American Political Science Review

Rebel Motivations and Repression

Rebel Motivations and Repression By Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, University of Chicago and Mehdi Shadmehr, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill How do different types of motivation influence the politics of collective action? We […]

Data on the Profession

Data on the Profession: eJobs: A Post-Pandemic Market

Over the course of the 2021-2022 academic year, APSA’s eJobs received a total of 947 job advertisements. The month of March saw the highest number of positions, with a peak of 108 postings, while we […]

American Political Science Review

Rationalizing Democracy: The Perceptual Bias and (Un)Democratic Behavior

Rationalizing Democracy: The Perceptual Bias and (Un)Democratic Behavior By Suthan Krishnarajan, Aarhus University Democracy often confronts citizens with a dilemma: stand firm on democracy while losing out on policy or accept undemocratic behavior and gain […]

American Political Science Review

Call for Applications: 2023-2024 Public Scholarship Program – Deadline Extended: July 7th

APSA is accepting applications to join the fifth cohort of the Public Scholarship Program fellows. This program offers remote part-time fellowships that introduces political science graduate students to the intellectual and practical aspects of presenting academic scholarship to […]

American Political Science Review

Political Solutions to Discriminatory Behavior

Political Solutions to Discriminatory Behavior By Thorbjørn Sejr Guul, University of Southern Denmark, Discriminatory treatment of minorities by public authorities remains a serious challenge and breaks with the central principles of impartiality. However, little research […]

Journals

On the Outside Looking In: Ethnography and Authoritarianism

On the Outside Looking In: Ethnography and Authoritarianism By David R. Stroup, University of Manchester and J. Paul Goode, Carleton University Despite the common assumption that ethnography is most successful where researchers achieve recognition as […]

American Political Science Review

Competition in Congressional Elections: Money versus Votes

Competition in Congressional Elections: Money versus Votes By Danielle M. Thomsen, University of California, Irvine Competition among candidates or parties is a necessary condition for democracy. But who counts as a candidate and what counts […]