Teaching Erosion of Democracy Recent years have witnessed a deluge of commentary warning of imminent threats to democracy in the US, the West, and the world. This, in turn, has provoked a countervailing deluge […]
Democratic Backsliding in Southeast Asia The democratic back sliding we now see in the west is not new in Southeast Asia. Manipulated elections, press and assembly controls, greater enforcement of lèse majesté laws, weakening public […]
America’s Two Worlds of Welfare: Subnational Institutions and Social Assistance in Metropolitan America by Margaret Weir, Brown University, and Jessica Schirmer, University of California, Berkeley Studies of the “delegated state” highlight the growing role of nongovernmental organizations to fulfill public […]
The Overlooked Challenges of Generalizing About Mechanisms (QMMR4) Colin Elman 1:30 pm – 5:30pm INSTRUCTOR: Derek Beach, University of Aarhus, Denmark (derek@ps.au.dk) How can we generalize within-case findings about processes and causal mechanisms to other, […]
The Effects of Protests in the U.S. The APSA 2018 theme is “Democracy and Its Discontents,” and the past years and months have seen a renewed interest in protests among the general public and the […]
“The Mayor as an Institution” | An Interview Series by Boston University Video 1 (of 5) The opening video of the series, in which mayors reflect on the institutional status of their office, the ability […]
June 22 to June 28, 2018 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 […]
Culture and Discontents: New Approaches Recent years have seen a growth in skepticism concerning the legitimacy of democratic institutions. As tensions emerge between liberal justifications of popular rule and the outcomes of democratic procedures, the […]
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