Before the welfare state, people were protected from disabilities resulting from illness, old age, and other infirmities by care work provided within the family. When the state assumes responsibility for care-work tasks, in effect it […]
Jeffrey Isaac’s editorial introduction to the December 2015 issue of Perspectives on Politics, “Varieties of Empiricism in Political Science,” reasserts the pluralistic foundations of our discipline. There are many ways of experiencing the political world, […]
The federal government currently has a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) open regarding potential changes to the common rule on protections of human subjects. These rules would affect many but not all political scientists in […]
by Alexander William Salter I explore how political property rights to revenues from governance relate to generality norms in governance. I do so by examining the rise of Western constitutional liberalism from the perspective of property […]
by Jeffrey A. Lenowitz A ratification referendum is a procedure in which framers submit a constitution to the people for binding approval before implementation. It is widespread, recommended, and affects the contents and reception of constitutions, […]
The Ralph Bunche Endowment Fund supports the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, which encourages students from under-represented racial or ethnic groups to pursue academic careers in political science. RBSI’s program enhances writing, research, and analytical skills, […]
Submit Your Proposals to the 2016 APSA Annual Meeting There are new options when submitting your proposals to the APSA 2016 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, “Great Transformations: Political Science and the Big Questions of Our Time,” in […]
by Juliet Hooker The aim of this article is to read Frederick Douglass as a theorist of democracy. It explores the hemispheric dimensions of Douglass’ political thought, especially in relation to multiracial democracy. Douglass is generally […]
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