Perspectives on Politics

APSA is happy to announce that Shmuel Nili, Associate Professor at Northwestern University, is joining the Perspectives on Politics editorial team as Associate Editor in Political Theory. Shmuel Nili is an Associate Professor of political […]

A Boundary of White Inclusion: The Role of Religion in Ethnoracial Assignment By Amanda Sahar d’Urso, Georgetown University How do White Americans operationalize Whiteness? This article argues that religion, in conjunction with country of origin, […]

Billionaire Politicians: A Global Perspective By Daniel Krcmaric, Stephen C. Nelson and Andrew Roberts, Northwestern University We introduce an original dataset of formal political participation for over 2,000 individuals included in the Forbes Billionaires List. […]

Clarifying the “People Like Me”: Racial Efficacy and Political Behavior By Davin L. Phoenix, University of Michigan and Nathan K. Chan, Loyola Marymount University Political efficacy, or a sense of confidence that “people like me” […]

Deservingness and the Politics of Student Debt Relief By Mallory E. SoRelle, Duke University and Serena Laws, Trinity College As the pandemic accelerated calls to provide relief to millions of student borrowers, President Biden announced […]

Economic Inequality and Political Responsiveness: A Systematic Review By Mads Andreas Elkjær, University of Copenhagen, and Michael Baggesen Klitgaard, Aalborg University Do political outcomes respond more strongly to the preferences of the rich? In an […]

Inverting the Lens: White Privilege Denial in Evaluations of Politicians and Policy By Reagan Dobbs, University of California, Merced and Stephen P. Nicholson, University of Georgia Public understandings of race in the United States have […]

Other People’s Terrorism: Ideology and the Perceived Legitimacy of Political Violence By Julie M. Norman, London’s Global University When do Americans view political violence as legitimate? In this article, I use experimental methods to examine […]