American Political Science Review

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 […]

Economic Development, Mobility, and Political Discontent: An Experimental Test of Tocqueville’s Thesis in Pakistan by Andrew Healy, Loyola Marymount University, Katrina Kosec, International Food Policy Research Institute, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Vanderbilt University We consider the thesis of Alexis de […]

Electoral Accountability for State Legislative Roll-Calls and Ideological Representation By Steven Rogers, Saint Louis University State legislatures have considerable authority over American’s lives.  Legislators determine who has the opportunity to vote, go to college, and even get […]

Between Means and Ends: Reconstructing Coercion in Dewey’s Democratic Theory by Alexander Livingston, Cornell University John Dewey’s democratic theory is celebrated as a classic statement of the theory of deliberative democracy. This article challenges deliberative appropriations […]