Perspectives on Politics

On the Decline of Elite-Educated Republicans in Congress By Craig Volden, University of Virginia, Jonathan Wai, University of Arkansas and Alan E. Wiseman, Vanderbilt University We identify a rise in educational polarization among members of […]

Political Entrepreneurs or Bandits? The “Criminal” Origins of Peripheral Rebellions By Janet I. Lewis and Stephen Rangazas, George Washington University How and why do armed groups that become known as “rebels” initially use violence? New datasets […]

Silencing the Press in Criminal Wars: Why the War on Drugs Turned Mexico into the World’s Most Dangerous Country for Journalists By Guillermo Trejo and Natán Skigin, University of Notre Dame This article examines the […]

Structure, Agency, and Structural Reform: The Case of the European Central Bank By Benjamin Braun, London School of Economics and Political Science, Donato Di Carlo, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Sebastian Diessner, […]

The Symbolic Politics of Status in the MAGA Movement By Biko Koenig, Franklin & Marshall College and Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among Make America Great Again (MAGA) activists during the 2020 […]

“Human Nature in Action”: Harold Lasswell, NBC Radio, and the Psychotherapy Program for the American Masses By Nick Dorzweiler, Wheaton College In 1939 and 1940, the renowned political scientist Harold Lasswell wrote and hosted over […]

The George Floyd Effect: How Protests and Public Scrutiny Changed Police Behavior By Marcel Roman, Harvard University, Klara Fredriksson, Beloit College, Chris Cassella, University of Texas at Austin, Derek A. Epp, University of Texas at […]