Articles by APSA

The Urban/Rural Divide in Athenian Political Thought By Charles Nathan, Duke University Contemporary analyses of Athenian democracy have focused on binaries such as mass/elite, free/slave, and male/female, overlooking the urban/rural divide. In this article, I […]

The Ex-Factor: Examining the Gendered Effect of Divorce on Voter Turnout By Sirus H. Dehdari, Karl-oskar Lindgren, Sven Oskarsson, Uppsala University and Kåre Vernby, Stockholm University The absence of a gendered analysis of the effect […]

Social Groups as the Source of Political Belief Systems: Fresh Evidence on an Old Theory By Elizabeth Mitchell Elder, Princeton University and Neil A. O’Brian, University of Oregon We present novel evidence that attitudes toward […]

Richard Rorty and the Demands of Liberalism By Robert Lamb, University of Exeter In this article, I show that Richard Rorty’s unduly neglected normative political theory advances a far more distinct and demanding form of […]

Reframing the Guardianship Dilemma: How the Military’s Dual Disloyalty Options Imperil Dictators By Jack Paine, University Of Rochester Dictators confront a guardianship dilemma: military agents are needed to defeat mass outsider movements, but these agents […]

Preventing Rebel Resurgence after Civil War: A Field Experiment in Security and Justice Provision in Rural Colombia By Robert A. Blair, Brown University, Manuel Moscoso-Rojas, Brown University, Andrés Vargas Castillo, Comparativa and Michael Weintraub, Universidad […]

Power Sharing and Authoritarian Stability: How Rebel Regimes Solve the Guardianship Dilemma By Anne Meng, University of Virginia and Jack Paine, University of Rochester Regimes founded in rebellion are, typically, extremely durable. We propose that […]

Migration and the Demand for Transnational Justice By Leslie Johns, Máximo Langer and Margaret E. Peters, University of California, Los Angeles Domestic courts sometimes prosecute foreign nationals for severe crimes—like crimes against humanity, genocide, torture, […]