Perspectives on Politics

Norm-Based Governance for Severe Collective Action Problems: Lessons from Climate Change and COVID-19 By Leigh Raymond, Purdue University, Daniel Kelly, Purdue University and Erin P. Hennes, University of Missouri The world has surpassed three million deaths […]

Care for a Profit? By Stephanie Collins, University of Manchester and Luara Ferracioli, University of Sydney We vindicate the widespread intuition that there is something morally problematic with for-profit corporations providing care to young children […]

Bringing the Environment Back In: Overcoming the Tragedy of the Diffusion of the Commons Metaphor By Benjamin Cashore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Steven Bernstein, University of Toronto Contrary to calls for increased […]

Policy Feedback and Interdependence in American Federalism: Evidence from Rooftop Solar Politics By Samuel Trachtman, University of California, Berkeley Scholars have long understood the American states as “laboratories of democracy,” exploring how mechanisms of learning […]

Short of Suspension: How Suspension Warnings Can Reduce Hate Speech on Twitter By Mustafa Mikdat Yildirim,Jonathan Nagler,Richard Bonneau and Joshua A. Tucker, New York University Debates around the effectiveness of high-profile Twitter account suspensions and […]

What Stymies Action on Climate Change? Religious Institutions, Marginalization, and Efficacy in Kenya By Lauren Honig, Boston College, Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University, and Jaimie Bleck, University of Notre Dame Addressing climate change requires […]

Vigilantes and the State: Understanding Violence through a Security Assemblages Approach By Rebecca Tapscott, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies The notion that states pursue a monopoly over the use of force rings […]

Territorial Rights for Individuals, States, or Pueblos? Answers from Indigenous Land Struggles in Colonial Spanish America By Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Haverford College Who should have rights to territory? Dominant political theories hold that either individuals […]