American Political Science Review

New APSR article “The Death Camp Eldorado: Political and Economic Effects of Mass Violence”  by Volha Charnysh, Princeton University, Evgeny Finkel, George Washington University Armed conflicts often involve massive redistribution of property through confiscation, looting, extortion, […]

Public Employees as Politicians: Evidence from Close Elections by Ari Hyytinen, University of Jyväskylä, School of Business and Economics (JSBE), Jaakko Meriläinen, Stockholm University, Tuukka Saarimaa, VATT Institute for Economic Research, Otto Toivanen, Aalto University […]

Days of Action or Restraint? How the Islamic Calendar Impacts Violence By Michael J. Reese, University of Chicago, Keven G. Ruby, University of Chicago, & Robert A. Pape, University of Chicago Does the religious calendar […]

The People as a Natural Disaster: Redemptive Violence in Jacobin Political Thought by Kevin Duong, Bard College The trial and execution of Louis XVI served as a founding act of French republican democracy. It was also […]

Does Democratic Consolidation Lead to a Decline in Voter Turnout? Global Evidence Since 1939 By Filip Kostelka, University of Montreal  This article challenges the conventional wisdom that democratic consolidation depresses voter turnout. Studying democratic legislative […]

Building a New Imperial State: The Strategic Foundations of Separation of Powers in America by Sean Gailmard, University of California, Berkeley To the framers of the US Constitution, separation of powers was a bulwark of liberty. […]

It’s Not about Race: Good Wars, Bad Wars, and the Origins of Kant’s Anti-Colonialism by Inés Valdez, Ohio State University This article offers a new interpretation of Kant’s cosmopolitanism and his anti-colonialism in Toward Perpetual Peace. Kant’s […]