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Blood is Thicker Than Water: Elite Kinship Networks and State Building in Imperial China

Blood is Thicker Than Water: Elite Kinship Networks and State Building in Imperial China By Yuhua Wang, Harvard University A long tradition in social sciences scholarship has established that kinship-based institutions undermine state building. I […]

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Member Spotlight: Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University

Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University Professor, Political Science Faculty; Director, Center for Research on Diversity and Inclusion; Co-Editor, American Political Science Review APSA Member since 1991 Valeria Sinclair-Chapman is professor of political science at Purdue University. […]

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A Collection of Articles from Cambridge on Abortion Politics

In the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overruled long-term precedents securing the right to choose abortion Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, […]

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As Voters Feel Left Behind, the Far-Right Becomes More Appealing

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 Dennis Young, covers the new article by Thomas Kurer […]

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Workplace Contact and Support for Anti-Immigration Parties

Workplace Contact and Support for Anti-Immigration Parties By Henrik Andersson and Sirus H. Dehdari, Uppsala University, Sweden How does an increased presence of immigrants in the workplace affect anti-immigration voting behavior? While cooperative interactions between […]

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Reconsidering the Link Between Self-Reported Personality Traits and Political Preferences

Reconsidering the Link Between Self-Reported Personality Traits and Political Preferences By Bert N. Bakker, University of Amsterdam, Yphtach Lelkes, University of Pennsylvania, and Ariel Malka, Yeshiva University Research on personality and political preferences generally assumes […]