American Political Science Review

Taking Sides in Wars of Attrition by Robert Powell, University of California, Berkeley Third parties often have a stake in the outcome of a conflict and can affect that outcome by taking sides. This paper studies […]

Xenophon on the Psychology of Supreme Political Ambition by Lorraine Smith Pangle, University of Texas at Austin This study illuminates Xenophon’s teaching about the underlying psychological motives of the most fully developed political ambition. An analysis […]

Demand for Law and the Security of Property Rights: The Case of Post-Soviet Russia by Jordan Gans-Morse, Northwestern University Studies of property rights overwhelmingly focus on whether states expropriate or protect property, overlooking the crucial issue […]

Vigilance and Confidence: Jeremy Bentham, Publicity, and the Dialectic of Political Trust and Distrust by Jonathan R. Bruno, Harvard University Distrust of public authorities is a mainstay of democratic politics. In recent decades, however, political scientists […]