American Political Science Review

Should We Vote in Authoritarian Elections?

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Ewa Nizalowska, covers the new article by Turkuler Isiksel […]

American Political Science Review

Do the Effects of Unpopular Supreme Court Rulings Linger? The Dobbs Decision Rescinding Abortion Rights

Do the Effects of Unpopular Supreme Court Rulings Linger? The Dobbs Decision Rescinding Abortion Rights By James L. Gibson, Washington University in St. Louis. New evidence suggests that the world recently changed for the U.S. Supreme […]

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Corruption and Co-Optation in Autocracy: Evidence from Russia

Corruption and Co-Optation in Autocracy: Evidence from Russia By David Szakonyi, George Washington University. Do corrupt officials govern differently in elected office? This article develops a theoretical framework and analyzes new data from financial disclosures to […]

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Willing but Unable: Reassessing the Relationship between Racial Group Consciousness and Black Political Participation

Willing but Unable: Reassessing the Relationship between Racial Group Consciousness and Black Political Participation By Jasmine Carrera Smith, George Washington University; Jared Clemons, Temple University; Arvind Krishnamurthy, University of California, Berkeley; Miguel Martinez, Duke University; Leann […]

2024 US Elections

2024 Post-Election Reflection Series: Reflecting on Predictions: Why Do We Often Get Elections Wrong?

Prior to the 2024 US Presidential Election, APSA’s Diversity and Inclusion Programs Department issued a call for submissions, entitled 2024 APSA Post-Election Reflections, for a PSNow blog series of political science scholars who reflect on […]

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Who Gets Hired? Political Patronage and Bureaucratic Favoritism

A Turn Against Empire: Benito Juárez’s Liberal Rejoinder to the French Intervention in Mexico By Mai Hassan, MIT, Horacio Larreguy, ITAM and Stuart Russell, World Bank Most research on biased public sector hiring highlights local […]