Perspectives on Politics

The Impact of COVID-19 on Trump’s Electoral Demise: The Role of Economic and Democratic Accountability By Anja Neundorf and Sergi Pardos-Prado, University of Glasgow   Did the COVID-19 crisis have a significant effect on Trump’s […]

Residential Constraints and the Political Geography of the Populist Radical Right: Evidence from France By Pauliina Patana, Harvard Kennedy School  What explains variation in populist radical right (PRR) support within Western democracies? Specifically, why is […]

New Directions in Rebel Governance Research By Cyanne E. Loyle, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, University of Maryland, Reyko Huang, Bush School of Government and Public Service and Danielle F. Jung, Emory University […]

Models, Conceptual and Predictive: A Response to Johnson’s Models-as-Fables By Keith Dowding, Australian National University and Enzo Lenine, University of International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony  James Johnson argues that formal models are best conceived […]

Economic Migration: On What Terms? By Anna Stilz, Princeton University I investigate whether wealthy democratic states should liberalize economic migration and, if so, on what terms. Is it permissible for the state to restrict economic […]

Economic Inequality and Political Responsiveness: A Systematic Review By Mads Andreas Elkjær, University of Oxford and Michael Baggesen Klitgaard, University of Southern Denmark Do political outcomes respond more strongly to the preferences of the rich? […]

Crisis, Resilience, and Civic Engagement: Pandemic-Era Census Completion By Elaine K. Denny, University of California, Merced How do economic shocks and financial resilience shape civic engagement, especially for the economically insecure? I turn to the […]

Centralization and Subnational Capacity: The Struggle to Make Federalism Work Equitably in Public Education By Susan L. Moffitt, Brown University, Cadence Willse, The College of New Jersey, Kelly B. Smith, Stetson University and David K. […]