Anne Meng
@annemeng.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Politics at UVA. Author of Constraining Dictatorship. Authoritarian Politics & Democratic Erosion. http://www.annemeng.com/
Yay!! The section is in great hands! Thanks for taking over @scottrw630.bsky.social! 👑
Last spring, I was elected to chair APSA’s Democracy & Autocracy Section for 2025-2027. I’m excited to be taking on the position as of this month. Thanks to @annemeng.bsky.social for leading the section the last two years!
September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yay!! The section is in great hands! Thanks for taking over @scottrw630.bsky.social! 👑
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To all DC, MD and VA scholars: Submit your paper to the first annual DMV-WEPS by 9/22! And please repost to spread the word @gvisconti.bsky.social @acooperman.bsky.social
🚨 Exciting news! Today, we’re launching DMV-WEPS — the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) Workshop in Empirical Political Science — together with @acooperman.bsky.social and
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social.
sites.google.com/view/dmv-wep...
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social.
sites.google.com/view/dmv-wep...
DMV-WEPS
DMV-WEPS
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September 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
To all DC, MD and VA scholars: Submit your paper to the first annual DMV-WEPS by 9/22! And please repost to spread the word @gvisconti.bsky.social @acooperman.bsky.social
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@pward89.bsky.social and I were delighted to win the Best Article Award from APSA’s Democracy and Autocracy section for our @worldpolitics.bsky.social article “Elite Management Before Autocratic Leader Succession: Evidence from North Korea.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
September 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
@pward89.bsky.social and I were delighted to win the Best Article Award from APSA’s Democracy and Autocracy section for our @worldpolitics.bsky.social article “Elite Management Before Autocratic Leader Succession: Evidence from North Korea.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
I was coding some stuff and I realized that I have "lived through" a coup!! Thailand, February 1991. I wish I could remember it. All I can remember is having a birthday party at McDonalds around that time.
July 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I was coding some stuff and I realized that I have "lived through" a coup!! Thailand, February 1991. I wish I could remember it. All I can remember is having a birthday party at McDonalds around that time.
New workshop in DC! Now taking submissions 👇
🚨 Exciting news! Today, we’re launching DMV-WEPS — the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) Workshop in Empirical Political Science — together with @acooperman.bsky.social and
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social.
sites.google.com/view/dmv-wep...
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social.
sites.google.com/view/dmv-wep...
DMV-WEPS
DMV-WEPS
sites.google.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
New workshop in DC! Now taking submissions 👇
EITM was one of the most fun and impactful experience I had in grad school. Highly encourage grad students to apply!! What's better than nerd summer camp?? 🏕️
This year we will be in Michigan in August. Apply if you are midway through your PhD program in the social sciences to learn from the best in the discipline how theory and empirical methods come together!
Applications for the 2025 EITM Summer Institute are now open! Program dates: Aug 4-15. Program location: University of Michigan. Deadline: April 15. eitminstitute.org/institute/20...
April 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
EITM was one of the most fun and impactful experience I had in grad school. Highly encourage grad students to apply!! What's better than nerd summer camp?? 🏕️
In light of Trump making the 3rd term comments on Sunday, I thought it would be interesting to revisit the broader data on term limit evasion attempts. In 2020, Mila Versteeg (UVA Law) and I worked with some law students to collect data on strategies incumbents use to circumvent term limits /1
April 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In light of Trump making the 3rd term comments on Sunday, I thought it would be interesting to revisit the broader data on term limit evasion attempts. In 2020, Mila Versteeg (UVA Law) and I worked with some law students to collect data on strategies incumbents use to circumvent term limits /1
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NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
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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...
February 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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...
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See our closely related Bright Line Watch report on concession timing in the 2020 and 2022 Congressional elections brightlinewatch.org/refusing-to-...
February 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
See our closely related Bright Line Watch report on concession timing in the 2020 and 2022 Congressional elections brightlinewatch.org/refusing-to-...
🚨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
February 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🚨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.
Perhaps the inference we should make here is about the reliability of Polity.
If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall.
tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
February 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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.
Perhaps the inference we should make here is about the reliability of Polity.
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Apply to participate in the 3* APSG Conference in London!
Deadline is *16 February* don’t miss it!
Deadline is *16 February* don’t miss it!
Polisky Dictatorsky
CfP is now open for our Third Conference on Authoritarian Politics taking place at King’s College, London, on 23-24 June 2025!
To apply, complete this form with a 200-word abstract before 16 February 2025.: forms.gle/KBDiwPMABykv...
CfP is now open for our Third Conference on Authoritarian Politics taking place at King’s College, London, on 23-24 June 2025!
To apply, complete this form with a 200-word abstract before 16 February 2025.: forms.gle/KBDiwPMABykv...
Apply: 3° APSG Authoritarian Politics Conference
Complete the form to be considered for the 3° APSG Conference on Authoritarian Politics that will be held on 23-24 June 2025 in London (King's College).
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January 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Apply to participate in the 3* APSG Conference in London!
Deadline is *16 February* don’t miss it!
Deadline is *16 February* don’t miss it!
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...
Why Do Some Rebel Governments Last When Others Fall?
One factor matters most, and it could be a problem in Syria.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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...
CUP book authors: Did you get an email about signing the addendum for new AI licensing deals? Are you going to sign it?
November 30, 2024 at 2:37 PM
CUP book authors: Did you get an email about signing the addendum for new AI licensing deals? Are you going to sign it?
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!
November 27, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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!
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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.
Now on FirstView - PS's special issue on Democratic Backsliding featuring @anthlittle.bsky.social y.social, @annemeng.bsky.social & others
All articles are free to access until the end of March. Watch the APSA Roundtable on Democratic Backsliding at this link, too: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
All articles are free to access until the end of March. Watch the APSA Roundtable on Democratic Backsliding at this link, too: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 11, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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.
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#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
t.co
October 24, 2023 at 10:54 PM
#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
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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
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
October 19, 2023 at 1:11 AM
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
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
Andrew Little is here you guys!!! 🥳 😬🚨 Here he is --> @anthlittle.bsky.social
October 5, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Andrew Little is here you guys!!! 🥳 😬🚨 Here he is --> @anthlittle.bsky.social
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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...
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...
October 2, 2023 at 6:35 PM
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...
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...
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!
October 2, 2023 at 2:49 PM
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!
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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.
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(@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social, @profmusgrave.bsky.social )
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(@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social, @profmusgrave.bsky.social )
PoliSky Sub-Feed List
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PoliSky Sub-Feed List
(list maintained by @profruback.bsky.social -- @ me with a reskeet of the feed announcement and I'll add it ASAP)
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September 21, 2023 at 3:19 PM
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 )
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
(@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social, @profmusgrave.bsky.social )