Adrienne LeBas
@amlebas
Political scientist interested in Africa, elections, violence, taxes. Often longing for Harare, Lagos, NYC, a nice tanda. Teach @AU_SPA.
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Drawing on unique individual-level panel data from Zimbabwe, Adrienne LeBas & Lauren Young estimate the change in individual protest intentions following repression and analyze three mechanisms through which repression drives response.
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Not sure if it will appear in the next physical issue, but there is a great symposium on Michael Wahman 's new book up on ASR's website. Search for Wahman & you can find all contributions.
An impassioned editorial on Sudan fr Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Glad that Thomas-Greenfield (& now Perriello) are the key US personnel involved, but the editorial's calls for international community to 'step up' do not sound promising re an end to the conflict. nytimes.com/2024/03/18/opi…
Senegal's Const. Court ruled unconstitutional Sall's attempt to postpone election👍🤞 Public law scholar Alioune Ngom & I explain why & how we got there in op-ed Libération. Adrienne LeBas kim yi dionne (@dadakim.bsky.social) Rachel Beatty Riedl Leonard Wantchekon Sebastian Elischer Leonardo A. Villalon Professor Landry Signé
Very proud of this project with Lauren Young and happy to see it in print. We’ll do a thread on the findings shortly, but the main headline is support for backlash protests in response to repression.
Great opportunity for African national PhD candidates or recent PhDs in relevant disciplines (not just econ!): World Bank World Bank Africa fellowship program provides 6 mos consultancy, etc. Must be <33yo. Deadline August 26. worldbank.org/en/region/afr/…
Emerging scholars of Africa: opportunity for PIPES mentoring program at African Studies Association US annual meeting in November. Targets junior scholars, African scholars, and others fr underrepresented groups. Apply by August 1st. More details: africanstudies.org/annual-meeting…