Seth Jolly

Abstract of the paper: Women are generally less likely to express an interest in politics, join political organizations, and participate in political activities. Scholars posit that gender-(in)egalitarian attitudes are an important determinant of women’s political engagement. Yet, existing work finds mixed support for this claim. Using the German General Social Survey (1991–2016), we compare citizens’ attitudes toward gender across birth cohorts from East and West Germany. We find that cohorts socialized in the East hold more progressive gender attitudes than West Germans. We then show that traditional gender attitudes are negatively correlated with political interest and participation and that this effect is somewhat greater for women. Importantly, women who hold gender-egalitarian attitudes are nearly as politically engaged as men. We then assess the robustness of these results, show the findings hold in cross-national analyses, and explore an individual-level mechanism underlying our results. Together, our findings reveal an important barrier to political engagement.

Congratulations to our Head of Dept @catherinedevries.bsky.social on her latest publication in @thejop.bsky.social.

The paper studies the effects of being socialized under East Germany on gender norms and the political engagement of women.

Read more here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

@liss.bsky.social more fodder for your ongoing holy war.

I tell my students that one of the main reasons not to over-rely on AI for research/writing is because--at some point in the future--you're going to have a face-to-face conversation with someone who matters, and if you don't actually know some things, that interaction will not go well for you.

I’m in the middle of Dead Lions and I’m totally with you. Strong recommendation.

You’re a rockstar!!

I would guess closer to 12/15 than 21/30

The honeymoon is usually pretty good, and hopefully for Dan that lasts the season. After that 🤷‍♀️

I was upset to learn this too as was @sgadarian.bsky.social

Seconded! This was a great experience, reminded me that I could actually write in just 30 minutes and I don’t need a 2 hour block of time.

Announcement that Washington Post will be dramatically cutting its staff, including closing the Sports and Book sections.

A profound tragedy, not just for those involved but for public knowledge overall.

Completely avoidable tragedy, wrought by plutocrat who has entered "they were careless people, they smashed up things..." hall of infamy.

(WaPo's Sports section is legendary; Books excellent too. Semafor screenshot)

I’d outsource that one to Claude for sure;)

Very exciting! Looking forward to reading and engaging with this!

Congrats @daniellethomsen.bsky.social !!

Congrats Caglayan!!!

A lot of this going around. No surprise that the CFO drove this process and invoked “return on investment” as justification. US higher education drove US global success after WW2 and was the envy of the world so of course we’re going to let accountants and philistines burn it down.

UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026 As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...

This one hits hard: dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

While I was in grad school at Duke, UNC’s Center for European Studies led by my mentor Gary Marks (quoted here) was a vibrant and vital source of scholarship, community, and resources. RIP.

Worldwide surveys about democracy I studied worldwide surveys about approval of different political regimes and could not figure out what they are intended to reveal or what they do reveal.

I looked at worldwide surveys on democracy: adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/worldwide-surveys-about-democracy

New out today

The core thesis of our Brextinction paper, beautifully (or morbidly?) summarized in one flowchart (also based on YouGov data).

@simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social

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

Congradolences Dan! From a fellow chair, feel free to email or DM anytime if you want to brainstorm or commiserate.

Congrats Jan!!

I think it’s especially awesome how its options and behavior are very different on mobile and desktop.

📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database!

The data now covers

- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets

across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).

All info: ppeg.wzb.eu

We hope that data is helpful to the community!

League Pass spoils us. The ESPN Unlimited+Max app is an abomination in comparison.

Leslie Jones Stops Your Annoying Relatives from Ruining Thanksgiving | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

It might be time to invite Leslie Jones over: youtu.be/0kyRNRZBB4M?...

Out here doing the important work, Dan!

Call for Applications: Apply for the 2026 APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) | Deadline: January 25, 2026 RBSI 30th Anniversary Alumni Reflections Nikol Alexander-Floyd, JD, PhD Associate Professor, Rutgers University RBSI Class of 1989 " enabled me to have a

Apply now for the 2026 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute by January 25th! The 2026 institute will be held May 24 – June 25, at Duke University. Hear from past #RBSI scholars about program impact on research and graduate pathways. buff.ly/0pLifGl

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Haha. Perfect and a great way to use that money as a reward for finishing your book. I’ll try to remember to send you a sticker.

I really hope we helped with that! I did the same earlier this year.

I’ve never seen one of these. Do you recommend starting with the new ones or going back to the beginning?