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Am I a Methodologist? (Asking for a Friend)

Am I a Methodologist? (Asking for a Friend) by Thomas J. Leeper, London School of Economics and Political Science Political methodologists are a group of political scientists who provide the field as a whole with […]

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Everyday Political Engagement in Comparative Politics

Everyday Political Engagement in Comparative Politics by Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University It is common for critics of social science to consider scholarship and academic research to be too divorced from “real-world politics” to be useful. Academic […]

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Theme Panel: Mini Conference on Populism in Europe

Mini Conference on Populism in Europe In the past years, populist parties have gained increasing traction across European countries – both in established democracies and in the post-communist states of Eastern Europe – seemingly signalling […]

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The Use of Positive Words in Political Science Language

The Use of Positive Words in Political Science Language by Nils B. Weidmann, University of Konstanz, Sabine Otto, Uppsala University and Lukas Kawerau, University of Konstanz Research in the natural sciences has shown that the frequency of […]

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Theme Panel: New Approaches to Corruption

New Approaches to Corruption: Theory, Method, and Measurement Following the end of the Cold War, scholars and policymakers alike have paid increasing attention to the importance of corruption in economic and political development. Recent work […]

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Maximizing Benefits from Survey-Based Research

Maximizing Benefits from Survey-Based Research by Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University Despite the best of intentions, many social science studies end up unpublished or with few citations, and few studies are […]