Daniel Mattingly
Contact:
115 Prospect Street, Rosenkranz Hall, Room 405
1(203) 432-0280
daniel.mattingly@yale.edu
Education:
- Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
- B.A. Yale University
Bio:
Daniel Mattingly is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He studies authoritarian politics and historical political economy with a focus on China. He is the author of The Art of Political Control in China (Cambridge University Press, 2020), which examines how the Chinese state controls protests and implements ambitious social policies. It was named one of the best books of 2020 by Foreign Affairs and received the best book award from the Democracy and Autocracy Section of the American Political Science Association. His current book project examines the role of the military in China’s domestic and international politics. He received a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. from Yale University.
Fields of Interest:
- Comparative Politics
- Political Economy
Awards:
- 2022-10-21 - “How the Party Commands the Gun: The Foreign–Domestic Threat Dilemma in China”, American Political Science Journal
- 2020-12-04 - “The Art of Political Control in China” Named One of the Best Books of 2020 by Foreign Affairs Magazine
- 2021-09-03 - Gaddis Smith International Book Prize for best first book for “The Art of Political Control in China”
- 2021-06-27 - Best Book Award from the 2021 APSA Democracy and Autocracy Section for “The Art of Political Control in China”