Perspectives on Politics

Models-As-Fables: An Alternative to the Standard Rationale for Using Formal Models in Political Science By James Johnson, University of Rochester Political scientists invoke the standard rationale to justify making and using formal models. It goes […]

From the Margins to the Center: A Bottom-Up Approach to Welfare State Scholarship By Jamila Michener, Cornell University, New York, Mallory SoRelle, Duke University and Chloe Thurston, Northwestern University, Illinois In this article we reassess […]

Chevron, State Farm, and the Impact of Judicial Doctrine on Bureaucratic Policymaking By Alan E. Wiseman, Vanderbilt University and John R. Wright, Ohio State University  We explain how two landmark Supreme Court cases, Motor Vehicles Manufacturers […]

Breaking Bad? How Survey Experiments Prime Americans for War Crimes By Charli Carpenter, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Alexander H. Montgomery, Reed College, and Alexandria Nylen, University of Massachusetts-Amherst What affects Americans’ sensitivity to international laws and […]

The Language of Right-Wing Populist Leaders: Not So Simple By Duncan McDonnell, Griffith University and Stefano Ondelli, Università degli Studi di Trieste Political scientists have long asserted that populists use simpler language than their mainstream […]

Politics Feeds Back: The Minority/Majority Turnout Gap and Citizenship in Anti-Immigrant Times ByKristina Bakkær Simonsen, Aarhus University Voting is a democratic virtue and an important mechanism for citizens to let their voices be heard. However, […]

When Does Diffusing Protest Lead to Local Organization Building? Evidence from a Comparative Subnational Study of Russia’s “For Fair Elections” Movement By Jan Matti Dollbaum, Universität Bremen Under what conditions do nation-wide mass protests in […]

What Is a Consultative Referendum? The Democratic Legitimacy of Popular Consultations By Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, City University of New York and Giulia Oskian, Yale University We examine the democratic legitimacy of popular referendums asking whether […]