Jessica Trounstine

@trounstine.bsky.social

Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Author of Segregation by Design and Political Monopolies in American Cities. 2022 Carnegie Fellow.

Come join us for the Local Political Economy (pre) Conference in Boston on September 2nd!! This year we'll have papers AND posters. Indicate your interest in presenting, discussing, or just attending by 4/30/26 here: forms.gle/bP16UPzRxfsk....

Local Political Economy Conference

APSA pre-Conference Wednesday September 2nd, 2026 (tentatively) 10am-6pm at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Campus Happy Poster Hour reception 6-8pm to follow at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at H...

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Have you wondered why exactly it is that single-family zoning leads to racial segregation? I wrote this little article to figure it out. I use an agent based model to show it is a combination of race-based wealth inequality, homophily, & clustering of housing types in zoning maps.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 6mo ago

#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - When restrictive economic zoning leads to racial segregation - https://cup.org/4ti5BDM "results indicate that land use regulations contribute to the maintenance of racial segregation across neighborhoods" - @trounstine.bsky.social #FirstView

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Housing politics friends: please give me examples of policies that promote (not just allow for) race or class integration. I'm thinking of things like inclusionary zoning or scattered site public housing. THANKS!

More updates from my massive local politics survey: City = 39% liberal, 36% moderate, 25% conservative Suburbs = 31% liberal, 38% moderate, 31% conservative City = 48% Democrats, 15% Ind., 37% Republican Suburbs = 42% Democrats, 16% Ind., 42% Republican