American Political Science Review

“Contesting the Empire of Habit”: Habituation and Liberty in Lockean Education Rita Koganzon, University of Virginia Although John Locke’s educational curriculum has traditionally been seen to aim at creating free citizens capable of independent thought, the […]

Reaching the Individual: EU Accession, NGOs, and Human Rights Ana Bracic, University of Oklahoma Can human rights institutions influence individual behavior? This article tests the ground level effectiveness of two strategies that aim to eliminate discrimination: […]

Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects Avidit Acharya, Stanford University Matthew Blackwell, Harvard University Maya Sen, Harvard University Researchers seeking to establish causal relationships frequently control for variables on the purported causal pathway, checking […]

Testing Civics: State-Level Civic Education Requirements and Political Knowledge David E. Campbell, University of Notre Dame Richard G. Niemi, University of Rochester Do state-level exams in civics have a positive impact on young people’s civic knowledge? We […]

“Of Darkness from Vain Philosophy”: Hobbes’s Critique of the Classical Tradition Devin Stauffer, University of Texas The early modern revolution in political philosophy not only transformed political philosophy itself; it also played a crucial role in […]

Language Policy and Human Development David D. Laitin, Stanford University Rajesh Ramachandran, Goethe University Frankfurt This article explores how language policy affects the socioeconomic development of nation states through two channels: the individual’s exposure to and (in […]