Benjamin H. Bradlow
@bhbradlow.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, @princeton.edu.
Visiting Researcher, Wits Southern Center for Inequality Studies.
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar.
Climate, urbanization, tech, democracy, Global South.
bradlow.princeton.edu
Visiting Researcher, Wits Southern Center for Inequality Studies.
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar.
Climate, urbanization, tech, democracy, Global South.
bradlow.princeton.edu
Just published: my review of @brettchristophers.bsky.social's excellent "The Price Is Wrong," in the @bjsociology.bsky.social.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Just published: my review of @brettchristophers.bsky.social's excellent "The Price Is Wrong," in the @bjsociology.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
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Here’s me nerding out on the hybrid assembly line at the Toyota factory in Ethekwini.
October 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Here’s me nerding out on the hybrid assembly line at the Toyota factory in Ethekwini.
At the Beijing Automotive Industrial Corporation factory complex in Gqeberha, South Africa.
October 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
At the Beijing Automotive Industrial Corporation factory complex in Gqeberha, South Africa.
At the NAAMSA South Africa Auto Week convention this morning, metalworkers’ union general secretary Irvin Jim makes a blistering attack on Chinese brands of imported vehicles.
October 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
At the NAAMSA South Africa Auto Week convention this morning, metalworkers’ union general secretary Irvin Jim makes a blistering attack on Chinese brands of imported vehicles.
Really enjoyed reading this article. This was a particularly useful insight.
September 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Really enjoyed reading this article. This was a particularly useful insight.
Thanks to Simón Escoffier for a very generous review of URBAN POWER in the newest issue of @poppublicsphere.bsky.social!
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September 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thanks to Simón Escoffier for a very generous review of URBAN POWER in the newest issue of @poppublicsphere.bsky.social!
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Very grateful to Astrid Haas for her thoughtful review of URBAN POWER in @africa.theconversation.com.
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August 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Very grateful to Astrid Haas for her thoughtful review of URBAN POWER in @africa.theconversation.com.
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A visit to the @princetonupress.bsky.social booth at #ASA2025.
August 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A visit to the @princetonupress.bsky.social booth at #ASA2025.
Was very honored to receive these at the #ASA2025 Sociology of Development business meeting yesterday.
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Was very honored to receive these at the #ASA2025 Sociology of Development business meeting yesterday.
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
Very grateful to @schechtlm.bsky.social for this generous review of URBAN POWER in @sfjournal.bsky.social!
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"For urbanists, comparativists, and social theorists alike, Urban Power offers both a sobering reminder of democracy’s limits and a hopeful map of its possibilities."
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"For urbanists, comparativists, and social theorists alike, Urban Power offers both a sobering reminder of democracy’s limits and a hopeful map of its possibilities."
July 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Very grateful to @schechtlm.bsky.social for this generous review of URBAN POWER in @sfjournal.bsky.social!
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"For urbanists, comparativists, and social theorists alike, Urban Power offers both a sobering reminder of democracy’s limits and a hopeful map of its possibilities."
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
"For urbanists, comparativists, and social theorists alike, Urban Power offers both a sobering reminder of democracy’s limits and a hopeful map of its possibilities."
Some mail arrived this morning.
July 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Some mail arrived this morning.
In tomorrow morning’s print edition.
July 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In tomorrow morning’s print edition.
This new article by Marco Garrido is a powerful statement re sociology on and in the Global South. In part, I take it as an implicitly methodological intervention. We cannot advance an epistemological critique "from the South" without a commitment to research "in the field."
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July 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This new article by Marco Garrido is a powerful statement re sociology on and in the Global South. In part, I take it as an implicitly methodological intervention. We cannot advance an epistemological critique "from the South" without a commitment to research "in the field."
doi.org/10.1177/0735...
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Our paper is now officially out in the September issue of Social Forces, and it is available open access!
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"A processual framework for understanding the rise of the populist right: the case of Brazil (2013-2018)"
By Benjamin H. Bradlow and @tomasgold.bsky.social
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"A processual framework for understanding the rise of the populist right: the case of Brazil (2013-2018)"
By Benjamin H. Bradlow and @tomasgold.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Our paper is now officially out in the September issue of Social Forces, and it is available open access!
