American Political Science Review

Taking the Temperature of the Global Crisis in Democracy

This piece, written by Adam B. Lerner, covers Christopher Claassen’s, University of Glasgow, new article, In the Mood for Democracy? Democratic Support as Thermostatic Opinion  What explains the ‘crisis in democracy’ sweeping across the Western world? […]

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An Adversarial Ethics for Campaigns and Elections

An Adversarial Ethics for Campaigns and Elections by Samuel Bagg, McGill University and  Isak Tranvik, Duke University  Existing approaches to campaign ethics fail to adequately account for the “arms races” incited by competitive incentives in the absence […]

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The Promise of Precommitment in Democracy and Human Rights: The Hopeful, Forgotten Failure of the Larreta Doctrine

The Promise of Precommitment in Democracy and Human Rights: The Hopeful, Forgotten Failure of the Larreta Doctrine by Tom Long, University of Warwick and Max Paul Friedman, American University Although international precommitment regimes offer a […]

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The Differential Effects of Economic Conditions and Racial Attitudes in the Election of Donald Trump – Corrigendum

The Differential Effects of Economic Conditions and Racial Attitudes in the Election of Donald Trump – Corrigendum by Jon Green and Sean McElwee In the original published article by Green and McElwee (2019), on page […]

Government Relations

Assessing the Past and Future of Public Administration: Reflections from the Minnowbrook at 50 Conference

Assessing the Past and Future of Public Administration: Reflections from the Minnowbrook at 50 Conference by Tina Nabatchi and Julia Carboni Government leaders rely on expert analyses from academia to help them understand their impact on […]

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The Adaptability Paradox: Constitutional Resilience and Principles of Good Government in Twenty-First-Century America

The Adaptability Paradox: Constitutional Resilience and Principles of Good Government in Twenty-First-Century America by Stephen Skowronek, Yale University and  Karen Orren, University of California Faith in the resilience of the US Constitution prompts many observers to discount […]

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Don’t Republicans Tweet Too? Using Twitter to Assess the Consequences of Political Endorsements by Celebrities

Don’t Republicans Tweet Too? Using Twitter to Assess the Consequences of Political Endorsements by Celebrities by Jan Zilinsky, University of London,  Cristian Vaccari, University of London, Jonathan Nagler, New York University, and Joshua A. Tucker, […]