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Matthew Stenberg

@matthewstenberg.bsky.social

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Postdoc at UC Berkeley - local politics, democratic backsliding, Central Europe, EU

Matthew Stenberg @matthewstenberg.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

In our new piece at @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social, @aloysiusod.bsky.social and I try to understand what factors led some municipalities in Poland to implement openly discriminatory policies against LGBTQ+ residents while other, similar municipalities did not. (1/n)

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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

ONLINE FIRST! “When do local governments discriminate?” by @matthewstenberg.bsky.social @aloysiusod.bsky.social www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

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When do Local Governments Discriminate? Lessons from the Diffusion of “LGBT Free Zones” in Poland — Urban Affairs Review

There is a long history of municipal governments worldwide passing resolutions, laws, and regulations governing discrimination and anti-discrimination. These cities are increasingly stylized as “human...

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Matthew Stenberg @matthewstenberg.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Our paper (@jusimon.bsky.social and Mario Kukec) conceptualizes the role of party cohesion in facilitating or inhibiting backsliding across different regime types (parliamentary, presidential, and semi presidential). (1/3)

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Matthew Stenberg @matthewstenberg.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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Matthew Stenberg @matthewstenberg.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

As the Polish election fast approaches, I just wanted to repost our new preprint about how PiS has been differentially using local governments to pursue its agenda

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Matthew Stenberg @matthewstenberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

NEW PREPRINT. Conor O’Dwyer @aloysiusod.bsky.social and I try to understand what led some local governments in Poland to implement discriminatory “LGBT Free Zones”, while in other municipalities such measures either weren’t implemented or even proposed (1/8) #polisky osf.io/preprints/so...

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Matthew Stenberg @matthewstenberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

@profmusgrave.bsky.social , could I also be added to the polisky list? Thanks!

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