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
"A processual framework for understanding the rise of the populist right: the case of Brazil (2013-2018)"
By Benjamin H. Bradlow and @tomasgold.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
"A processual framework for understanding the rise of the populist right: the case of Brazil (2013-2018)"
By Benjamin H. Bradlow and @tomasgold.bsky.social
New policy brief that I co-authored with @akentikelenis.bsky.social for @plataformacipo.bsky.social, entitled "BRICS and the Green Industrialization of the Future."
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July 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New policy brief that I co-authored with @akentikelenis.bsky.social for @plataformacipo.bsky.social, entitled "BRICS and the Green Industrialization of the Future."
plataformacipo.org/en/publicati...
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A new review of URBAN POWER by Marcel Paret in the Journal of Development Studies!
"Urban Power offers an important and intriguing comparison of two cities, and a theoretical framework that should propel research on development and the local state for years to come."
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"Urban Power offers an important and intriguing comparison of two cities, and a theoretical framework that should propel research on development and the local state for years to come."
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June 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A new review of URBAN POWER by Marcel Paret in the Journal of Development Studies!
"Urban Power offers an important and intriguing comparison of two cities, and a theoretical framework that should propel research on development and the local state for years to come."
doi.org/10.1080/0022...
"Urban Power offers an important and intriguing comparison of two cities, and a theoretical framework that should propel research on development and the local state for years to come."
doi.org/10.1080/0022...
Nicely said by @adamtooze.bsky.social. I'm hearing this kind of cheerleading for the bond market with alarming frequency.
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June 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Nicely said by @adamtooze.bsky.social. I'm hearing this kind of cheerleading for the bond market with alarming frequency.
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In case you missed it, I posted about some new work on my occasional Substack newsletter. If you want more updates, feel free to subscribe!
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June 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In case you missed it, I posted about some new work on my occasional Substack newsletter. If you want more updates, feel free to subscribe!
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My new short essay in the ASA Environmental Sociology section newsletter.
May 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My new short essay in the ASA Environmental Sociology section newsletter.
Extremely honored that my article "Urban social movements and local state capacity" has received an honorable mention for the Best Faculty Article Award in the ASA section on Sociology of Development!
It is available open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...
It is available open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...
May 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Extremely honored that my article "Urban social movements and local state capacity" has received an honorable mention for the Best Faculty Article Award in the ASA section on Sociology of Development!
It is available open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...
It is available open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...
Insightful stuff from @ranaforoohar.bsky.social. This quote is the kicker. “Abundance Democrats” beware.
May 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Insightful stuff from @ranaforoohar.bsky.social. This quote is the kicker. “Abundance Democrats” beware.
This is going to be great.
May 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is going to be great.
My review of @cteeger.bsky.social's excellent Distancing The Past, just published in Social Forces.
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May 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My review of @cteeger.bsky.social's excellent Distancing The Past, just published in Social Forces.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Looking forward to speaking on Monday about new work at the Bradford Seminar series hosted by Princeton's Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment!
My talk is "The Problem of Climate Change and the Analogy of Development: Insights from the Auto Sector in Brazil and South Africa."
My talk is "The Problem of Climate Change and the Analogy of Development: Insights from the Auto Sector in Brazil and South Africa."
April 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Looking forward to speaking on Monday about new work at the Bradford Seminar series hosted by Princeton's Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment!
My talk is "The Problem of Climate Change and the Analogy of Development: Insights from the Auto Sector in Brazil and South Africa."
My talk is "The Problem of Climate Change and the Analogy of Development: Insights from the Auto Sector in Brazil and South Africa."
Looking forward to a virtual book talk about URBAN POWER on May 7 hosted by University of Vienna, with comments from Alan Mabin and Eduardo Marques!
You can register at the link below.
urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...
You can register at the link below.
urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...
April 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Looking forward to a virtual book talk about URBAN POWER on May 7 hosted by University of Vienna, with comments from Alan Mabin and Eduardo Marques!
You can register at the link below.
urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...
You can register at the link below.
urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...