APSA Annual Meeting

Role of Legitimacy in Counterinsurgency Is counterinsurgency a contest over legitimacy? The classical literature on counterinsurgency argues effective counterinsurgency to be an exercise in achieving legitimacy. From colonial counterinsurgency experiences to US interventions in Iraq […]

Muslim American Identity and Political Behavior Political science has been slow to study the political behavior of Muslim Americans, a demographic group that has been increasingly prominent in American politics. The four papers on this […]

Migration and Border Politics in Africa This panel explores emerging re-conceptualizations of state legitimacy, citizenship, and nation-building in Africa by focusing on the implications of migration and border politics. These papers employ diverse methodologies including […]

Revitalizing Legitimacy: Integrating Concepts, Measurement, and Analysis The legitimacy of authorities and institutions is a foundational concern in political science and the social sciences generally. While political theorists have developed insights about the normative foundations […]

Muslims in the American Imagination Negative portrayals of Muslims have been on the rise in the United States in recent years, and reached a fever pitch in the 2016 election. The papers on this panel […]

Quest for Legitimacy: Understanding Threat, Fear, and Political Exclusion This panel brings together papers looking at how threat affects votes and attitudes. In some cases, the perceived threat is from people moving into an area. […]