Faculty Publications

Professor Amy E. Lerman has published an op-ed in CalMatters titled “ The Abundance Agenda: More Than Efficiency.” In this insightful piece, Amy argues for a shift in policy thinking, advocating for an abundance mindset that prioritizes investment in people and communities over mere efficiency. Her thought-provoking commentary draws on her expertise in political science and public policy to challenge prevailing ideas and offer new...

Political scientists Paul Pierson and Eric Schickler have recently published Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era (2024), a timely examination of how the nationalization of politics has intensified polarization in the United States. The book argues that the growing ideological divide between the two major parties, along with changes in state parties, interest groups, and media, has created...

Professor Kirk Bansak's paper titled "Europeans’ support for refugees of varying background is stable over time" has been published in Nature. It was posted online a couple weeks ago, and will be out in their print edition on August 24, 2023. Read the full paper here, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06417-6. Professor Bansak was also interviewed by Berkeley News about his paper. You can read his interview here, https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/08/09/releases-20230803-6894450.