Perspectives on Politics

A Twenty Years’ Crisis? Rethinking the Cases for U.S. Economic Engagement with China By Dong Jung Kim, Korea University Structural realists accuse U.S. economic engagement with China as a mistake driven by liberal idealism and […]

“An Unacceptable Surrender of Fiscal Sovereignty”: The Neoliberal Turn to International Tax Arbitration By Martin Hearson, Institute of Development Studies, and Todd N. Tucker, The Roosevelt Institute The growth of inequality over the past half […]

Who Supports Political Violence? By Miles T. Armaly, University of Mississippi, and Adam M. Enders, University of Louisville The last few years have witnessed an increase in democratic “backsliding” in the United States—a decline in […]

Under the Veil of Democracy: What Do People Mean When They Say They Support Democracy? By Hannah S. Chapman, University of Oklahoma, Margaret C. Hanson, Arizona State University, Valery Dzutsati, University of Kansas, and Paul […]

Three Dimensions of Gendered Online Abuse: Analyzing Swedish MPs’ Experiences of Social Media By Josefina Erikson, Sandra Håkansson and Cecilia Josefsson, Uppsala University Women’s political representation has increased rapidly in the past few decades, but […]

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 […]

Rethinking Monetary Sovereignty: The Global Credit Money System and the State By Steffen Murau, Global Climate Forum, and Jens van ’t Klooster, University of Amsterdam We propose a new conception of monetary sovereignty that acknowledges […]

Polarization of the Rich: The New Democratic Allegiance of Affluent Americans and the Politics of Redistribution By Sam Zacher, Yale University Affluent Americans used to vote for Republican politicians. Now they vote for Democrats. In […]