American Political Science Review

The Gap between Policy and Action on Gender Mainstreaming

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Irem B. A. Örsel, covers the new article by […]

American Political Science Review

What’s the Matter with the Great Plains?

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Samantha Chapa, covers the new article by Aditya Dasgupta […]

Journals

The Resilience of Democracy’s Third Wave

The Resilience of Democracy’s Third Wave By Steven Levitsky, Harvard University, and Lucan Way, University of Toronto The literature on democratization has experienced radical mood swings in recent decades, from extreme optimism in the 1990s […]

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Three Fallacies Undermining Participatory Constitution Making

Three Fallacies Undermining Participatory Constitution Making By Yanina Welp, Albert Hirschman Democracy Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute In recent years, many emerging actors (e.g., new social movements and parties) associate democratic problems with representative institutions. Accordingly, […]

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Measuring Democratic Backsliding

Measuring Democratic Backsliding By Andrew T. Little, University of California, Berkeley, and Anne Meng, University of Virginia Despite the general narrative that the world is in a period of democratic decline, there have been surprisingly […]