APSA Annual Meeting

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 […]

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 […]