Andy Baker
By Andy BakerWelcome to our Winter 2023 newsletter. I’m happy to report that we are well on the way to completing a rather normal academic year—for the first time since 2018/19! Our lecture halls are teeming with students, speculation and fear about
Andy Baker, University of Colorado Boulder & Stefan Wojcik, Data Scientist, USAPublished: 2019Abstract: The booming literature on the consequences of democratization for material welfare has produced no findings on the relationship
Andy Baker, University of Colorado Boulder; Lucio Renno, University of BrasÃliaPublished: May 21, 2019Abstract:We argue that most survey measures of partisanship are misclassifying many respondents as nonpartisans. Common wordings,
Several CU Boulder Political Science faculty and grad students attended the 2017 IPES Conference last week to present their most recent research. CU representatives included CU faculty Andy Baker, David Bearce, and Adrian Shin
Graduate Student in Political ScienceThe Department of Political Science would like to congratulate Ph.D candidate Joby Schaffer on receiving the 2017 Inaugural Seligson Prize from Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). Both Schaffer and his
Baker A, Scarritt JR, Mozaffar S. DEMOCRATIZATION. 23 (5) (August 01, 2016): 838-861.Abstract:Ethnic fragmentation is largely presumed to be bad for democracy. However, many African countries belie this claim, as democracy has recently sprouted in
Baker A, Ames B, Sokhey AE, Renno LR. JOURNAL OF POLITICS. 78 (1) (January 01, 2016): 197-213.Abstract:What happens to partisanship when a party undergoes rapid and visible elite-led changes that dilute its traditional brand? We address
CU Boulder researchers win USAID grant to examine backpedaling democraciesPresident John F. Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act in 1961, for the first time separating federal budgets for defense and non-defense spending and creating the U.S.
Associate Professor, Director of the Program on International DevelopmentWhen it comes to textbooks, Andy Baker is one professor who’s been on both sides of the coin. Not only has he taught from different textbooks throughout his career, he’s also