American Political Science Review

Exit Strategy: Career Concerns and Revolving Doors in Congress

Exit Strategy: Career Concerns and Revolving Doors in Congress By Michael E. Shepherd, Vanderbilt University and Hye Young You, New York University Although the majority of research on revolving-door lobbyists centers on the influence they […]

Congress

The Dirksen Congressional Center’s Congressional Research Grants

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen R-IL), is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit […]

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In the Mood for Democracy? Democratic Support as Thermostatic Opinion

In the Mood for Democracy? Democratic Support as Thermostatic Opinion By Christopher Claassen, University of Glasgow Public support has long been thought crucial for the vitality and survival of democracy. Existing research has argued that […]

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How Saudi Crackdowns Fail to Silence Online Dissent

How Saudi Crackdowns Fail to Silence Online Dissent By Jennifer Pan,  Stanford University and Alexandra A. Siegel, Stanford University Saudi Arabia has imprisoned and tortured activists, religious leaders, and journalists for voicing dissent online. This […]

Awards

Meet 2020 Carnegie Fellow Yonatan L. Morse, University of Connecticut

The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program recognizes an exceptional group of both established and emerging scholars, journalists, and authors with the goal of strengthening U.S. democracy, driving technological and cultural creativity, exploring global connections and global […]

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Strategic Legislative Subsidies: Informational Lobbying and the Cost of Policy

Strategic Legislative Subsidies: Informational Lobbying and the Cost of Policy By Christopher J. Ellis, University of Oregon and Thomas Groll, Columbia University We analyze the strategic considerations inherent in legislative subsidies and develop an informational […]

American Political Science Review

Representative Democracy as Defensible Epistocracy

Representative Democracy as Defensible Epistocracy By  Dimitri Landa, New York University  and Ryan Pevnick,  New York University Epistocratic arrangements are widely rejected because there will be reasonable disagreement about which citizens count as epistemically superior […]