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The Militarization of Law Enforcement: Evidence from Latin America

The Militarization of Law Enforcement: Evidence from Latin America By Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, Cornell University and Jessica Zarkin, Cornell University What are the political consequences of militarizing law enforcement? Across the world, law enforcement has become increasingly militarized […]

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Testing Theories about Advocacy and Public Policy

Testing Theories about Advocacy and Public Policy By Paul Burstein, University of Washington, Seattle One critical way that social scientists contribute to our understanding of policy change is developing and testing theories to explain the impact […]

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Representation, Bicameralism, Political Equality, and Sortition: Reconstituting the Second Chamber as a Randomly Selected Assembly

Representation, Bicameralism, Political Equality, and Sortition: Reconstituting the Second Chamber as a Randomly Selected Assembly By Arash Abizadeh, McGill University The two traditional justifications for bicameralism are that a second legislative chamber serves a legislative-review function […]

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Hard-to-Survey Populations and Respondent-Driven Sampling: Expanding the Political Science Toolbox

Hard-to-Survey Populations and Respondent-Driven Sampling: Expanding the Political Science Toolbox By Rana B. Khoury, Northwestern University Survey research can generate knowledge that is central to the study of collective action, public opinion, and political participation. […]

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How Interior Immigration Enforcement Affects Trust in Law Enforcement

How Interior Immigration Enforcement Affects Trust in Law Enforcement By Tom K. Wong, University of California, San Diego, S. Deborah Kang, California State University San Marcos, Carolina Valdivia, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Josefina Espino, University of […]

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Public Goods and Social Justice

Public Goods and Social Justice By Margaret Kohn, University of Toronto Why should the state provide public goods? I explore this question by focusing on the example of public parks. It examines the three most influential […]