Coattails, Raincoats, and Congressional Election Outcomes by Steven Rogers, Saint Louis University In “Coattails, Raincoats, and Congressional Elections Outcomes,” Steven Rogers of Saint Louis University highlights the importance of voter turnout for the impact of presidential […]
Performing Authoritarian Citizenship: Public Transcripts in China by Greg Distelhorst, University of Toronto and Diana Fu, University of Toronto How should we study citizenship in authoritarian regimes? We propose studying how citizenship is performed using the “public transcript”—communication […]
Non-Party Government: Bipartisan Lawmaking and Party Power in Congress by James M. Curry, University of Utah and Frances E. Lee, University of Maryland, College Park Majority leaders of the contemporary Congress preside over parties that are […]
From Within to Between Nations: Subnational Comparison across Borders by Jefferey M. Sellers, University of Southern California Long a staple in the toolkit of American politics, comparison among subnational territorial units has gained increasing currency in […]
The Structure of Description: Evaluating Descriptive Inferences and Conceptualizations by Marcus Kreuzer, Villanova University Explanation presumes description. Description explores the who, when, where, and how, and its answers furnish the raw material for theorizing and explaining. This […]
Beyond Democracy-Dictatorship Measures: A New Framework Capturing Executive Bases of Power, 1789-2016 by Jan Teorell, Lund University and Staffan I. Lindberg, University of Gothenburg We attempt to integrate the literatures on authoritarian regime types and democratic forms […]
Beyond the Field: Ethics after Fieldwork in Politically Dynamic Contexts by Eleanor Knott, London School of Economics As researchers, when do our ethical obligations end? How should our ethical obligations respond to dynamic and unstable political […]
The Case for Public Policy Expertise in Political Science by Veronica Herrera, University of Connecticut and Alison E. Post, University of California, Berkeley We show how public policy expertise improves political science research, promotes career advancement, […]
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