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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Catalyst or Crown: Does Naturalization Promote the Long-Term Social Integration of Immigrants?

April 5, 2017 Comments Off on Catalyst or Crown: Does Naturalization Promote the Long-Term Social Integration of Immigrants?

Catalyst or Crown: Does Naturalization Promote the Long-Term Social Integration of Immigrants? by Jens Hainmueller, Stanford University, Dominik Hangartner, London School of Economics and University of Zurich, and Giuseppe Pietrantuono, University of Zurich Successful integration of immigrants is an urgent and […]

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The Incumbency Curse: Weak Parties, Term Limits, and Unfulfilled Accountability

March 31, 2017 Comments Off on The Incumbency Curse: Weak Parties, Term Limits, and Unfulfilled Accountability

The Incumbency Curse: Weak Parties, Term Limits, and Unfulfilled Accountability by Marko Klasnja, Georgetown University & Rocío Titiunik, University of Michigan We study how representation works in a context where accountability to voters is restricted because of term limits […]

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Will vs. Reason: The Populist and Technocratic Forms of Political Representation and Their Critique to Party Government

March 27, 2017 Comments Off on Will vs. Reason: The Populist and Technocratic Forms of Political Representation and Their Critique to Party Government

Will vs. Reason: The Populist and Technocratic Forms of Political Representation and Their Critique to Party Government by Daniele Caramani, University of Zurich The article compares analytically populism and technocracy as alternative forms of political representation […]

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Democracy at Work: Moving Beyond Elections to Improve Well-Being

March 24, 2017 Comments Off on Democracy at Work: Moving Beyond Elections to Improve Well-Being

Democracy at Work: Moving Beyond Elections to Improve Well-Being by Michael Touchtonm, University of Miami; Natasha Borges, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee & Brian Wampler, Boise State University How does democracy work to improve well-being? In this paper, we disentangle the component parts […]

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State Development, Parity, and International Conflict

March 23, 2017 Comments Off on State Development, Parity, and International Conflict

State Development, Parity, and International Conflict by Douglas M. Gibler, University of Alabama This article explains the relationship between state capabilities and international conflict as a consequence of how, when, and where states enter the international […]

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The Architecture of Political Spaces: Trolls, Digital Media, and Deweyan Democracy

March 22, 2017 Comments Off on The Architecture of Political Spaces: Trolls, Digital Media, and Deweyan Democracy

The Architecture of Political Spaces: Trolls, Digital Media, and Deweyan Democracy by Jennifer Forestal, Stockton University The problem of trolls exemplifies the challenges of building democratic communities in the digital environment of social media. Distinguishing trolls from […]

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Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France

March 21, 2017 Comments Off on Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France

Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France by Céline Braconnier, Sciences Po Saint-Germain-University of Cergy-Pontoise, Jean-Yves Dormagen, Université de Montpellier & Vincent Pons, Harvard Business School A large-scale randomized experiment conducted during the 2012 French presidential and parliamentary […]

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The Crisis of Party Democracy, Cognitive Mobilization, and the Case for Making Parties More Deliberative

March 17, 2017 Comments Off on The Crisis of Party Democracy, Cognitive Mobilization, and the Case for Making Parties More Deliberative

The Crisis of Party Democracy, Cognitive Mobilization, and the Case for Making Parties More Deliberative by Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti, City College of the City University of New York & FabioWolkenstein, Goethe University Frankfurt This paper develops a normative proposal for addressing […]