Perspectives on Politics

The International Context of Democratic Backsliding: Rethinking the Role of Third Wave “Prodemocracy” Global Actors By David J. Samuels, University of Minnesota We know much about “how democracies die”: elites and masses become polarized, and […]

Reconciling National and Supranational Identities: Civilizationism in European Far-Right Discourse By Joseph Cerrone, The George Washington University How do European far-right parties reconcile their long-standing nationalism with their allegiance to European “civilization”? Although they are […]

Lost in Translation? Class Cleavage Roots and Left Electoral Mobilization in Western Europe By Vincenzo Emanuele, LUISS Guido Carli I investigate whether the strength of the class cleavage in Western Europe still “translates” into the […]

Looking Backward, Looking Forward By Michael Bernhard, University of Florida and Daniel O’Neill, University of Florida This issue marks the last of our six years as the editorial team of Perspectives on Politics. It has been both a […]

Is the American Public Really Turning Away from Democracy? Backsliding and the Conceptual Challenges of Understanding Public Attitudes By Amel Ahmed, UMass Amherst Recent scholarship has warned that the American public is turning away from […]

Formal Models of Authoritarian Regimes: A Critique By Adam Przeworski, New York University The very idea that authoritarian regimes (“autocracies”) may enjoy popular support is hard to fathom for democrats. Models of authoritarian regimes often […]

Donald Trump and the Lie By Kevin Arceneaux, Sciences Po Paris and Rory Truex, Princeton University Why do some immigrant diasporas in the United States (U.S.) establish foreign policy interest groups while others do not? […]