Perspectives on Politics

Goodbye to 1989 and All That By Michael Bernhard and Daniel O’Neill, University of Florida It is this journal’s privilege to publish the APSA Presidential Address every year, and it is our honor to showcase the […]

Understanding Putin’s Russia and the Struggle over Ukraine By Peter Rutland, Weseleyan University Pity the political scientist studying Russia. How does one analyze such a highly personalistic regime, in which key decisions are made behind […]

Seeing Blue in Black and White: Race and Perceptions of Officer-Involved Shootings By Hakeem Jefferson, Stanford University, Fabian G. Neuner, Arizona State University and Josh Pasek, University of Michigan Following racially charged events, individuals often […]

Ruling Divisions: The Politics of Brexit By Tim Haughton, Wayne State University Perhaps the most surprising thing about Brexit is that we should not have been surprised at all. The fuel had been amassing for […]

Researching American Muslims: A Case Study of Surveillance and Racialized State Control By Hajer Al-Faham, University of Pennsylvania How does surveillance shape political science research in the United States? In comparative and international politics, there […]

Race and Politics in America By Michael Bernhard and Daniel O’Neill, University of Florida The fields of comparative and American politics often gleefully ignore each other. For instance, in the Cold War era, locales outside […]

Expressive Survey Responding: A Closer Look at the Evidence and Its Implications for American Democracy By Ariel Malka and Mark Adelman, Yeshiva University Concerns about public opinion-based threats to American democracy are often tied to evidence […]

Race and White Rural Consciousness By Matthew D. Nelsen, University of Chicago and Christopher D. Petsko, Duke University The concept of rural consciousness has gained a significant amount of traction over the past several years, […]