APSA Annual Meeting

Classical Reflections on Democracy and Legitimacy Recent years have seen a growth in skepticism concerning the legitimacy of democratic institutions. As tensions emerge between liberal justifications of popular rule and the outcomes of democratic procedures, […]

The Emergence of Donald Trump: Did Political Science See this Coming? In the aftermath of November 8, 2016, the day on which Donald Trump was elected to become the 45th President of the United States, […]

Causes and Consequences of Legitimacy in Areas of Limited Statehood For decades, questions about the legitimacy and effectiveness of governance have been prominent in political science. Yet, we still know little about their mutual interplay, […]

Europe’s Perfect Storm Europe is facing an intertwined set of crises that threaten national liberal democracies and have shaken the project of European integration to its very core. Britain’s Brexit referendum outcome triggered a process […]

The Authority Trap: Strategic Choices of International NGOs This roundtable will discuss “The Authority Trap,” a new book by Sarah Stroup and Wendy Wong that will be published by Cornell University Press in late summer […]

Global Populisms What are the origins, manifestations and consequences of populism? Populist parties and leaders are surging across the world, in both developed and developing democracies, and yet not enough attention has been paid to […]

Reconstructing Legitimacy: Approaches to Post-Conflict Reconciliation In the wake of conflict, genocide and human rights abuses, states and their citizens must decide how to address the crimes of the past and rebuild political and civic […]

How Political Scientists Can Create Effective Public Engagement In the panel we discuss the process of writing for a general audience and the utility and appropriateness of using political science research as a lens to […]