Journals

Comparing America: Reflections on Democracy across Subfields

Trump: Causes and Consequences (the Sequel) by Michael Bernhard, University of Florida and Daniel O’Neill, University of Florida Since the first installment of our exploration of the causes and consequences of the Trump presidency, the Mueller […]

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Adversaries or Allies? Donald Trump’s Republican Support in Congress

Adversaries or Allies? Donald Trump’s Republican Support in Congress by Karyn Amira, Lauren Johnson, Deon McCray, and Jordan Ragusa, College of Charleston Donald Trump’s first year in office received unprecedented media coverage, with many wondering whether congressional Republicans […]

American Political Science Review

Taking the Temperature of the Global Crisis in Democracy

This piece, written by Adam B. Lerner, covers Christopher Claassen’s, University of Glasgow, new article, In the Mood for Democracy? Democratic Support as Thermostatic Opinion  What explains the ‘crisis in democracy’ sweeping across the Western world? […]

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An Adversarial Ethics for Campaigns and Elections

An Adversarial Ethics for Campaigns and Elections by Samuel Bagg, McGill University and  Isak Tranvik, Duke University  Existing approaches to campaign ethics fail to adequately account for the “arms races” incited by competitive incentives in the absence […]

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The Promise of Precommitment in Democracy and Human Rights: The Hopeful, Forgotten Failure of the Larreta Doctrine

The Promise of Precommitment in Democracy and Human Rights: The Hopeful, Forgotten Failure of the Larreta Doctrine by Tom Long, University of Warwick and Max Paul Friedman, American University Although international precommitment regimes offer a […]

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The Differential Effects of Economic Conditions and Racial Attitudes in the Election of Donald Trump – Corrigendum

The Differential Effects of Economic Conditions and Racial Attitudes in the Election of Donald Trump – Corrigendum by Jon Green and Sean McElwee In the original published article by Green and McElwee (2019), on page […]