Jennifer McCoy
@jennifermccoy.bsky.social
Political scientist, polarization, democratic erosion, Latin America. Georgia State University, Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace (nonresident scholar).
Magyar's defeat of Orban in Hungary today illustrates perfectly the concept I describe here: repolarize to depolarize. Shifting the line of conflict from L-R or Urban-Rural to Nation vs Oligarchs was a winning move, and lesson for U.S. Repolarize to Depolarize open.substack.com/pub/betterco...
Repolarize to Depolarize
And other ways forward for America from our talk with polarization scholar Jennifer McCoy - BCB #162
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🆕Since 1990, only 1 country has successfully sustained a democratic recovery after backsliding. @jennifermccoy.bsky.social and @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social find democracy defenders and the public are often divided over threat, timing, and tactics. Read their article @carnegieendowment.org ⤵️
Alarm or Caution? Defending Democracy During Backsliding
Defenders of democracy often split over perceptions, methods, urgency levels, and priorities.
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One way to renew American democracy. My article for @us.theconversation.com building on the recent task force report of the Academy of Arts and Sciences on the benefits of shifting from winner-take-all elections to proportional representation (PR). theconversation.com/proportional...
‘Proportional representation’ could reduce polarization in Congress and help more people feel like their voices are being heard
The electoral system used by many global democracies eliminates gerrymandering and has been shown to give more equal representation to minorities and women.
theconversation.com
“Including more Venezuelan voices [...] will increase the credibility and legitimacy of the economic and political reforms for the entire population,” @jennifermccoy.bsky.social writes. What role should the U.S. play in the process? Full article here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Can Venezuela Move From Economic Stabilization to a Democratic Transition?
Venezuelans deserve to participate in collective decisionmaking and determine their own futures.
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🆕To move Venezuela toward power sharing and real democracy, immediate steps are necessary: 👉Release political prisoners 👉Repeal laws restricting dissent 👉Deauthorize colectivos @jennifermccoy.bsky.social outlines the process and roadblocks for @carnegieendowment.org
Can Venezuela Move From Economic Stabilization to a Democratic Transition?
Venezuelans deserve to participate in collective decisionmaking and determine their own futures.
carnegieendowment.org
#7 U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders. @jennifermccoy.bsky.social and her co-authors explained how “democratic backsliding” occurs and offered six key lessons for how to defend democracy in the face of threats. goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
To strengthen democracy, collaborations must stretch beyond party lines. On Monday, Dec 1 from 12-1:15ET, we are cohosting a virtual event with the National Democratic Institute on big tent coalitions, featuring @jennifermccoy.bsky.social ! Register here:
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Why is it so hard to build a movement to defend democracy? In a new talk for @scholars.org, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social suggests some comparative answers. She then identifies problems specific to the U.S., and suggests some solutions. Watch here🔽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZw...
Why is it So Hard to Build a Movement to Defend Democracy?
YouTube video by Scholars Strategy Network
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Join Georgia SSN for the first webinar in their "Defending U.S. Democracy" webinar series with @jennifermccoy.bsky.social, moderated by @bernardtamas.bsky.social! 📅 Tues, Oct. 14 🕓 4pm - 5:15pm 🔗 Register for the event now: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/d...
Depolarization might not mean erasing divides, but “repolarizing” around shared values like democracy, fairness, or anti-corruption. @jennifermccoy.bsky.social explains in a NEW episode of the Better Conflict Bulletin podcast with @jonathanstray.bsky.social 👂📖⤵️
Repolarize to Depolarize
And other ways forward for America from our talk with polarization scholar Jennifer McCoy - BCB #162
betterconflictbulletin.org
And just in case you are ONLY paying attention to Marines being send to LA, here's some crucial news that should not hide under the radar.
CNN@cnn.com · last yr.In an unprecedented move, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of the CDC's expert panel of vaccine advisers, citing conflicts of interest. cnn.it/4mYohFy
Now add 500 Marines called to LA. This is common escalation of protests worldwide. They may start with a specific grievance like transport price hikes (or immigrant raid here), but if security overreaches, more people come out. Large, peaceful during day; small groups more violent at night. 1/2
Protect Democracy@protectdemocracy.org · last yr.We’re seeing an unprecedented militarization of civilian society. With tanks in DC for a parade on the president’s birthday, and the National Guard deployed in Los Angeles, read more about when these actions become an abuse of power: protectdemocracy.org/work/domesti...
