Dr. Benjamin Abrams

Deputy Chair @UCLSociology                              
Chief Ed. @Contention_J
Research: Mass Protest, Social Movements, Resistance, Revolutions

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

THE RISE OF DESPOTIC MAJORITARIANISM

I wrote this back when Biden took office, and commentators claimed US and global democracy had been saved.

It wasn't.

If you want a real preview of what's to come, here it is:

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

For the last year, I paid a few £ a month for X's premium's 'basic' offering to manage my bookmarks. Today I saw X forcing Tommy Robinson content into my notifications (and countless others), and it reminded me I shouldn't be giving this company my money.

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

@BesenyoJ @UCLpress @ECPR @ECPR_TheLoop @APSAtweets @GerardoMunck @ESRC @Renew_Democracy @DemocracyDocket Thank you, Besenyő!

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

I'm excited to announce our book, THE SCIENCES OF THE DEMOCRACIES, is out today with @UCLpress !

This book is a manifesto and a blueprint for strengthening democracy, written with 36 world-leading scholars.

📖Learn more and get a copy open-access at: https://t.co/ugDZjwkEfJ

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

@li_rongxin @UCLpress @ECPR @ECPR_TheLoop @APSAtweets @GerardoMunck @ESRC @Renew_Democracy @DemocracyDocket thank you Maël!

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

@allisonl @UCLpress @ECPR @ECPR_TheLoop @APSAtweets @GerardoMunck @ESRC @Renew_Democracy @DemocracyDocket Thank you Allison!

[UCL Press @UCLpress]

Congratulations to Jean-Paul Gagnon, @bdmabrams and their co-authors! Their #OpenAccess book The Sciences of the Democracies published today. Read & download free at: https://t.co/wHDQtPUKj7 #PoliticalScience #Democracy #Governance

[Comparative Politics @Journal_CompPol]

New Review Article on Fast Track by @bdmabrams “A Revolution in Revolutionary Theory?” https://t.co/8SZPNpFWaf

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

Delighted to be sharing this piece, on the history and future of revolutionary theory, in @Journal_CompPol!

[Comparative Politics @Journal_CompPol]

New Review Article on Fast Track by @bdmabrams “A Revolution in Revolutionary Theory?” https://t.co/8SZPNpFWaf

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

It was such a pleasure to speak on this Monday. Thank you @SociologyOxford for such a fantastic audience and stimulating engagement with my work!

[Sociology at Oxford @SociologyOxford]

🌟 Join us on Monday for a seminar by Dr Benjamin Abrams!

His work explores a new theoretical model of resistance movements as a distinctive object of social scientific study.

📍 Online & in person

[UCL Social Science Mid-Career Researcher Group @UCL_Social_Sci]

Curious about cross-disciplinary research? Wondering how collaborating with colleagues from different fields can enhance your work? Participate in our workshop (30/5) for all UCL PhD and Early Career Researchers interested in collaborative social science! https://t.co/UFp642Eerr

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

Are you an @APSAtweets member looking to attend international conferences such as @ECPR; @CEPSAnet ; @AMECIP; @afspinfos? APSA's International Committee will SPONSOR and FUND selected panels.

Submit your proposal here:
https://t.co/KIfjH4yk9B

(RTs appreciated)!

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

Add all this together and you get democracies without substance: empty shells that suck up political legitimacy in election time, and then throw people's votes back in their faces in government, whenever they screw them over.

Read here: https://t.co/0g7AnRo14f

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

THE RISE OF DESPOTIC MAJORITARIANISM

I wrote this back when Biden took office, and commentators claimed US and global democracy had been saved.

It wasn't.

If you want a real preview of what's to come, here it is:

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

3. Transfers of power from ordinary people to officeholders make people helpless to resist when presidents, prime ministers & their cronies do what they want.

4. Political elites use majorities (even thin ones) to justify what they do as 'representative' & claim even more power.

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

@_claireamelia @Dept_of_POLIS @Cambridge_Uni Congrats Claire! I'd love to see your syllabus!

[Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks]

The newest issue of Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest has been published! View the Table of Contents and more for Volume 12, Issue 1 here: https://t.co/F2ELWgnYMc @bdmabrams

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

@jgo34 @socscihist Nice!

[Dr. Diana T. Kudaibergen 🌻🍉 @CreativeCorazon]

Exciting moment but I guess everyone knows how lucky I am to be making history as the first UCL SSEES Lecturer in Central Asian Politics and Society.

Here’s my short interview at a new job… ❤️

[The BSA @britsoci]

BSA announces that Professor Claire Alexander, of @EthnicityUK, is this year’s winner of the Distinguished Service to British Sociology award, given to the person who has contributed most to the discipline by leading an extraordinary life as a sociologist https://t.co/IDbo2Ym3Jn