Perspectives on Politics

China’s Governance in the “New Era” of Xi Jinping By Elizabeth J. Perry, Harvard University The dramatic shifts in policies and practices of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over the course of its tumultuous […]

A Global Analysis of Transgender Rights: Introducing the Trans Rights Indicator Project (TRIP) By Myles Williamson, University of Alabama To what extent do countries protect the rights of transgender people? How does this differ from […]

Bridging the Blue Divide: The Democrats’ New Metro Coalition and the Unexpected Prominence of Redistribution By Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University, Amelia Malpas, Harvard University, Paul Pierson, University of California, Berkeley, and Sam Zacher, Yale […]

Censoring the Intellectual Public Space in China: What Topics Are Not Allowed and Who Gets Blacklisted? By Xiaojun Yan and La Li, University of Hong Kong Censorship is one of the main forms of political coercion […]

Critical Race Theory: How Policy Language Differentially Engages Symbolic Racism and Partisanship By Mia Carbone, University of California, Los Angeles, Allison Harell, Université du Québec à Montréal and Stuart Soroka, University of California, Los Angeles […]

Does Political Diversity Inhibit Blood Donations? By Sung Eun Kim, Korea University and Krzysztof Pelc, Oxford University Does political diversity affect the prevalence of selfless behavior across a society? According to a recurrent finding from […]

Embracing the Crisis of Research Design: How the Collapse of Case Selection in the Field Can Uncover New Discoveries By Rachel A. Schwartz, University of Oklahoma Political science has seen a welcome increase in guidance […]

Empowering Digital Democracy By Roberta Fischli, University of St. Gallen, and James Muldoon, Essex Business School This article examines the role of digital technology in enabling and enhancing democratic practices and forms of governance. It contributes […]