Daniel Mattingly
Bio
Daniel Mattingly is Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He studies the domestic and international politics of authoritarian regimes, 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.
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
Fields of Interest
- Comparative Politics
- International Relations
Articles
- 2024-09-25 - “China’s Soft Sell of Autocracy Is Working”, Foreign Affairs
- 2024-07-21 - ”Chinese State Media Persuades a Global Audience that the ‘China Model’ is Superior: Evidence From a 19-Country Experiment,” American Journal of Political Science
- 2022-10-21 - “How the Party Commands the Gun: The Foreign–Domestic Threat Dilemma in China,” American Journal of Political Science
Awards
- 2025-04-01 - “How the Party Commands the Gun: The Foreign-Domestic Threat Dilemma in China” wins the American Journal of Political Science Best Article Award
- 2023-09-02 - “How the Party Commands the Gun: The Foreign-Domestic Threat Dilemma in China” wins 2023 Luebbert Best Article Award
- 2020-12-04 - The Art of Political Control in China Named One of the Best Books of 2020 by Foreign Affairs
- 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 APSA Democracy and Autocracy Section for The Art of Political Control in China