Perspectives on Politics

Criminal Communication: Public Representations, Repertoires, and Regimes of Criminal Governance By Philip Luke Johnson, Flinders University Criminal actors are widely assumed to maintain a low profile, exerting power through coercion and clandestine networks. Scholarship addressing […]

Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments By Alison L. Johnston, Oregon State University and Juliet Johnson, McGill University Do populist governments bend their economic policies to the preferences of bondholders? Populist governments should […]

Bringing the Sector Back In and the New Political Economy: The Contextualized Comparative Sector Approach By Roselyn Hsueh, Temple University In the age of post-neoliberal globalization, complex interdependence has resulted in the integration of many […]

Collective Representation in Congress By Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard University and Shiro Kuriwaki, Yale University The aspiration of representative democracy is that the legislature will make decisions that reflect what the majority of people want. The […]

Criminal Governance in Latin America: Prevalence and Correlates By Andres Uribe, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Benjamin Lessing, University of Chicago, Noah Schouela, University of Chicago, Elayne Stecher, University of California, Los Angeles In communities throughout Latin […]

International Relations Scholars, the Media, and the Dilemma of Consensus By Irene Entringer García Blanes, William & Mary, Shauna N. Gillooly, University of California, Irvine, Susan Peterson, William & Mary, Ryan Powers, University of Wisconsin–Madison […]

On the Decline of Elite-Educated Republicans in Congress By Craig Volden, University of Virginia, Jonathan Wai, University of Arkansas and Alan E. Wiseman, Vanderbilt University We identify a rise in educational polarization among members of […]

Political Entrepreneurs or Bandits? The “Criminal” Origins of Peripheral Rebellions By Janet I. Lewis and Stephen Rangazas, George Washington University How and why do armed groups that become known as “rebels” initially use violence? New datasets […]