Jessica Rich
@jessicaajrich
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Associate Professor @_MUPoliSci. I study activism, bureaucracy, and public health. Am fueled by coffee, wine, and ennui. she/her
Chicago, IL
Joined April 2011
I am in paperback, and I am finally affordable! Come get your copy of State-Sponsored Activism. Enter code POL3021 at checkout and get an extra 20% off. If you ask nicely, I will help you fill your unfinished syllabus with a bonus class-visit. ; )
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Now that the administrative state is under siege: here's a perfect example of how comparative politics should inform our understanding of political crises in the United States.
When I published When Democracies Deliver, people asked if the theory applied to the US. Could “powering” reforms—like those reshaping Latin American states—happen here? The answer, as Musk’s DOGE overhaul shows, is yes. And we know how this ends. 🧵
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With the upcoming change in administration, this new article on how to navigate tensions between bureaucratic autonomy and political control is a new must-read. 👇
Thrilled to share my new paper, “Calibrating Autonomy,” co-authored with @FukuyamaFrancis, now in print at @Gov_Journal. This research journey started when I read his seminal piece "What is Governance?" as a grad student. I loved this graph—and immediately envisioned testing his theory empirically at the agency level. 🧵 1/
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RT @Emassard: 🌍✨This #WorldAIDSDay, Dr. Helena Achcar reflects on the challenges facing Brazil’s AIDS movements - see the @LSEGlobalHealth…
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@its_mccarthy leading off a vicious cycle of revenge abandonment once you then took off for LA
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RT @policentrica: Amigues! Nuevamente, el Institute for Qualitative & Multi-Method Research, una escuela de métodos en Syracuse (NY, EEUU),…
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Come work with me! We've got a TT job opening in public policy/quantitative methods. I'm not on the committee, but I would be happy to answer questions.
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RT @K_Bersch: Call for Nominations: The 2025 Levine Prize for the best book in comparative public policy or public administration is now op…
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Interesting paper for comparativists who want to learn more about the US administrative state. 👇
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Seems the right day to repost this Politico article written a year ago by my brilliant colleague @julia_azari
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@PJSobkowski So corn sweat is yet another old timey word that was not really a thing until climate change. Greeeeeat.
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RT @VirOliveros: Modesta contribución 👇🏼 con @VickyMurilloNYC en @rcp_journal para pensar la irrupción de Javier Milei en la política argen…
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RT @rowensnyder: Sad to learn about the passing on July 19th of the great social scientist James C. Scott. I had the good fortune to inter…
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