During the APSA 2018 Annual Meeting in Boston, a new organized was founded, the Middle East and North Africa Politics, Section 49. It is an academic society of the American Political Science Association (APSA) established […]
When Do the Dispossessed Protest? Informal Leadership and Mobilization in Syrian Refugee Camps by Killian Clarke, Princeton University Refugees are often considered to be among the world’s most powerless groups; they face significant structural barriers to […]
The APSA Press Gallery is a roundup of recent blogs, op-eds, podcasts, and interviews featuring political scientists. We are always eager to follow our members’ engagement online. Let us know what you are doing or […]
Legitimacy in Autocracies: Oxymoron or Essential Feature? by Johannes Gerschewski, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Legitimacy is a key concept in political science. It has deep normative roots in democratic theory and refers usually to righteous, just, fair, […]
Race, Religion, or Culture? Framing Islam between Racism and Neo-Racism in the Online Network of the French Far Right by Caterina Froio, University of Oslo When debates about Islam acquire importance in the public sphere, does […]
Mary McHugh, Merrimack College September Member of the Month Member since 1994 Why did you become a political scientist? I have been interested in politics and government for as long as I can remember. Growing up […]
Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer is an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics–“CIDE”–in Mexico City. He holds a PhD […]
Democratic Waves in Historical Perspective by Seva Gunitsky, University of Toronto For over two centuries, the evolution of democracy has been marked by repeated democratic waves. Yet these cross-border bursts of revolution and reform have varied […]
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