📓 New paper examining the effect of religious cues on (non)democratic attitudes.
Jewish Israelis who answer questions on the Sabbath expressed more openness to non-democratic governance
The effect was strongest among the 'secular' respondents (@ESS_Survey @ElectionStudyIL)
doi.org/10.1163/1876...

📘Excited to see this at the Temple University Press
table at #APSA2025

Using ESS survey data, this study shows that people (*even "secular" people*) have different opinions on issues like women's rights and immigration during holidays
t.co/KiyVSIR4mQ

Hot off the presses!
My new book analyzes ethnic dynamics in Israeli public opinion 🧿

U.S. states with higher state capacity had better Covid-19 outcomes

PolDataSky behavioursky

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Ethnodoxy is associated with anti-immigrant beliefs. It particularly impacts socio-cultural rather than economic sentiment.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My new book (Contours of Israeli Politics, w/ Temple University Press) will officially be released in November 2024.

It shows that Ashkenormativity influences public opinion on a wide array of issues.

tupress.temple.edu/books/contou...
(promo F24NEW)

What do survey takers hear when we say democracy? Using
BrightLineWatch data and Blackbox transpose analysis, this article shows that Americans' democracy evaluations reflect liberal democracy more so than institutional democracy.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Regimesky
behaviorsky

Some people believe that being Arab and being Muslim are inherently related identities (ethnodoxy)

This article identifies a short survey scale to measure that belief "Measuring Ethnodoxy in Egypt and Morocco"

www.religjournal.com/articles/art...

Back at UChicago to discuss my book "Defining Democracy" (Lynne Rienner Publishers) with my former home, the Pozen Family Center for Human Right

Newly released from Lynne Rienner Publishers
"Defining Democracy: Democratic Commitment in the Arab World"