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Erica De Bruin

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Associate Professor, Hamilton College. Studying civil-military relations, civil war, policing. Author of HOW TO PREVENT COUPS (Cornell UP). On sabbatical in DC '23-24, say hello if you’re in town!
www.ericadebruin.com.

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Check out @samrosenfeld.bsky.social & @daschloz.bsky.social on The Ezra Klein Show!

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It was great to meet you in person!

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Ooh, I have something! Will email the abstract to you

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Politicians may rail against the ‘deep state,’ but research shows federal workers are effective and committed, not subversive. This is especially important to recognize with Republican threats of reinstating Schedule F. theconversation.com/politicians-... via
@ConversationUS

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In this piece, I discuss the next phase of politicization of the U.S. military and its implications for the country’s security. I tried to be dispassionate, but honestly I am pretty worried about how this all might end. No paywall (for now).

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We are mourning the loss of my father-in-law, Rick Rosenfeld-- an incredible, prolific scholar & former president of the American Society of Criminology, who loved music & all things St. Louis. He recorded this interview, a retrospective on his career, just last month:

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I love flying on Christmas. Airport is half empty, & everyone’s in a festive mood 🥳🎄

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Awesome, thank you so much!

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I'm looking to hire a part-time grad student research assistant/lab manager this spring for the Policing Lab at Hamilton College. More details about the lab are here: www.hamiltonpolicinglab.com. Please help spread the word!
cc polisky, intsec, dictatorsky

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This reminds me of the time, early in the pandemic, when it took me several minutes to figure out that this calendar entry I had made referred to planning for my Civil Wars seminar, and not, like, an actual insurrection 😂

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Okay so what you want is a circa 2005 Stearns & Foster firm spring mattress, it cannot be topped. Just time travel! 😂

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Hilariously, no-- the single country was the US!

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Ugh, sorry to hear this!

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Yes, I saw that! Very cool. Though I was hoping the American bias would work in my favor this time as this was a study on the US; it did not, sadly 😂

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It was the United States! I had assumed (erroneously, it turns out) that this was the one time people might be less concerned with generalizability to other country contexts

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Nothing more boring than complaining about peer review but I will admit that “single-county studies don’t belong in a top-3 journal” was really a new one for me. Another gem: “not a high enough percent of the paper’s citations are to top-3 journals.” What are we doing here 😂

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Ah that makes more sense! I didn’t look close enough earlier.

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Thanks so much, Jim! I really appreciate your kind words about the piece

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Proud that my piece on respectability is officially out at APSR. It’s open access!

The piece matters a lot to me bc it reflects my strong belief that Black people’s political & social lives warrant deep study & deserve their place in our field’s “top” journals.

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

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This was my first time collaborating with a student to design an assignment— such a great experience! Hope our piece is useful for others interested in incorporating archival materials into their courses

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If you're working on issues of diversity (any kind) and military effectiveness, including adjacent fields like peacekeeping or policing, but haven't published it yet, please drop me a note. I'm working on something now & would like to have the most up-to-date work cited. Thanks! Please re-skeet

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For today's Dictatorsky shout-out, we have this awesome paper by Kara Kingma Neu on the varieties of military defections amid anti-authoritarian protests. Really appreciate these types of studies focused on disaggregating big-picture outcomes

Polisky, contentiousky
academic.oup.com/psq/article/...

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In Foreign Affairs, , I argue the Senate standoff over Defense Department nominations forces an overreliance on acting officials, politicizes the military promotions process, & threatens to undermine civilian control over the armed forces (1/12) www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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When do dictators use their oil wealth for social welfare, instead of repression? Ferdinand Eibl and Steffen Hertog's new APSR piece provides one answer: when they face mass mobilization seeking regime change (as opposed to secession).

#polisky #menasky
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Folks working on foreign policy, civ-mil, & political communication, Adam Lerner, Alister Miskimmon, & Ben O'Loughlin are holding a workshop in May at UMass-Lowell on media, government narratives, & support for war. CFP here www.newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/npcu-blog/20... polisky contentioussky civmilsky

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>4500 codes distributed! Please spread the word amongst clinicians, scientists, researchers, technicians, academics, and other scholars who would like to join: forms.gle/f3k65vC1JwgY... 🩺 🧪

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Hi! I’m on a book award committee for the conflict processes section of APSA. Send in your nominations!

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Looks fantastic, looking forward to reading!

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WORKING PAPER osf.io/b6ykh/ "Rebel & Incumbent Law & the Durability of Post-Civil War Peace" Using a legal lens I provide new theoretical framework & data for understanding why peace fails. Comments welcome. Special thanks: Cliff, @guygrossman.bsky.social, Leslie, Rick, brilliant RA Mitushi #polisky

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Dont forget yall: retweet the shit you like. It is genuinely criticial that you interact with things on here because there IS no algorithm. I know you have the habit of never touching anything from twitter but you need to abandon it and adopt liking and retweeting en masse

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Hey all you new Polisky people! Are you interested in civil-military relations, military sociology, and military politics?

Then you might like this Feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Feel free to promote your work there. Every post with the word CivMilSky will be included, everybody has a share!

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Thank you for sharing this article! Super relevant to a piece I'm writing on legacies of coup-proofing

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Awesome, just passed it on. Thanks again!

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Awesome, would love one more! I have another nice person to bring over :)

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Hi, could you add me? Thanks so much!

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I have an academic friend I'd like to bring over from twitter, & would love a code if you still have one available!

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Got academic expertise on a country with ongoing political repression/violence, discrimination against minorities, etc? Consider becoming an expert witness for asylum cases. CGRS & LASA have a Zoom workshop November 8 on writing country conditions reports uchastings.zoom.us/webinar/regi... polisky

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Polisky. Announcing workshop on 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀. Ursula Daxecker, Andrea Ruggeri, and I are inviting proposals for an in-person workshop at University of Amsterdam in spring 2024. Submission deadline: Friday, September 29 Call & submission info: evap.uva.nl/event/worksh....

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We can all do our part! 😂

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Fantastic, just passed it on. Thank you!

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