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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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Vigilance and Confidence: Jeremy Bentham, Publicity, and the Dialectic of Political Trust and Distrust

February 28, 2017 Comments Off on Vigilance and Confidence: Jeremy Bentham, Publicity, and the Dialectic of Political Trust and Distrust

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 […]

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APSR Announces New Publication Format

February 22, 2017 Comments Off on APSR Announces New Publication Format

For Immediate Release APSR Announces New Publication Format WASHINGTON, DC — The American Political Science Review (APSR), published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association, announces a new publication format […]

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Political Commitment and the Value of Partisanship

January 6, 2017 Comments Off on Political Commitment and the Value of Partisanship

Political Commitment and the Value of Partisanship Lea Ypi, London School of Economics and Political Science This article defends the value of partisanship for political commitment. It clarifies what political commitment is, how it resembles and […]

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Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes

January 5, 2017 Comments Off on Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes

Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes Kevin Croke,World Bank Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania Horacio A. Larreguy, Harvard University John Marshall, Columbia University A large literature examining advanced and consolidating democracies suggests […]

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The Primary Effect: Preference Votes and Political Promotions

January 2, 2017 Comments Off on The Primary Effect: Preference Votes and Political Promotions

The Primary Effect: Preference Votes and Political Promotions Olle Folke, Uppsala University and Research Institute for Industrial Economics Torsten Persson, Stockholm University and CIFAR Johanna Rickne, Research Institute for Industrial Economics and UCLS In this analysis of […]

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Reaching the Individual: EU Accession, NGOs, and Human Rights

December 27, 2016 Comments Off on Reaching the Individual: EU Accession, NGOs, and Human Rights

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: […]

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Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects

December 26, 2016 Comments Off on Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects

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 […]