Assistant Professor Ryan Brutger's article "Abstraction and Detail in Experimental Design" was among the most highly cited AJPS articles from last year, and is featured in their "virtual edition" of top cited papers. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajps.12710?af=R
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Professor Amy Lerman's empirical paper they wrote using DOJ data to estimate racial disparities, which came out in Law & Society Review last year (paper features: Wired and in Vox), was used by the legislature to inform changes in eligibility for criminal record clearance in California.
Emeritus Professor George Breslauer published THE RISE AND DEMISE OF WORLD COMMUNISM (Oxford University Press) in Fall 2021. It is a macro-political synthesis and reinterpretation of the evolution of communist regimes, their interactions with others in the "world communist movement," and their relations with the capitalist powers. It brings to bear theoretical perspectives drawn from both comparative politics and international relations literatures.
Emeritus Professor George Breslauer published THE RISE AND DEMISE OF WORLD COMMUNISM (Oxford University Press) in Fall 2021. It is a macro-political synthesis and reinterpretation of the evolution of communist regimes, their interactions with others in the "world communist movement," and their relations with the capitalist powers. It brings to bear theoretical perspectives drawn from both comparative politics and international relations literatures.
Professor Sarah Anzia published a new book, Local Interests: Politics, Policy, and Interest Groups in US City Governments with University of Chicago Press, 2022.
Martha Wilfahrt's book, Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics (Cambridge 2021) wins the 2022 Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award from the Social Science History Association and also received honorable mention for the Giovanni Sartori Best Book Award from the QMMR section last year.
Topic: America’s hoped-for Asian semiconductor pact looks tricky https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:2caac03e-3621-3f47-a683-48a5fe9f8c0d
We are excited to announce that Professor Vinod Aggarwal, and three Berkeley graduate students ( Alumni; Andrew Reddie; Seungjoo Lee; Current Margaret Kenney) have been featured in special issue of Global Asia: https://www.globalasia.org/latest-issue.php
We're excited to share that Professor Aila Matanock is a recipient of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation 2023 Distinguished Scholars award. https://www.hfg.org/2023-distinguished-scholars/
We are excited to share the publication of Professor Jack Citrin's latest book Immigration in the court of public opinion. It is an enormous accomplishment each time our faculty finish a book and have it published, we are thrilled to share this news with our community.