Rafaela Dancygier

Rafaela Dancygier
Dancygier in 2019
Born	1977
Occupation	Political scientist

Rafaela M. Dancygier (born 1977) is an American political scientist who is the IBM Chair in International Studies at Princeton University. ^[1] She specializes in comparative politics, with a focus on the implications of ethnic diversity in democracies. ^[2]

Early life and education

Dancygier was born in 1977. She obtained a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Brown University and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University. ^[3]

Career

After an assistant professorship at Princeton University, Dancygier took up the posts of associate professor and full professor. She currently holds the IBM Chair in International Studies at Princeton. ^[3] In 2023, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. ^[4]

Dancygier’s research focuses on the domestic consequences of international immigration in Europe. Her first book, Immigration and Conflict in Europe, was published in 2010 by Cambridge University Press. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Publications

Books

• Dancygier, Rafaela M. (2010). Immigration and Conflict in Europe. Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-19907-0.
• Dancygier, Rafaela M. (2017). Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics. Princeton ; Oxford: Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-17259-0. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Chapters

• Dancygier, Rafaela; Walter, Stefanie (2015-04-23). "5. Globalization, Labor Market Risks, and Class Cleavages". In Beramendi, Pablo; Häusermann, Silja; Kitschelt, Herbert; Kriesi, Hanspeter (eds.). The Politics of Advanced Capitalism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-316-30075-6.

Articles

• Dancygier, Rafaela; Saunders, Elizabeth N. (2006). "A New Electorate? Comparing Preferences and Partisanship between Immigrants and Natives" . American Journal of Political Science. 50 (4): 962–981. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5907.2006.00227.x. ISSN   1540-5907.
• Dancygier, Rafaela M.; Donnelly, Michael J. (January 2013). "Sectoral Economies, Economic Contexts, and Attitudes toward Immigration". The Journal of Politics. 75 (1): 17–35. doi:10.1017/S0022381612000849. ISSN   0022-3816. PMC   3867934 . PMID   24363457.
• Dancygier, Rafaela M.; Laitin, David D. (2014-05-11). "Immigration into Europe: Economic Discrimination, Violence, and Public Policy". Annual Review of Political Science. 17: 43–64. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-082012-115925. ISSN   1094-2939.
• Dancygier, Rafaela M. (April 2014). "Electoral Rules or Electoral Leverage? Explaining Muslim Representation in England" . World Politics . 66 (2): 229–263. doi:10.1017/S0043887114000021. ISSN   0043-8871.
• Dancygier, Rafaela M.; Lindgren, Karl-Oskar; Oskarsson, Sven; Vernby, Kåre (November 2015). "Why Are Immigrants Underrepresented in Politics? Evidence from Sweden" . American Political Science Review . 109 (4): 703–724. doi:10.1017/S0003055415000404. ISSN   0003-0554.
• Dancygier, Rafaela; Margalit, Yotam (2020-04-01). "The Evolution of the Immigration Debate: Evidence from a New Dataset of Party Positions Over the Last Half-Century" . Comparative Political Studies . 53 (5): 734–774. doi:10.1177/0010414019858936. ISSN   0010-4140.
• Chou, Winston; Dancygier, Rafaela; Egami, Naoki; Jamal, Amaney A. (2021-10-01). "Competing for Loyalists? How Party Positioning Affects Populist Radical Right Voting" . Comparative Political Studies . 54 (12): 2226–2260. doi:10.1177/0010414021997166. ISSN   0010-4140.
• Dancygier, Rafaela; Wiedemann, Andreas (2024). "The financialization of housing and its political consequences". American Journal of Political Science . doi:10.1111/ajps.12928. ISSN   1540-5907.

Awards

• Best Book Award, European Politics and Society Section, American Political Science Association (APSA) ^[11]

• 2018 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), for Dilemmas of Inclusion ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. "Rafaela Dancygier, David Laitin, Author at Nevada Current".
2. "Rafaela Dancygier". Princeton Politics. Princeton University . Retrieved 2025-03-22.
3. "Rafaela Dancygier's CV, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University" (PDF).
4. Saxon, Jamie (2023-04-24). "Six Princeton professors have been elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-22.
5. Sasaki, Yu (February 1, 2012). "Book review: Immigration and Conflict in Europe" . Comparative Political Studies. 45 (2): 267–271. doi:10.1177/0010414011422805 – via SAGE Journals.
6. Dancygier, Rafaela M. (March 23, 2010). "Immigration and Conflict in Europe". Cambridge University Press.
7. Sojka, Bozena (March 23, 2013). "by . : , . 345pp., £17.99, ISBN 978 0 521 15023 1" . Political Studies Review. 11 (2): 293–294. doi:10.1111/1478-9302.12016_107 – via Wiley Online Library.
8. Gould, Andrew C. (September 2019). "Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics. By Rafaela M. Dancygier. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017. 264p. 29.95 paper" . Perspectives on Politics. 17 (3): 918–920. doi:10.1017/S1537592719001609. ISSN   1537-5927.
9. Adida, Claire (February 2020). "Rafaela Dancygier, Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017). Pp. 264. $29.95 paper. ISBN: 9780691172606" . International Journal of Middle East Studies. 52 (1): 191–193. doi:10.1017/S0020743819001053. ISSN   0020-7438.
10. Madueke, Kingsley; Vermeulen, Floris (2018-10-21). "Dilemmas of inclusion: Muslims in European politics" . Ethnic and Racial Studies. 41 (13): 2402–2404. doi:10.1080/01419870.2018.1449957. ISSN   0141-9870.
11. List of recipients of Best Book Award, European Politics and Society Section, American Political Science Association (APSA), https://apsanet.org/membership/organized-sections/organized-section-awards/past-awards/section-21/
12. "Stein Rokkan Prize". European Consortium for Political Research . Retrieved 2025-03-22.
13. "Dancygier's Book on Muslims in European Politics Awarded 2018 Stein Rokkan Prize". Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Retrieved 2025-03-22.

External links

• Rafaela Dancygier’s web page at Princeton University