Contents: ▪️ Types of Democratic Resilience by Rachel Beatty Riedl (@beattyriedl.bsky.social), Jennifer McCoy (@jennifermccoy.bsky.social), Kenneth Roberts, Paul Friesen - ▪️ From Electoral U-turns to Re-democratisation by Nic Cheeseman (@fromagehomme.bsky.social), Licia Cianetti
🆕| A New Dynamic of Democratic Resilience? Read the new @europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu publication with commentaries from @jennifermccoy.bsky.social, Thomas Carothers, & McKenzie Carrier (ed. @richardyoungs.bsky.social)👇
A New Dynamic of Democratic Resilience? - European Democracy Hub
While autocratisation remains a pressing concern, a parallel focus on democratic resilience has begun to emerge.
europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu
What we're reading: A global study of democratic backsliding & resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks, from @jennifermccoy.bsky.social, @beattyriedl.bsky.social, Kenneth Roberts, and @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social in @goodauth.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
The world today provides important lessons for how to identify and resist autocrats. In their piece for @goodauth.bsky.social, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social Kenneth Roberts & @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social highlight six key lessons on how to counter threats to democracy👇
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
What can the U.S. learn from other countries living through threats to democracy? Lessons from our global research and 15 case studies distilled in my new commentary with @beattyriedl.bsky.social Ken Roberts, and @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social include: (1/3) goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
New op-ed out @goodauth.bsky.social based on our global research w Ken Roberts, @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social @jennifermccoy.bsky.social Timely lessons re pressure on institutions and nature of pro-democracy coalitions goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
🔔Out now!🔔 "Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered," ed. by @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social & Kenneth Roberts, with articles from @carnegieendowment.org's Thomas Carothers and @milanv.bsky.social. Read the issue here!👇
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New volume out on Democratic Backsliding and Recovery, edited by @beattyriedl.bsky.social , @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social , Ken Roberts and me. 15 case studies including countries with current massive protests against autocrats - Hungary, Serbia and Turkey. www.aapss.org/annals/volum...
Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered – AAPSS
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When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
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A civilian coup is in full progress in Turkey. Unless EU acts swiftly and decisively, they will not only be complicit but will also endanger Europe's own long-term security. An autocratic Turkey with transactional relations with EU cannot reliably contribute to European security +
Autocrats emboldened everywhere. Today it is Turkey.
Murat Somer@muratsomer-eng.bsky.social · last yr.The gravest mistake for the publics of democracies is to think that what is happening in Turkey is about Turkey & its region alone. The deepening global fault line between democracy & autocracy and the battle between democratic & oligarchic/far-right rule is played out in TR but will not stop here.
To Lainey Gossip writer Stephanie Hinds, the breakups tracked with what Carnegie’s @jennifermccoy.bsky.social labeled “chronically pernicious” polarization in the U.S. Read the article: www.laineygossip.com/core-values-...
Core values take center stage during the Love Is Blind finale and reunion
The Love Is Blind season finale and reunion is an example of women being at a crossroads, with two of the contestants ending their engagements due to lack of alignment on issues like abortion, equalit...
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I really enjoyed speaking at this conference with the wonderful co-speakers and participants!
University of Southern Maine@usouthernmaine.bsky.social · last yr.Thank you to the organizers of this year's Camden conference! And thank you to the speakers such as @mariaressa.bsky.social, @stasavage.bsky.social, @jatucker.bsky.social, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social,and @colinwoodard.bsky.social for engaging with the audience.
drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2... Over 600 political scientists highlight threats to the basic design of American government and democracy. "President Trump won the November 2024 election fairly... But his victory does not grant him the right to overturn our constitutional and legal order by fiat."
Political science statement.pdf
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An admirer of Orban recommends the Orbanist strategy: Maximum culture war against minorities on the inside; minimal resistance to Putin -- some would reasonably say: de facto collusion with Putin -- on the outside.
News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · last yr.BREAKING: US VP just launched an extraordinary attack on Europe. “The threat that I worry most about, vis-a-vis Europe, is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. “What I worry about is the threat from within: the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.”
