The latest virtual issue of PS features articles written by alumni of the Congressional Fellowship Program (CFP) from 2010 to 2015. The CFP fellows serve yearlong placements in congressional and executive offices, and they chronicle […]
The Policyscape and the Challenges of Contemporary Politics to Policy Maintenance Suzanne Mettler Abstract: Contemporary political life takes place amid a “policyscape,” a landscape densely laden with policies created in the past that have themselves become established […]
The primary purpose of the Fund for Latino Scholarship is to encourage and support the recruitment, retention and promotion of Latino/a political scientists. A secondary goal is to support research on Latino/a politics. Christabel Cruz: […]
Theme Panel: 20 Years after Welfare Reform Thu, September 1, 8:00 to 9:30am On August 22, 1996, President Clinton signed the historic welfare reform bill into law. For 20 years, people have debated the wisdom […]
Class Bias in Voter Turnout, Representation, and Income Inequality William W. Franko, Nathan J. Kelly and Christopher Witko Abstract: The mass franchise led to more responsive government and a more equitable distribution of resources in the United States and […]
Normally around this time in a presidential election cycle — the “interregnum,” as it has come to be known — we would be waiting for the dust from the nomination campaigns to settle before moving […]
Theme Panel: The Slow Pace of Big Transformations in International Relations Thu, September 1, 4:00 to 5:30pm Transformations in structures of international cooperation are commonly understood to be the result of historical junctures such as […]
Deterring Wage Theft: Alt-Labor, State Politics, and the Policy Determinants of Minimum Wage Compliance Daniel J. Galvin Abstract: Can stronger state-level public policies help protect workers from “wage theft?” In recent years, workers’ rights groups have responded […]
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