Marcel Roman
@mfroman.bsky.social
Assistant professor of Government @ Harvard. Studies identity, race, and immigration. https://www.marcelroman.com/
New article, open access in PS. As the US marks 250 years since independence, I ask why it has failed to consolidate as a multiracial democracy. It also lays the foundation for my book project, Herrenvolk Democracy. cup.org/4butpgv #PoliticalScience #APD #Democracy #OpenAccess
Democracy for Whom? Herrenvolk Democracy and the American Founding | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Democracy for Whom? Herrenvolk Democracy and the American Founding
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Two very interesting papers on how minorities respond to exclusion (having IDs not represented in info + categories presented to them). Somewhat different treatments and outcomes, and diff populations, but I think very parallel in spirit -- one account of mobilization, the other demobilization
The MO primary elections are this week. I spoke with Nine PBS about one of the state’s biggest races, and one that deserves greater national attention: Cori Bush vs Wesley Bell youtu.be/BvmJ7gFrRxo
Will Cori Bush or Wesley Bell shift the Democratic Party's future?
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This paper shows that immigration enforcement can _increase_ crime. Undocumented immigrants already have the lowest crime rate, but tough-on-immigration policy makes immigrants less likely to report crime. So immigration enforcement worsens the problem it was ostensibly meant to solve
Excited to share that my book, "Information Brokers" @uchicagopress.bsky.social is out this Friday (July 3)! I will share endorsements the next three days, so please forgive the overposting. Also, please consider engaging with it. Order the book here : press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - Redistricting Reforms Reduce Gerrymandering by Constraining Partisan Actors - https://cup.org/4pNwXA7 - @corymccartan.com, @chriskenny.bsky.social, @simko.bsky.social, EMMA EBOWE, MICHAEL Y. ZHAO & KOSUKE IMAI #FirstView
Excited to share this new book by @asilvaphd.bsky.social "Direct Democracy Rules" (best title) examines how propositions, initiatives, and referendums shape state immigration policy and changed the role of citizens in immigration policymaking. Here's a discount code! GO! NOW!
With fewer than 100 days until the midterms, a shameless plug: If you want to understand just how much our systems of electoral democracy have been degraded, especially for racial and ethnic minorities, you could do worse than preordering our book. Out Oct 6! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
I forgot to post this working paper when we put it online a couple months ago, but we think it's really cool and you should read it. tl;dr: State targeting of even a small group of people can have an absolutely massive effect on turnout of the larger group bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.mit.ed...
much solidarity to our colleagues in sociology. DDRIG grants are truly transformative for early career scholars’ ability to conduct research with benefits not only for their disciplines, but also for society as a whole
Philip N Cohen@philipncohen.com · last wk.Per @asanews.bsky.social email, after being cut off by NSF, ASA is ending the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant.
Lean ground beef is about $7/lb. A chuck roast to toss in your crock-pot is nearly $30. I just ran to Popeye's and got a bunch of chicken strips for the kids and that was over $25. It got stupid, fast! Trump is out telling people in Michigan that we're doing great.
I am thrilled to pieces to be In possession of my friend and collaborator @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social’s book (the first of what I expect will be many excellent books over the course of his career), Rural Pain, Republican Gain. Buy it and give it a read! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
New poll from Strength In Numbers and Verasight this morning: Black voters and Democrats are systematically more likely to say they couldn’t process citizenship. These are **currently registered voters** — and so presumably citizens being disenfranchised.
Poll: These Americans say they’d be disenfranchised by Trump’s election law
Few Americans have heard a lot about the provisions of the SAVE Act. Support declines the more someone hears about it
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New paper published in @journalrep.bsky.social by myself and @mhayes.bsky.social! In this paper we investigate whether MCs are responsive to their African American constituents by leveraging redistricting-induced changes in MCs' constituencies. 1/x
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · last mo.#OpenAccess from @journalrep.bsky.social - Redistricting and Policy Responsiveness to African Americans in the U.S. House - https://cup.org/4whomYF - @mzarate.bsky.social & @mhayes.bsky.social #FirstView
Using a state-rep survey (>30K) and district-level data from VA, I find evidence that homeschooling is often a response to perceived racial threat.
