American Political Science Review

American Political Science Review is political science’s premier scholarly research journal, providing peer-reviewed articles and review essays from subfields throughout the discipline. Additionally, PSNow features blog posts from political science graduate students in the APSA Public Scholarship Program who produce summaries of the latest research in the American Political Science Review.

American Political Science Review

The Unintended Consequences of Democratic Participatory Institutions in Policing: The Case of São Paulo

January 5, 2023 Comments Off on The Unintended Consequences of Democratic Participatory Institutions in Policing: The Case of São Paulo

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Monique Newton, covers the new article by: Yanilda González, […]

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Getting Someone Else to Do the Task: When Accountability Initiatives Create Shadow States Instead of Building Bureaucratic Capacity

December 26, 2022 Comments Off on Getting Someone Else to Do the Task: When Accountability Initiatives Create Shadow States Instead of Building Bureaucratic Capacity

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Syeda ShahBano Ijaz, covers the new article by Jessica […]

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Are Americans Misperceiving or just Making Guesses?

December 23, 2022 Comments Off on Are Americans Misperceiving or just Making Guesses?

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Leann Mclaren, covers the new article by Matthew H. […]

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“Let Our Ballots Secure What Our Bullets Have Won”: Union Veterans and the Making of Radical Reconstruction

December 22, 2022 Comments Off on “Let Our Ballots Secure What Our Bullets Have Won”: Union Veterans and the Making of Radical Reconstruction

“Let Our Ballots Secure What Our Bullets Have Won”: Union Veterans and the Making of Radical Reconstruction By Michael Weaver, The University of British Columbia After the Civil War, congressional Republicans used sweeping powers to […]

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Why So Little Strategic Voting in India?

December 21, 2022 Comments Off on Why So Little Strategic Voting in India?

Why So Little Strategic Voting in India? By Oliver Heath, Royal Holloway, University Of London, Adam Ziegfeld, Temple University Strategic voting is thought to underlie Duverger’s Law and lead to two-party outcomes in single-member district […]

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What Kind of Identity is Partisan Identity? “Social” versus “Political” Partisanship in Divided Democracies

December 20, 2022 Comments Off on What Kind of Identity is Partisan Identity? “Social” versus “Political” Partisanship in Divided Democracies

What Kind of Identity is Partisan Identity? “Social” versus “Political” Partisanship in Divided Democracies By Jay Ruckelshaus, University of Oxford Many scholars blame partisan polarization for collapsing politics into social life. But these diagnoses lack […]