Journals

Federalism and Democratic Backsliding in Comparative Perspective By Robert R. Kaufman, Rutgers University, R. Daniel Kelemen, Georgetown University and Burcu Kolcak, Rutgers University As a wave of backsliding has swept across both new and established […]

Extremism and Terrorism: Rebel Goals and Tactics in Civil Wars By Renanah Miles Joyce and Virginia Page Fortna, Columbia University Extremism and terrorism are thought to go hand in hand in civil wars. Yet do […]

Estimating Disenfranchisement in US Elections, 1870–1970 By Thomas R. Gray, University of Texas at Dallas and Jeffery A. Jenkins, University of Southern California While it is commonly understood that the poll tax and literacy tests, […]

Deviant Cohesion and Unauthorized Atrocities: Evidence from the American War in Vietnam By Marek Brzezinski, University of Oxford Why do soldiers engage in unauthorized atrocities? This article explores this question by analyzing the use of […]

Democratic Innovation and Representative Democracy By Mark E. Warren, University of British Columbia We live in a period of hopes and fears for democracy. The fears, however, are now foremost in our minds. Democratic erosion […]

Deepening or Endangering Democracy: Demonstrations and Institutions under Representative Government By Robert M. Fishman, Madrid’s Carlos III University Do demonstrations tend to deepen or endanger democracy? I examine this theme of major debate between scholars and among political actors, […]

Anti-Black Political Violence and the Historical Legacy of the Great Replacement Conspiracy By Andrew Ifedapo Thompson, University of Pennsylvania, Maxwell Beveridge, University of Pennsylvania, Stefan McCabe, George Washington University, Molly Ahern, George Washington University, Fryda […]