Wonjun Song @wonjunomatic

Assistant Professor at Hanyang University || Authoritarian Regimes, Civil-military Relations, Coups, Protests, Repression || @psupolisci PhD || @Everton fan wonjunsong.com Seoul, Republic of Korea Joined November 2009

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Michael Nelson @mjnelson7

2 months ago

Thrilled that this @CUP_Law book, with Driscoll and Krehbiel, is out this week. Its topic that become surprisingly relevant: under what conditions does the public punish presidents who ignore court decisions?

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Penn State Political Science @psupolisci

7 months ago

Prof. Wright recently published an article in the Conversation. Wright and his colleagues explain how purging civil servants and dismantling government departments is a first step for newly elected strongmen to consolidate personal power. theconversation.com/firing-civil-s…

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Edward Goldring @EdwardGoldring

a year ago

How do dictators manage elites to prepare for succession? In a new @World_Pol article, @rpcward89 and I examine this question using quantitative & qualitative data on North Korea: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… 🧵 about the article & related work. 1/12

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The Korea JoongAng Daily @JoongAngDaily

10 months ago

With many arguing that President Yoon's declaration of martial law sets Korean democracy back and is an example of global democratic backsliding, experts caution that it will take time to assess how Korea’s overall democratic path will progress from here. buff.ly/3OBUN0f

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Gerardo L. Munck @GerardoMunck

3 years ago

Are we making progress in the 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀? In a book I am writing, I address this question in light of research on 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. &,based on an evaluation of post-1945 theories,my answer is “Yes, but flawed ideas can be influential & persist”🧵

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Luis R. Martinez @LuisRMartinezA

3 years ago

Milestone unlocked: my research on the overstatement of GDP growth in autocracies is featured in this week's issue of @TheEconomist economist.com/graphic-detail…

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Carlos Lozada @CarlosNYT

3 years ago

“You fucking generals, why can’t you be like the German generals?” “Which generals?” Kelly asked. “The German generals in World War II,” Trump responded. “You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off?” Kelly said. newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

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Wonjun Song @wonjunomatic

3 years ago

It's out! We find that (1) protesters are less likely to mount a major nonviolent uprising against dictatorships with personalized security forces, (2) personalized security forces are more likely to repress realized protest, and (3) shape the prospects for democratization.

British Jnl Poli Sci @BJPolS

3 years ago

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Kangwook Han @KangwookHan

4 years ago

My study appears in the current issue of @cps_journal. This study finds that dictators spend more on redistributive policy in election periods, and that citizens’ evaluations of government redistribution also fluctuate according to the electoral cycle. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

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Wonjun Song @wonjunomatic

4 years ago

Happy to see this article finally online! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

International Interactions @II_journal

4 years ago

Happy to see this article finally online! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Sangyeon Kim @clearingkimsy

4 years ago

Very happy to share the news that the paper with @haoliuhoward and @brucedesmarais is accepted at @PSRMJournal! In this paper (link: osf.io/6bdmr/), we propose a novel method to better understand spatial dependence in dyadic interactions among moving actors (1/N)

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Wonjun Song @wonjunomatic

4 years ago

Happy to see the article finally published at @cps_journal! We find that as personalism increases, rival elites, less able to coordinate coup attempts, turn to strategies that do not require substantial elite coordination: assassinations.

Comparative Political Studies @cps_journal

4 years ago

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British Jnl Poli Sci @BJPolS

4 years ago

#OpenAccess - To Purge or Not to Purge? An Individual-Level Quantitative Analysis of Elite Purges in Dictatorships - ow.ly/7Rgq50Hc3Ps - @EdwardGoldring & @austinsmatthews #FirstView

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Dan Mattingly @mattinglee

4 years ago

How does the CCP make sure the military remains loyal to the party --- while also turning it into a world-class fighting force? In a working paper, I use a dataset of over 10,000 career appointments of 1,000 top PLA officers to examine this question! daniel-mattingly.com/s/Mattingly_PL…

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Philip Bump @pbump

4 years ago

That the RNC is now threatening to skip future presidential debates is a small shift. But it's a small shift for the party in the same observable, measurable direction: away from free and fair elections. washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…

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Taegyoon Kim @TaegyoonK

5 years ago

Sharing my 1st dissertation paper. osf.io/5ckw4 I identify & analyze threats of violence targeted at a large sample of U.S. politicians on Twitter. One key result is threats of violence against out-partisans on Twitter peak in the days preceding the Capitol Riot. (1/4)