Xavier Marquez
@marquezxavier.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Political Science at Victoria University of Wellington | Author of "Non-Democratic Politics: Authoritarianism, Dictatorship, and Democratization"
My "Mechanisms of Personalization" is now fully published with an issue and volume number! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/V8C8T...
The mechanisms of personalization
This article draws on Max Weber’s account of legitimate authority to argue that there are three key mechanisms that drive the personalization of power in political regimes: the mobilization of char...
tandfonline.com
Neon Liberalism #62: Samantha and guest Professor Xavier Márquez talk the nature of non-democratic politics, and why the concept of "personalism" is the key to understanding the dynamics and dysfunctions of the second Trump administration. www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
Neon Liberalism #61: What is Personalism?
Samantha and guest Professor Xavier Márquez talk the nature of non-democratic politics, and why the concept of "personalism" is the key to understanding the dynamics and dysfunctions of the second Tru...
liberalcurrents.com
Read @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com applying @marquezxavier.bsky.social’s insights to Trump, published in December 2024 www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
America's Paths to Personalism
The three primary risk vectors of the second Trump administration.
liberalcurrents.com
You are required to listen to this @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com interview of @marquezxavier.bsky.social, the Liberal Currents High Council has issued the order, you cannot understand our Party Line without doing so.
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 6mo agoNeon Liberalism #62: Samantha and guest Professor Xavier Márquez talk the nature of non-democratic politics, and why the concept of "personalism" is the key to understanding the dynamics and dysfunctions of the second Trump administration. www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
New version (0.6.0) of my #rstats package {democracyData} xmarquez.github.io/democracyData/ with @freedomhouse.bsky.social data to 2024, as well as several other sources, plus minor improvements all around
Access and Manipulate Most Available Democracy Datasets
Archives a large number of democracy datasets, many of historical interest. It also provides a number of functions to download these datasets (where available) and determine membership of a country in...
xmarquez.github.io
New version (0.6.0) of my #rstats package {democracyData} xmarquez.github.io/democracyData/ with @freedomhouse.bsky.social data to 2024, as well as several other sources, plus minor improvements all around
Access and Manipulate Most Available Democracy Datasets
Archives a large number of democracy datasets, many of historical interest. It also provides a number of functions to download these datasets (where available) and determine membership of a country in...
xmarquez.github.io
"how do you show your loyalty? By paying the costs of humiliation. The more grotesquely over the top your praise, the more credible it is as a signal of support for Dear Leader." www.programmablemutter.com/p/short-post...
On the Political Roots of Academic Freedom open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
On the Political Roots of Academic Freedom
It is a fine convention to treat the University of Bologna as the first, degree-granting university in the modern sense that has stayed in continuous operation (see, for example, Wikipedia).
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To @jonrauch.bsky.social, @jeffkopstein.bsky.social, and @frankfukuyama.bsky.social, I say: not *just* patrimonialism, but all the facets of personalism (drawing on @marquezxavier.bsky.social) www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
America's Paths to Personalism
The three primary risk vectors of the second Trump administration.
liberalcurrents.com
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · last yr.On Trumpian patrimonialism: Jonathan Rauch: @jonrauch.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... Stephen Hanson and Jeff Kopstein @jeffkopstein.bsky.social : www.persuasion.community/p/sins-of-th...
I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.
Diary
Week 1
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Everyone needs to know @marquezxavier.bsky.social theory of 'flattery inflation' (short version here - abandonedfootnotes.blogspot.com/2011/12/flat..., academic version papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... )
Flattery Inflation
Reading Aloys Winterling’s entertaining revisionist biography of Caligula (which combines my interests in crazy dictatorships and the class...
abandonedfootnotes.blogspot.com
Michael Li (李之樸)@mcpli.bsky.social · last yr.We have reached North Korean levels of sycophantry. From NY-24’s Claudia Tenney 👇 tenney.house.gov/media/press-...
