American Political Science Review

Constitutional Origins and Liberal Democracy: A Global Analysis, 1900–2015

Constitutional Origins and Liberal Democracy: A Global Analysis, 1900–2015 By Gabriel L. Negretto, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer, Harvard University A strong tradition in democratic theory claims that only constitutions made with […]

American Political Science Review

Four Costly Signaling Mechanisms

Four Costly Signaling Mechanisms By Kai Quek, University of Hong Kong Two mechanisms of costly signaling are known in international relations: sinking costs and tying hands. I show that there exist four mechanisms of costly […]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

How Can We Improve Graduate Training for Undocumented Students? Ethnic and Nativity-Based Inequities in Political Science Graduate Education

How Can We Improve Graduate Training for Undocumented Students? Ethnic and Nativity-Based Inequities in Political Science Graduate Education by Michelangelo Landgrave, University of California, Riverside In recent years, the political science discipline has made strides […]

American Political Science Review

Women Thinkers and the Canon of International Thought: Recovery, Rejection, and Reconstitution

Women Thinkers and the Canon of International Thought: Recovery, Rejection, and Reconstitution By Kimberly Hutchings, Queen Mary University of London and Patricia Owens, University of Oxford Canons of intellectual “greats” anchor the history and scope […]

American Political Science Review

Universal Suffrage as Decolonization

Universal Suffrage as Decolonization By Kevin Duong, University of Virginia This essay reconstructs an important but forgotten dream of twentieth-century political thought: universal suffrage as decolonization. The dream emerged from efforts by Black Atlantic radicals […]