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Constitutional Origins and Liberal Democracy: A Global Analysis, 1900–2015

Constitutional Origins and Liberal Democracy: A Global Analysis, 1900–2015 By Gabriel L. Negretto, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer, Harvard University A strong tradition in democratic theory claims that only constitutions made with […]

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Four Costly Signaling Mechanisms

Four Costly Signaling Mechanisms By Kai Quek, University of Hong Kong Two mechanisms of costly signaling are known in international relations: sinking costs and tying hands. I show that there exist four mechanisms of costly […]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

How Can We Improve Graduate Training for Undocumented Students? Ethnic and Nativity-Based Inequities in Political Science Graduate Education

How Can We Improve Graduate Training for Undocumented Students? Ethnic and Nativity-Based Inequities in Political Science Graduate Education by Michelangelo Landgrave, University of California, Riverside In recent years, the political science discipline has made strides […]

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Women Thinkers and the Canon of International Thought: Recovery, Rejection, and Reconstitution

Women Thinkers and the Canon of International Thought: Recovery, Rejection, and Reconstitution By Kimberly Hutchings, Queen Mary University of London and Patricia Owens, University of Oxford Canons of intellectual “greats” anchor the history and scope […]

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Universal Suffrage as Decolonization

Universal Suffrage as Decolonization By Kevin Duong, University of Virginia This essay reconstructs an important but forgotten dream of twentieth-century political thought: universal suffrage as decolonization. The dream emerged from efforts by Black Atlantic radicals […]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Elusive Inclusion: Persistent Challenges Facing Women of Color in Political Science

Elusive Inclusion: Persistent Challenges Facing Women of Color in Political Science by Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College, and  Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti, California Lutheran University Academia in general and the discipline of political science specifically […]

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Family Matters: How Immigrant Histories Can Promote Inclusion

Family Matters: How Immigrant Histories Can Promote Inclusion By Scott Williamson, New York University Abu Dhabi, Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego, Adeline Lo, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Melina R. Platas, New York University […]