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Meet Thomas Bräuninger, New Associate Editor for the American Political Science Review

July 26, 2016 Comments Off

Thomas Bräuninger is professor of political economy at the University of Mannheim. His area of research is comparative politics and formal theory with a focus on the effect of political institutions on policy outcomes. He […]

Policy Plutocrats: How America’s Wealthy Seek to Influence Governance

July 25, 2016 Comments Off

By Kristin A. Goss (Duke University) American democracy faces serious challenges, including hyper-partisanship, declining public confidence in government, and legislative paralysis. When government cannot or will not act, civil society and its philanthropic patrons offer an […]

Meet Sabine Carey, New Associate Editor for the American Political Science Review

July 25, 2016 Comments Off

Sabine Carey is professor of political science at the University of Mannheim. Her research focuses primarily on armed conflict and repression. She is currently working on the escalation of conflict supported by an ERC Starting […]

Negative Returns: The Impact of Impact Investing on Empowerment and Advocacy

July 22, 2016 Comments Off

By Jeffrey M. Berry (Tufts University) An emerging trend in philanthropy is impact investing, a strategy in which foundations replace traditional grants with “investments.” The underlying reasoning is that the impact of a foundation’s money will be […]

The Broad Value of a PhD in Political Science

July 21, 2016 Comments Off

The latest virtual issue of PS features articles written by alumni of the Congressional Fellowship Program (CFP) from 2010 to 2015. The CFP fellows serve yearlong placements in congressional and executive offices, and they chronicle […]

Perceptions of Threat to Religious Liberty

July 21, 2016 Comments Off

By Kirby Goidel (Texas A&M University), Brian Smentkowski (Queens University of Charlotte) and Craig Freeman (Oklahoma State University) Religious freedom in the United States is widely enjoyed and vigorously protected. Yet, a substantial percentage of Americans believe that their […]

Meet Kenneth Benoit, New Associate Editor for the American Political Science Review

July 21, 2016 Comments Off

Kenneth Benoit is professor of quantitative social research methods, and head of the Department of Methodology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also part-time professor in the department of political […]

(Un)Conventional Wisdom and Presidential Politics: The Myth of Convention Locations and Favorite-Son Vice Presidents

July 20, 2016 Comments Off

by David Schultz (Hamline University) Conventional wisdom and “old politicians’ tales” pervade presidential politics, even in 2016. Among widely held tales by politicians and the media are two beliefs. First, that a political party’s placement of […]

Journals

Meet Thomas Bräuninger, New Associate Editor for the American Political Science Review

Policy Plutocrats: How America’s Wealthy Seek to Influence Governance

Meet Sabine Carey, New Associate Editor for the American Political Science Review

Negative Returns: The Impact of Impact Investing on Empowerment and Advocacy

The Broad Value of a PhD in Political Science

Perceptions of Threat to Religious Liberty

Meet Kenneth Benoit, New Associate Editor for the American Political Science Review

(Un)Conventional Wisdom and Presidential Politics: The Myth of Convention Locations and Favorite-Son Vice Presidents

Criminal Communication: Public Representations, Repertoires, and Regimes of Criminal Governance

Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments

Political Symbols and Social Order: Confederate Monuments and Performative Violence in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South