Mariely Lopez-Santana

Hey students in DC, DE, MD, WV & VA (including @scharschool.bsky.social) the deadline to apply is approaching.

Note that MA students are also elegible, see:
government.georgetown.edu/ps-psi

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇪🇸 @santiagolagop.bsky.social @mariacadaval.bsky.social A. Herrero-Alcalde & Xoan Fernández-Leiceaga examined the influence on knowledge of and preferences for #fiscal #equalisation in #Spain.
💰 What is the role of regional identities?
Read the article here👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇮🇳 What drives 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 to seek statehood?
Read the article by Dingkun Lei and Huming Li on Telangana statehood movement here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#identity #statehood #Telangana #India

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇧🇪Ann-Mireille Sautter used the example of 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵-𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 to show how different generations understand 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Is the 'consociational mood' coming to an 𝗲𝗻𝗱?

Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Belgium #Dutch #regionalization

📰𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!
Take a look at the new Issue of Regional & Federal Studies, Volume 36, Issue 1 (2026) 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/c...

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇪🇸 What shapes Spain’s regional 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀?

Read the article by @anddreupm.bsky.social
@msanjaume.bsky.social and @marinampuig.bsky.social here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Spain #power #federalism #decentralization

🎉 Good news for Italian academics!
Our journal has already been ranked as a top one (Fascia A) for political science (14/A2) in the Italian system. It has now also been recognised as 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗔 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝘄 (𝟭𝟰/𝗖𝟯).

We look forward to receiving your contributions!

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇮🇳 How do 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 affect state-level fiscal behaviour and growth differently across India?
Read the article by Steffy Antony and P. S. Renjith here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#India #fiscal #capital #deficit

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇪🇹 Nigussie Daba Heyi investigated the level of the 𝗱𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 in the Ethiopian federation.
How does 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮 compare with other federal countries?
Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Ethiopia #autonomy #federalism

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🌱 🇪🇸 Do pro-periphery parties assign greater salience to 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 compared to centralist parties?
Read the article by Pablo Sallabera, Laura Cabeza Pérez & Braulio Gómez here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Spain #green #nationalism #party #politics

💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
🇦🇹🇦🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪 You can find the blog post by our new editor, @jos38.bsky.social, and Antonios Souris here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2026/wh...

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇮🇶🇱🇧 @allimcculloch.bsky.social Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif & Sahar Ammar investigated power-sharing agreements' adoptability and durability in #Lebanon and #Iraq.
What conditions lead to power-sharing agreements?
🔓Read the #openaccess article here👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

Hey @scharschool.bsky.social students & recent graduates. We are now part of the Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute Consortium: a (paid) week-long residential program at Georgetown.

Info Zoom sessions
Feb 17 5:30 PM
Feb 25 12:00 PM

DEADLINE: March 1
government.georgetown.edu/ps-psi/

Screenshot of Bad Bunny Superbowl performance

🇵🇷 Nearly 4 million Americans live in Puerto Rico without formal representation in institutions that determine their laws and budgets. @maraceci.bsky.social et al will amplify PR's political voice with the island's first large, representative panel survey:
racialjustice.umich.edu/research-eng...

I almost cried during the Bad Bunny show when I saw the workers repairing the electrical system. I spent years working on Puerto Rico's crisis, and this was the one thing I couldn't resolve before moving to the academy. Thanks to the @lpeblog.bsky.social and @lpeproject.bsky.social for sharing this.

How Bankruptcy Prioritizes Property Rights Over Public Good After a recent First Circuit decision, private creditors' bankruptcy rights pose an existential threat to the only electric utility in Puerto Rico. As this outcome shows, we need a new approach to…

If you were confused by the part of Bad Bunny’s halftime show where dancers re-enacted Puerto Rico’s economic struggles under PROMESA’s bankruptcy process, here’s a breakdown of what that moment was all about:

lpeproject.org/blog/how-ban...

The aliens are sending hidden messages

After Benito’s amazing performance, perhaps you are intrigued by PR’s ambiguous status. Check this one out if interested. #puertorico

power transformers mentioned in halftime show ⚡️

Bad Bunny - El Apagón - Aquí Vive Gente (Video Oficial) | Un Verano Sin Ti YouTube video by Bad Bunny

Maybe she should watch the short documentary that goes with the video for “El Apagon”…

m.youtube.com/watch?v=1TCX...

Is it over zoom? How can we get a link?

Join us next week to start the season!
@yezhang.bsky.social (@mitpolisci.bsky.social) presents "Political Control in the Workplace: How Autocrats Use Firms to Discipline Citizens". Lynette H Ong (@utoronto.ca), @woldense.bsky.social (Minnesota), & @linshengqiao.bsky.social (@utoronto.ca) discuss

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Puerto Rico's ruling statehooders introduced a bill today to amend the Criminal Code so that murder includes "conceived human beings in any stage of gestation." They've stopped short of saying it's an abortion ban so they can call opponents liars and then call it an abortion ban after they pass it.

Latin American Coups promoted by the United States

In PR for the holidays, and the colony has been directly experiencing the latest Imperial move.

US Federalism and the Political Economy of Territorial Status: Evidence from Puerto Rico Abstract. How should we understand the uniquely ambiguous status of the unincorporated territories in the context of US federalism? Focusing on the case of

Extending the literature on the political economy of US federalism to the US territories, @marielylopezs.bsky.social unpacks the two asymmetric political logics that have produced Puerto Rico's uniquely ambiguous territorial status.

Exposure to decentralization and income inequality: evidence from Cameroon With a pseudo-panel constructed using the two most recent representative Cameroonian household consumption surveys, we investigate the influence of exposure to decentralization on household income ...

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇨🇲 Exposure to 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: evidence from Cameroon
Read the new article by Pascaline Njungoh Fozao, Ebenezer Lemven Wirba & Francis Menjo Baye here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Income #inequality #decentralization #Cameroon

🏆 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🏆
Congratulations also to the 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀-𝘂𝗽 articles by @rfrbrghs.bsky.social and by @jfdaoust.bsky.social & @thomasgp.bsky.social
⌛ You can find 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀-𝘂𝗽 of all editions here 👉 www.tandfonline.com/journals/frf...