزادی بیان در کویت - در گفتوگو با فرناز سیفی t.co/hiW1jhqKy0
- Accepted at @bjpols.bsky.social: "Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly" with Erin York. A link to the submitted version can be found here: t.co/Iuc1jqxbvM
- First week of classes in the books! This semester, I'm teaching our department's intro methods / research design course. Link to the syllabus for those interested: comments, questions, feedback welcome: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/faqme...
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- APSA MENA CFA for early-career scholars who would like to participate in a 1-week workshop on identity politics in the MENA region, organized in partnership with the Center for the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies at Kuwait University. Details here: t.co/hZLLk0JLF8
- Excited to welcome Penn's @guygrossman.bsky.social to State College this week! Join us Wednesday (4/17) at noon in Pond Lab if you're on campus.
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- My thoughts to @nytimes.com : “The semi-democratic mechanisms that provide citizens input into how they are governed have atrophied. The abuse and decay of these mechanisms could, in the long term, render them permanently unusable, irrelevant or dysfunctional.” www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/w...
