The APSA Press Gallery is a roundup of recent blogs, op-eds, podcasts, and interviews featuring political scientists. We are always eager to follow our members’ engagement online. Let us know what you are doing or […]
“Thugs-for-Hire”: Subcontracting of State Coercion and State Capacity in China by Lynette H. Ong, University of Toronto Using violence or threat of violence, “thugs-for-hire” (TFH) is a form of privatized coercion that helps states subjugate a […]
APSA is a member of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA), a coalition of organizations who advocate for the protection and increase of funding for humanities research, teaching, programming, and preservation and access. By Daniel Fisher, Project […]
During the APSA 2018 Annual Meeting in Boston, a new organized was founded, the Middle East and North Africa Politics, Section 49. It is an academic society of the American Political Science Association (APSA) established […]
When Do the Dispossessed Protest? Informal Leadership and Mobilization in Syrian Refugee Camps by Killian Clarke, Princeton University Refugees are often considered to be among the world’s most powerless groups; they face significant structural barriers to […]
The APSA Press Gallery is a roundup of recent blogs, op-eds, podcasts, and interviews featuring political scientists. We are always eager to follow our members’ engagement online. Let us know what you are doing or […]
Legitimacy in Autocracies: Oxymoron or Essential Feature? by Johannes Gerschewski, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Legitimacy is a key concept in political science. It has deep normative roots in democratic theory and refers usually to righteous, just, fair, […]
Race, Religion, or Culture? Framing Islam between Racism and Neo-Racism in the Online Network of the French Far Right by Caterina Froio, University of Oslo When debates about Islam acquire importance in the public sphere, does […]
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