Looks like you can add “multiple journalists arrested” to this awful list

Partisan Policy Networks – Penn Press How elected officials, think tanks, and interest groups form partisan policy networks to advance their agendasPartisan Policy Networks explores how policy re...

I hope you'll check out the full piece, and if you're interested to you can read more about the book here:

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While the historical view of policy research as “above politics” was never fully accurate, what we have today is profoundly different. Partisanship increasingly structures the production and dissemination of information. Research organizations are active participants in partisan battles. And stable partisan networks, built on direct collaborations and partisan reputations, structure most modern policymaking. These developments pose significant problems for American democracy. Partisan policy networks displace sound research in favor of partisan-motivated ideas, undermining responsible policymaking. They also move policy toward their own, often ideologically extreme preferences, biasing representation. And they prohibit dialogue and compromise between the two parties. In a system that often requires bipartisanship, partisan dynamics produce gridlock and incentivize unilateral presidential action.

This poses problems for polarization, representation, and governance. Through their subsidies, ideologically and narrowly motivated PROs (re)enforce polarized views, move policy toward their own ends, and prevent cross-party dialogue and compromise.

In a Nutshell: This book examines how many policy research organizations, like think tanks, have transformed from non-partisan information producers into partisan allies pursuing ideological policy goals. Most policymaking today is structured by “partisan policy networks” united by shared goals and mutual trust – and producing policy that is often poorly informed and unrepresentative of what the mass public wants.

First, the main takeaway: many policy research organizations (PROs) today are partisan policy demanders who subsidize the policymaking efforts of their partisan allies, not only thru their research but also direct political advocacy. See, for example, Heritage and CAP.

Really glad to get to publish this overview of my new book (Partisan Policy Networks) with Roro Toko. Including some excerpts below.

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Bold strategy to tell everyone to pay attention to the rallies specifically designed to draw attention to your party’s unpopular abuses of power.

Probably not exactly what you’re after, but on voteview you can search by member name and see which ideological bin they fall into relative to party/chamber. My students had fun with it yesterday.

Really cool feeling to open a box of your own book! For sale starting august 26.

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I’m just a simple guy begging Google Docs to not log me out when I’m in the middle of typing a sentence

Congrats! Well-deserved

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Could easily replace “academics” with “partisans” and explain a lot about politics

Worth noting this is due mostly to people thinking he isn’t serious or disciplined enough to stick to one of his most sincere, central policy goals. Which is one of the many reasons these tariffs will only have negative effects

Very cool stuff! I find similar results when I look at more traditional forms of engagement (think tank hiring and event participant patterns) in my book. Love the idea of podcasts as data. Looking forward to seeing more!

Really cool stuff. Love when there’s a paper to cite for something I’ve long thought to be true

Awesome, thanks!

Love this idea. Any idea how to implement in R? Wasn’t able to find much with a quick look

Need some parenting advice. My four year old has been rampaging through the house smashing things with a baseball bat. He finally agreed to pause for 90 days. My instinct is to lavishly praise him for his foresight and restraint. But what would you do?

“No other president would’ve done it” is the truest thing he’s ever said

I bounce back and forth (much like trump on tariffs) between “there is no plan” and “the plan is self-enrichment via market manipulation”. The truth is probably that trump is dumb and likes tariffs (no plan) + those around him see opportunities in that to make money

I agree. But also worth noting that it’s actually a large shift in today’s political terrain

I’m sure everyone will have a different favorite but “definition” really stands out to me

Really interesting. Is there a paper associated with this?

Don’t forget Willy!

The obsession with tariffs actually makes a lot more sense if this was the ultimate goal

Why can’t we have nice things (planned cap increases that don’t get derailed by pandemics or idiotic policies)?

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