Journals

Torture’s Bureaucracy and the “Legitimacy Effect” By Hagar Kotef, University of London, and Merav Amir, Queen’s University Belfast This article tells the story of one small department in the Israeli Ministry of Justice: “The Inspector […]

Political Theory within and without Political Science By Nathan H. Feldman, Columbia University Neoliberalism provides a compelling explanation for how city governments satisfy private capital interests by slashing social welfare spending and criminalizing the racialized […]

Policing Socio-Geographic Boundaries and Inequality By Allison Verrilli, UT Austin College of Liberal Arts, Marcel Roman, Harvard University, Hannah Walker, University of Texas at Austin, Derek Epp, University of Texas at Austin, Amy Liu, University […]

Platforms, Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy: Connective Action and the Rise of Illiberalism By W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington, and Steven Livingston, George Washington University Democratic backsliding, the slow erosion of institutions, processes, […]

Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States By Sverrir Steinsson, George Washington University Under what conditions are user-generated digital content platforms responsive to pressures from users, businesses, […]

How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter By Jasmine English, Reed College, Ariel White, MIT, and Laurel Eckhouse, University of Denver As Black Lives Matter protests swept across the United […]

Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence By Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Washington University, Tabitha Koch, Rice University, and Michael P. Olson, Washington University Women legislators face a variety of gendered barriers both outside and inside the legislature. Yet, […]