Perspectives on Politics

Women’s Equality and the COVID-19 Caregiving Crisis By Mala Htun, University of New Mexico The COVID-19 pandemic revealed, but did not create, the caregiving crisis in the United States: for most people, it was already […]

The Racialized Pandemic: Wave One of COVID-19 and the Reproduction of Global North Inequalities By Gerda Hooijer, University College London, and Desmond King, Northwestern University We document the broad patterns of COVID-19 as it affects […]

Pandemic Politics By Julia Lynch, University of Pennsylvania, Michael Bernhard and Daniel O’Neill, University of Florida Much of this special issue of Perspectives on Politics speaks to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on marginalized groups […]

Politics, Markets, and Pandemics: Public Education’s Response to COVID-19 By Michael T. Hartney, Boston College, and Leslie K. Finger, University of North Texas The COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to examine how local governments […]

Legitimacy and Policy during Crises: Subnational COVID-19 Responses in Bolivia By V. Ximena Velasco-Guachalla, University of Colorado, Boulder, Calla Hummel, University of Miami, Jami Nelson-Nuñez, University of New Mexico and Carew Boulding, University of Colorado, […]

Confronting the Modern Executive: Four Perspectives By Sanford Levinson, University of Texas It is no secret that political power in the United States and elsewhere has, overall, shifted to “the executive” and away from legislatures. […]

COVID-19 and the Paradox of Scientific Advice By Zeynep Pamuk, University of California, San Diego The scientific advisory committee is a neglected political institution whose importance became clear during the COVID-19 pandemic. What I call […]

Government Targeting of Refugees in the Midst of Epidemics By Alex Braithwaite, University of Arizona, Michael Frith, University of Oslo, Burcu Savun,  University of Pittsburgh, and Faten Ghosn, University of Arizona We investigate how the […]