The American Political Science Association stands by its previous condemnations (from January 30, 2017 and March 7, 2017) of the administration’s executive actions to restrict entry to the United States for residents, refugees, and visa holders from Iran, […]
Explicit Appeals to Prejudice in the Trump Era Explicit appeals to prejudice came to the forefront of American politics in the 2016 election. Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign made several incendiary comments about immigrants and […]
Representation in an Era of Political and Economic Inequality: How and When Citizen Engagement Matters by Jan E. Leighley, American University, and Jennifer Oser, University of the Negev Does political participation make a difference for policy responsiveness, or is affluence […]
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 […]
Policy Feedback as Political Weapon: Conservative Advocacy and the Demobilization of the Public Sector Labor Movement by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University Scholars have shown that once in place policies can foster greater political participation. Indeed, politicians often […]
Dynastic Politics and Democratic Discontent Across democracies, there is an increased awareness of extreme inequalities in both wealth and political power. Inequality of power––at its worst––may result in politicians routinely enacting policies that are opposed […]
From Backwaters to Major Policymakers: Policy Polarization in the States, 1970–2014 by Jacob M. Grumbach, University of California, Berkeley Political scientists often characterize state and local governments as marginal and highly constrained in policymaking. However, I […]
Changing Face of Democracy and the Rising Discontent of the Citizens Democracy is a fascinating but a contested concept. It translates as ‘Power of the People’. Democracy stresses equal moral worth of individuals, it refers […]
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