President Joseph Biden has done a Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Whatever your contribution in life, wise leaders should know when to depart the stage and let the next generation pick up the torch.
It's a genuine tragedy. #Debates2024
Pippa Norris
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Pippa Norris
@PippaN15
Political scientist at Harvard for three decades, Vice President of the World Values Survey, & founding Director of the Electoral Integrity Project.
- How authoritarian is the GOP compared with other major parties in OECD societies? Very. The GOP position towards ethnic minority rights & liberal democracy is close to Polish PiS and Turkish AKP, although a few others like Greece's XA are more extreme. globalpartysurvey.org
- Just learnt the sad news of the passing of Ron Inglehart. 40 years since founding the World Values Survey, his legacy will endure as one of the true greats in comparative political science & cultural sociology. Sincere condolences to his family & friends. dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ann…
- New syllabi for Fall 2020 - DPI-418 The Rise of Authoritarian Populism. Harvard Kennedy School. (online). canvas.harvard.edu/courses/78167
- Delighted that this paper is, at last, out in real print... journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11… An update with new evidence testing the thesis will be forthcoming later this spring.
- Here's Harvard's response to the crisis facing our international students. Can you imagine being a PhD student in the final years of completing their thesis, with research plans, future careers, hopes & dreams suddenly wrecked overnight by capricious actions? Heartbreaking.
- Deeply honored to learn that I will receive the Murray Edelman Lifetime Distinguished Career Award from APSA/ICA @poli_com at @APSA2021 in Seattle. It's inspiring to follow in the footsteps of such a distinguished list of friends & colleagues. Time to celebrate! @APSAtweets
- ChatGPT doesn't read widely enough. Like my students.
- Here's my HKS Fall 2023 draft syllabus for DPI-413 Democratic Backsliding. Its tough selecting so few readings, not least because so much terrific work is emerging and events continue to unfold. Recommendations for alternatives always remain welcome. dropbox.com/scl/fi/db5s1xl…
- Want to understand the role of populism in the Brazilian insurrection against liberal democracy? Here's an interesting study...illiberal attitudes fueled Bolsonaro's support more than populist rhetoric per se... doi.org/10.1016/j.elec…
- Delighted to share the news that I have just been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science. A tremendous honor!
- Is Trump an anomaly? Nope. Some cross-national evidence for anyone doubting the persistent link between diverse Authoritarian Populist leaders in executive office & subsequent democratic backsliding. The cases of Brazil, Hungary & India v-dem.net 1/5
- How refreshing to have such a good-natured UK contest where no one questions the integrity of the election, where winners thank the losing candidates & poll workers for their public service, & where change is in the air. #UKElection2024
