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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Testing Social Science Network Theories with Online Network Data: An Evaluation of External Validity

June 22, 2017 Comments Off on Testing Social Science Network Theories with Online Network Data: An Evaluation of External Validity

Testing Social Science Network Theories with Online Network Data: An Evaluation of External Validity by James Bisbee, New York University and Jennifer M. Larson, New York University To answer questions about the origins and outcomes of collective […]

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Between Means and Ends: Reconstructing Coercion in Dewey’s Democratic Theory

June 21, 2017 Comments Off on Between Means and Ends: Reconstructing Coercion in Dewey’s Democratic Theory

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 […]

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Childhood Skill Development and Adult Political Participation

June 20, 2017 Comments Off on Childhood Skill Development and Adult Political Participation

Childhood Skill Development and Adult Political Participation by John B. Holbein, Brigham Young University Recent child development research shows that the psychosocial or noncognitive skills that children develop—including the ability to self-regulate and integrate in social […]

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Process or Candidate: The International Community and the Demand for Electoral Integrity

June 5, 2017 Comments Off on Process or Candidate: The International Community and the Demand for Electoral Integrity

Process or Candidate: The International Community and the Demand for Electoral Integrity by Johannes Bubeck, University of Mannheim and Nikolay Marinov, University of Mannheim Rumored Russian support for candidates in U.S. elections has a long history, exceeded […]

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The Political Violence Cycle

June 2, 2017 Comments Off on The Political Violence Cycle

The Political Violence Cycle by S.P. Harish, New York University and Andrew T. Little, Cornell University Elections are often violent affairs, casting doubt on the canonical claim that democracy makes societies more peaceful by creating […]

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Spontaneous Collective Action: Peripheral Mobilization During the Arab Spring

June 1, 2017 Comments Off on Spontaneous Collective Action: Peripheral Mobilization During the Arab Spring

Spontaneous Collective Action: Peripheral Mobilization During the Arab Spring by Zachary C. Steinert-Threlkeld, University of California, Los Angeles Who is responsible for protest mobilization?  Models of disease and information diffusion suggest that those central to a social […]

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Foreigners as Liberators: Education and Cultural Diversity in Plato’s Menexenus

April 7, 2017 Comments Off on Foreigners as Liberators: Education and Cultural Diversity in Plato’s Menexenus

Foreigners as Liberators: Education and Cultural Diversity in Plato’s Menexenus by Rebecca LeMoine, Florida Atlantic University Though in recent decades many democratic governments have adopted rhetoric and policies promoting cultural diversity, political leaders, citizens, and scholars are […]