American Political Science Review

Policy Preferences and Policy Change: Dynamic Responsiveness in the American States, 1936–2014 by Devin Caughey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Christopher Warshaw, George Washington University What drives policy change in the American states? The full answer is […]

Elite Competition and State Capacity Development: Theory and Evidence from Post-Revolutionary Mexico by Francisco Garfias, University of California, San Diego How do states develop the ability to carry out public policies? To answer this question, I describe a […]

Businesspeople in Elected Office: Identifying Private Benefits from Firm-Level Returns by David Szakonyi, George Washington University Do businesspeople that win elected office use their positions to help their firms? Business leaders become politicians around the world, […]

Whither Parties? Hume on Partisanship and Political Legitimacy by Joel E. Landis, University of California, Davis Recent work in political theory shows a burgeoning interest in the nature and normative value of political parties, suggesting that parties […]

What Makes a Good Neighbor? Race, Place, and Norms of Political Participation by Allison P. Anoll, Vanderbilt University Social norms and social pressure matter a lot for political participation, but do all communities in the […]

Anonymity and Democracy: Absence as Presence in the Public Sphere by Hans Asenbaum, University of Westminster Although anonymity is a central feature of liberal democracies, as evident in the secret ballot, democratic theory is surprisingly quiet […]