Ideological self-identification among Latinos increasingly drives immigration attitudes, with conservatives adopting restrictionist views journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🚨NEW WORKING PAPER🚨 w/ @mjstrawbridge.bsky.social and @stephanieternullo.bsky.social. We help explain the puzzle of steadfast Black identification with the Democratic party by providing new theory and evidence on the role of racial residential segregation 1/n
📘 Excited to share that our new Cambridge Elements book, Downplaying Extremism? (with @rdancygier.bsky.social & @homola.bsky.social ), is now out—and available open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781.... A short thread 👇 (1/7)
Downplaying Extremism? How the State Approaches Right-Wing and Left-Wing Extremist Threats
Cambridge Core - Political Philosophy - Downplaying Extremism? How the State Approaches Right-Wing and Left-Wing Extremist Threats
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Open access in QJE!📢 Using newly assembled archival data, we show how the AMA's nationwide campaign against national health insurance, labeling it "socialized medicine" and promoting private insurance, helped steer the U.S. away from universal health care academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
Why Doesn’t the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Political Role of the American Medical Association
Abstract. This article examines how the American Medical Association (AMA) helped shape the development of the U.S. health insurance system in the critical
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🚨New Book Alert 🚨 Thrilled to announce the publication of my first book: Rural Pain, Republican Gain by @uchicagopress.bsky.social ‼️ Officially released in one month but at the warehouse and ready to ship to you and yours! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Rural Pain, Republican Gain
An eye-opening look at how Republican policies have affected health outcomes in rural communities and why poor, rural white voters are turning to the Republican Party—not despite this harm, but becaus...
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More than 1.2 million people applied for regularization in Spain's most recent program. Spain's migration minister has now responded to public concern and misinformation, calling for an end to prejudice against migrants 🇪🇸 👇🏾 www.infomigrants.net/en/post/7239...
Spain: Migration minister defends regularization drive
Spain's extraordinary regularization decree has come under fire after the number of applications exceeded 1.2 million — more than twice the forecast number. Spain's migration minister has now responde...
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Excited to share our new study. Upshot: The more rightward White adults place Jesus on the ideological spectrum, the more solidarity they feel with other Whites. BUT it's the opposite for Black adults: the more conservative the Jesus, the less racial solidarity they feel. 1/6 doi.org/10.1093/socr...
I wrote about what looks very much like a formal US plan to institutionalize a global network of concentration camps.
Little Gitmos everywhere
The White House explores entrenching U.S. concentration camps worldwide.
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J.D. Vance boasted that Watergate would be a 12-hour news story if it happened today. @luozhaotian.bsky.social and I show why. It turns out oversight is difficult when prospective autocrats can excuse their undemocratic behavior as mere trolling...
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 3w ago#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - Backsliding under contested oversight - https://cup.org/3SWvWtu "Citizens do not directly observe democratic backsliding and, as a result, may hesitate to respond to subversion." - @bobbygulotty.bsky.social & @luozhaotian.bsky.social #FirstView
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The Model Minority Stereotype and Republican Partisan Identification Among Asian Americans - Political Behavior
What explains Republican partisanship among Asian Americans? Scholars have extensively examined the factors associated with Democratic partisan orientations among Asian Americans, yet little is known ...
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Economic Historian reviewer: “I don’t understand this focus on dehumanization and race. This isn’t economics. This isn’t appropriate for an economic history outlet.” Me:
My first-ever solo-authored paper is out today (open access!) in @journalrep.bsky.social! What drives Americans to switch their presidential vote based on race over the last 3 elections? I show that it's not general racial warmth, it's changing beliefs about discrimination. (🧵 1/3)
‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Per tradition, the deadline has been extended to July 24th for last minute submissions. If you've already submitted your abstract, consider yourself in the program. Will email out formal invitations next week. Happy Independence Day till then.
Michelangelo Landgrave@landgravephd.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're hosting PRIEC at Boulder again. Submit proposals by July 3rd, 2026. We'll prioritize those on the job market, but scholars at all stages are welcome to attend. We have limited funding to provide lodging for early career presenters. forms.gle/C5bH6ndyG3A2...
