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.

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What Is Spontaneous Order?

May 11, 2020 Comments Off on What Is Spontaneous Order?

What Is Spontaneous Order? By Daniel Luban, University College, Oxford Due especially to the work of Friedrich Hayek, “spontaneous order” has become an influential concept in social theory. It seeks to explain how human practices […]

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Plato’s Myth of Er and the Reconfiguration of Nature

May 8, 2020 Comments Off on Plato’s Myth of Er and the Reconfiguration of Nature

Plato’s Myth of Er and the Reconfiguration of Nature By Tae-Yeoun Keum, University of Oxford Why did Plato conclude the Republic, arguably his most celebrated work of political theory, with the Myth of Er, an obscure […]

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How Partisan Is Local Law Enforcement? Evidence from Sheriff Cooperation with Immigration Authorities

May 7, 2020 Comments Off on How Partisan Is Local Law Enforcement? Evidence from Sheriff Cooperation with Immigration Authorities

How Partisan Is Local Law Enforcement? Evidence from Sheriff Cooperation with Immigration Authorities By Daniel M. Thompson, Stanford University Is local law enforcement conducted differently based on the party in power? I offer an answer […]

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Can Economic Assistance Shape Combatant Support in Wartime? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan

May 6, 2020 Comments Off on Can Economic Assistance Shape Combatant Support in Wartime? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan

Can Economic Assistance Shape Combatant Support in Wartime? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan By Jason Lyall,  Dartmouth College, Yang-Yang Zhou, University of British Columbia and Kosuke Imai, Harvard University Governments, militaries, and aid organizations all rely […]

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Who Leads? Who Follows? Measuring Issue Attention and Agenda Setting by Legislators and the Mass Public Using Social Media Data

January 28, 2020 Comments Off on Who Leads? Who Follows? Measuring Issue Attention and Agenda Setting by Legislators and the Mass Public Using Social Media Data

Who Leads? Who Follows? Measuring Issue Attention and Agenda Setting by Legislators and the Mass Public Using Social Media Data By Pablo Barberá, University of Southern California, Andreu Casa, New York University, Jonathan Nagler, New York University, and […]

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Reconceiving Immigration Politics: Walter Benjamin, Violence, and Labor

January 16, 2020 Comments Off on Reconceiving Immigration Politics: Walter Benjamin, Violence, and Labor

Reconceiving Immigration Politics: Walter Benjamin, Violence, and Labor Inés Valdez, The Ohio State University This paper shows how violence circulates in the realms of immigration and labor. Through Walter Benjamin, I conceptualize the relationship between racial […]

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Ethnic Riots and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

January 14, 2020 Comments Off on Ethnic Riots and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

Ethnic Riots and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan By Anselm Hager, University of Konstanz,  Krzystof Krakowski, Collegio Carlo Alberto, and Max Shaub, WZB Berlin Social Science Center Riots reduce community cooperation: A new study investigates the 2010 […]