APSA Annual Meeting

Political Competition, Religious Authority, and Orthodoxy in Muslim World Scholarship on the relationship between politics and religion has oscillated between 1) essentialism where religious doctrine and orthodoxy is regarded as constant and capable of explaining […]

Threatening the Legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court Nomination Process The process to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s U.S. Supreme Court seat has raised the question about whether the Supreme Court nomination process is legitimate. Many […]

Populism, Immigration, Race, and LGBT Rights in the U.S. and Europe Brexit, the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the issues surrounding the French 2017 election indicate that there are similar issues driving electoral behavior in […]

Information and Legitimacy: Results from the first EGAP Metaketa Does a more informed electorate foster greater political accountability, and can the provision of information thereby increase the legitimacy of elected representatives? In this roundtable, we […]

The Gendered Consequences of Armed Conflict A growing body of empirical research suggests that exposure to violence and civil war increases prosocial attitudes and behavior. However, little attention has been given to the gender-related aspects […]

The “Legitimate Authority of the People” in American Political Thought The word “legitimacy” rises to prominence after America’s constitutional founding era, but the concept or something quite like it is there, and it is debated […]

The Political Effects of Forced Migration on States Refugees and forced migrants have been viewed from two main lenses: humanitarian vulnerability and militarized threats. But the effects of refugees on states go far beyond their […]

Authors Meet Critics: Parties, Movements, and Democracy in the Developing World This volume analyzes regime politics in the developing world – including Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. By focusing on the […]