American Political Science Review

Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains

Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains By Aditya Dasgupta, University of California, Merced; Elena Ramirez, University of California, Merced. Rural areas are conservative electoral strongholds in the United States and […]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Apply for the 2025 APSA Fund for Latino Scholarship | Deadline: June 15, 2025

The Fund for Latino Scholarship encourages and supports the recruitment, retention, and promotion of political science students and scholars who study and research Latina/o politics (especially students and tenure track junior faculty). Applications are due June 15, 2025. The fund will award […]

American Political Science Review

Endogenous Colonial Borders: Precolonial States and Geography in the Partition of Africa

Endogenous Colonial Borders: Precolonial States and Geography in the Partition of Africa By Jack Paine, Emory University; Xiaoyan Qiu, Washington University in St. Louis; Joan Ricart-Huguet, Loyola University Maryland We revise the conventional wisdom that Africa’s […]

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 […]

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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 […]

American Political Science Review

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 […]