American Political Science Review

Democracy at Work: Moving Beyond Elections to Improve Well-Being

Democracy at Work: Moving Beyond Elections to Improve Well-Being by Michael Touchtonm, University of Miami; Natasha Borges, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee & Brian Wampler, Boise State University How does democracy work to improve well-being? In this paper, we disentangle the component parts […]

APSA Programs

Meet 2017 MFP Fellow, Priscilla Torres

Priscilla Torres (RBSI 2016) is a senior at Loyola Marymount University. She participated in the 2016 APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute and presented her research at APSA’s 2016 Annual Meeting and at the International Studies Association-West. […]

Data

March Chart of the Month: How Much Do You Teach?

The  APSA Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC) focuses on promoting greater understanding of how to create an engaging environment for all students in the classroom. The conference is organized using a working group model which […]

People

S. M. Lipset and the Fragility of Democracy

by Mildred A. Schwartz Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World Seymour Martin Lipset passed away eleven years ago. If he had lived, he would have celebrated his 95th birthday on 18 March. […]

APSA Programs

Meet 2017 MFP Fellow, Naomi Tolbert

Naomi Tolbert (RBSI 2016) is a senior at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, double majoring in political science with a specialization in international affairs and international studies with a focus area in the Middle East and Northern […]

American Political Science Review

State Development, Parity, and International Conflict

State Development, Parity, and International Conflict by Douglas M. Gibler, University of Alabama This article explains the relationship between state capabilities and international conflict as a consequence of how, when, and where states enter the international […]

APSA Programs

Meet 2017 MFP Fellow, Stephanie Chan

Stephanie Chan is a senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her current research project, “Creative Citizenship: Immigrant Political Participation,” focuses on immigrant conceptions of political participation and enactments of citizenship. She is also co-author […]

American Political Science Review

The Architecture of Political Spaces: Trolls, Digital Media, and Deweyan Democracy

The Architecture of Political Spaces: Trolls, Digital Media, and Deweyan Democracy by Jennifer Forestal, Stockton University The problem of trolls exemplifies the challenges of building democratic communities in the digital environment of social media. Distinguishing trolls from […]