American Political Science Review

How the War on Drugs Increases Violence and Rewards Cartels

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Nicole Wells, covers the new article by Juan Camillo […]

American Political Science Review

Transparency, Protest, and Autocratic Instability

Transparency, Protest, and Autocratic Instability By James R. Hollyer, University of Minnesota, B. Peter Rosendorff, New York University and James Raymond Vreeland, Georgetown University The collapse of autocratic regimes is often brought about through large-scale […]

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Racial Differences in Protest Participation

Racial Differences in Protest Participation By Peter K. Eisinger, University of Wisconsin, Madison Understanding of the phenomenon of political protest has been inhibited by the view that protest is fundamentally extraordinary or unconventional in character […]

American Political Science Review

Selling Out?: The Politics of Navigating Conflicts between Racial Group Interest and Self-interest

Selling Out?: The Politics of Navigating Conflicts between Racial Group Interest and Self-interest By Ismail K. White, George Washington University, Chryl N. Laird, Saint Louis University and Troy D. Allen, Southern University-Baton Rouge Departing from […]

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Racial Threat and Partisan Identification

Racial Threat and Partisan Identification By Micheal W. Giles and Kaenan Hertz , Emory University Over the past three decades, as the Democratic party in the South has come to depend more heavily on black […]