Rafaela Dancygier

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]

Rafaela Dancygier
Dancygier in 2019
Born	1977
Occupation	Political scientist

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]