American Political Science Review

Exit Strategy: Career Concerns and Revolving Doors in Congress By Michael E. Shepherd, Vanderbilt University and Hye Young You, New York University Although the majority of research on revolving-door lobbyists centers on the influence they […]

In the Mood for Democracy? Democratic Support as Thermostatic Opinion By Christopher Claassen, University of Glasgow Public support has long been thought crucial for the vitality and survival of democracy. Existing research has argued that […]

How Saudi Crackdowns Fail to Silence Online Dissent By Jennifer Pan,  Stanford University and Alexandra A. Siegel, Stanford University Saudi Arabia has imprisoned and tortured activists, religious leaders, and journalists for voicing dissent online. This […]

Strategic Legislative Subsidies: Informational Lobbying and the Cost of Policy By Christopher J. Ellis, University of Oregon and Thomas Groll, Columbia University We analyze the strategic considerations inherent in legislative subsidies and develop an informational […]

Representative Democracy as Defensible Epistocracy By  Dimitri Landa, New York University  and Ryan Pevnick,  New York University Epistocratic arrangements are widely rejected because there will be reasonable disagreement about which citizens count as epistemically superior […]

How Empathic Concern Fuels Political Polarization By Elizabeth N. Simas, University of Houston, Scott Clifford, University of Houston and Justin H. Kirkland, University of Virginia Over the past two decades, there has been a marked increase […]

Does Public Support for Judicial Power Depend on Who is in Political Power? Testing a Theory of Partisan Alignment in Africa By Brandon L. Bartels, George Washington University and Eric Kramon, George Washington University Judicial […]

Reconceiving Immigration Politics: Walter Benjamin, Violence, and Labor By Inés Valdez, Ohio State University This article theorizes the circulation of violence in the realms of immigration and labor. Through Walter Benjamin, I conceptualize the relationship […]