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Melissa Schwartzberg
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Silver Professor of Politics, NYU. Specialist in democratic theory. Supermajority rule skeptic before it was cool. Co-author of Democratic Deals: A Defense of Political Bargaining (Harvard UP, 2024).

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Melissa Schwartzberg is an American political scientist. She is the Silver Professor of Politics at New York University, and is affiliated with its Department of Classics and School of Law. She studies democratic theory, constitutionalism, and both ancient and recent political institutions and political thought. She has written books on the conflict between democratic theory and entrenched laws, and on the tradeoff between supermajoritarian and majoritarian rulesets. .. more

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Sep 7
Pleased to see the enduring influence of my late NYU colleague and teacher Russell Hardin - from Ezra Klein's column in today's NYTimes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jun 25
You got it.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jun 25
NOT WELL. See, at far left, mailer received on Monday (amidst the general haul for a District 2 resident). There were several decent alternatives, including the SNL-famous Harvey Epstein.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jun 4
Delighted to announce that Democratic Deals is the co-recipient of the David Easton Award from APSA’s Foundation of Political Theory section!

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · May 14
Truly astonishing. It makes me want to rewatch Succession just to focus on her performance.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · May 10
Grateful to Brook Manville for a terrific conversation about Democratic Deals:
civicbargain.substack.com/p/can-better...
Can Better Political Bargaining Make Better Democracy?
A new book explains why and how.
civicbargain.substack.com

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Mar 17
Faculty fellow position at NYU in XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement, open to political theorists:
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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Mar 6
It's remarkable how consistently I hear these accounts - I suspect such feelings of efficacy and respect for others' judgment are the mechanisms underlying the finding that jury service increases voter participation (Gastil et al., e.g., www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...)
Jury Service and Electoral Participation: A Test of the Participation Hypothesis | The Journal of Politics: Vol 70, No 2
The participation hypothesis holds that when people undertake one civic activity, their likelihood of future political participation increases. Three original studies test this hypothesis by linking t...
www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · Mar 5
@maschwar.bsky.social has much to say on the crucial democratic role of juries melissaschwartzberg.com

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 27
Probably - send me an email in an hour and I will check our library.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 26
We will be in Monastiraki in Athens, Karakoy in Istanbul, but are happy to explore.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 26
Looking for restaurant recommendations in Athens and Istanbul - taking the teenagers, who prefer less elegant (e.g., no tasting menus), but otherwise very flexible.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 26
It was just really boring - even I abandoned it.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 7
hooray to Sam Klug!!

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Jan 6
Call for papers: political theory in/ and/ as political science junior scholars' workshop. Please circulate. #polisky @rgcs-mcgill.bsky.social

www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/ptps/20...
2025 PTPS Junior Scholars Workshop
We seek paper proposals for the sixth Political Theory In/And/As Political Science (PTPS) Junior Scholars Workshop, which will take place at McGill April 25-26, 2025. An ongoing collaboration among fa...
www.mcgill.ca

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 6
You appreciate robust commitment to the bit, as do I. I am just sorry he took off the sunglasses.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 6
I had a feeling.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 6
Do you have a view on Jeremy Strong's hat? Because I have views.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 5
The NOMOS volume on Protest and Dissent has a number of great papers that could complement those selections.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 3
When you're ready to look this up, Democratic Deals is waiting for you:
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Jan 3
Yes - thanks!

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Dec 30
the horror, the horror

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Dec 30
No, it has been shut down, but it has been written in the stars and inscribed on the hearts of all NYU faculty evermore.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Dec 30
We now have one dog photo, dozens more requests to be removed from the list, a (repeated) call for unionization/divestment, a (frankly sad) repeated mention of a recently deceased brother, and a call to celebrate 30 years of service by aforementioned vice provost.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Dec 30
We have hit 100 on the main thread, and people have started posting memes:

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Dec 30
I have to say, I am enjoying it way more than I should.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Dec 30
Two deans emeriti have now asked to be removed (but without noting the irony)

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Dec 30
I did not even have the ability to email the entire Politics department faculty before I became chair - I have no idea. And the *true* irony is that it was via an IT email address.

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Dec 30
Who himself has just asked people to stop replying all while noting the irony of doing so!

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Melissa Schwartzberg @maschwar.bsky.social · Dec 30
Three additional threads have popped up. One - from a vice provost - features a reiteration of his prior note/irony of so doing.