Two books I recommend right now: -Non-Democratic Politics by @marquezxavier.bsky.social -Waging a Good War by Thomas E. Ricks I am following the daily coverage though. I try to focus on coverage that talks in detail about what specific things they are doing vs simply repeating what they're saying
“These regimes are characterized by high levels of de-institutionalization, where formal authority is no longer a good guide to the location of power.” - @marquezxavier.bsky.social on patrimonial regimes, in “The Mechanisms of Personalization” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The mechanisms of personalization
This article draws on Max Weber’s account of legitimate authority to argue that there are three key mechanisms that drive the personalization of power in political regimes: the mobilization of char...
tandfonline.com
#OpenAccess from The Review of Politics - Ancient Tyranny and Modern Dictatorship - cup.org/4hxkLyk - @marquezxavier.bsky.social
And now this is actually officially out, over a year later, open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ancient Tyranny and Modern Dictatorship | The Review of Politics | Cambridge Core
Ancient Tyranny and Modern Dictatorship
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Xavier Marquez@marquezxavier.bsky.social · 3y agoNew polisky paper! "Ancient Tyranny and Modern Dictatorship", now forthcoming at the Review of Politics: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Trump’s threats and actions are not subtle but per @marquezxavier.bsky.social we can treat the authoritarian threat component distinctly from the risk of expanding his personal power in office, the most proximate risk right now www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
Today I draw on @marquezxavier.bsky.social’s recent work on how individuals can turn political systems into systems of personal rule. It provides valuable lens for understanding how Trump operates.
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 2y ago“It is quite possible that over the next four years Trump will fail to surmount the status quo of term limits and competitive elections, but succeed in converting the federal executive branch into a more complete system of personal rule by the president.” www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
And now the paper is officially published, free eprint here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/V8C8T...
The mechanisms of personalization
This article draws on Max Weber’s account of legitimate authority to argue that there are three key mechanisms that drive the personalization of power in political regimes: the mobilization of char...
tandfonline.com
Xavier Marquez@marquezxavier.bsky.social · 2y agoNew paper! "The Mechanisms of Personalization", forthcoming in Democratization. #polisky #dictatorsky papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Pairs with www.programmablemutter.com/p/how-chaoti...
How chaotic is Trump II going to be?
It matters whether you think his approach is transactional or personalist
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Peter Thal Larsen@petertl.bsky.social · 2y agoGreat reporting on the machinations behind the scenes of Trump’s Florida court www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
And now the paper is officially published, free eprint here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/V8C8T...
The mechanisms of personalization
This article draws on Max Weber’s account of legitimate authority to argue that there are three key mechanisms that drive the personalization of power in political regimes: the mobilization of char...
tandfonline.com
Xavier Marquez@marquezxavier.bsky.social · 2y agoNew paper! "The Mechanisms of Personalization", forthcoming in Democratization. #polisky #dictatorsky papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New paper! "The Mechanisms of Personalization", forthcoming in Democratization. #polisky #dictatorsky papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Mechanisms of Personalization
This paper draws on Max Weber's account of legitimate authority to argue that there are three key mechanisms that drive the personalization of power in politica
papers.ssrn.com
New paper! "The Mechanisms of Personalization", forthcoming in Democratization. #polisky #dictatorsky papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Mechanisms of Personalization
This paper draws on Max Weber's account of legitimate authority to argue that there are three key mechanisms that drive the personalization of power in politica
papers.ssrn.com
This paper is now officially out, open access here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Max Weber, demagogy and charismatic representation - Xavier Márquez, 2024
Political thought has long identified demagogic leadership as one of the key pathologies of democracy. Unusually among political thinkers, Max Weber not only ac...
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Xavier Marquez@marquezxavier.bsky.social · 3y agoNew paper! "Max Weber, Demagogy, and Political Representation" , now accepted at the European Journal of Political Theory (on my birthday!) ssrn.com/abstract=469... Polisky
New paper! "Max Weber, Demagogy, and Political Representation" , now accepted at the European Journal of Political Theory (on my birthday!) ssrn.com/abstract=469... Polisky
New paper! "Max Weber, Demagogy, and Political Representation" , now accepted at the European Journal of Political Theory (on my birthday!) ssrn.com/abstract=469... Polisky
