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Celebrating Recent Work by Timothy Frye

New Books in the Arts and Sciences

November 19, 2025

In many countries, politicians rely on employers to influence the voting behavior of their employees, but this type of voter mobilization is remarkably understudied. Workplace Mobilization: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections draws on unique surveys of firm managers and employees in eight countries, as well as a wealth of fine-grained observational data and qualitative interviews from Russia to demonstrate that workplace mobilization is common, often coercive, and unpopular with many voters