Perspectives on Politics

Policing Socio-Geographic Boundaries and Inequality By Allison Verrilli, UT Austin College of Liberal Arts, Marcel Roman, Harvard University, Hannah Walker, University of Texas at Austin, Derek Epp, University of Texas at Austin, Amy Liu, University […]

Platforms, Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy: Connective Action and the Rise of Illiberalism By W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington, and Steven Livingston, George Washington University Democratic backsliding, the slow erosion of institutions, processes, […]

Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States By Sverrir Steinsson, George Washington University Under what conditions are user-generated digital content platforms responsive to pressures from users, businesses, […]

How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter By Jasmine English, Reed College, Ariel White, MIT, and Laurel Eckhouse, University of Denver As Black Lives Matter protests swept across the United […]

Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence By Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Washington University, Tabitha Koch, Rice University, and Michael P. Olson, Washington University Women legislators face a variety of gendered barriers both outside and inside the legislature. Yet, […]

Does Hard Propaganda (Also) Work in Democracies? Evidence from the United States By Philipp M. Lutscher, University of Oslo, and Karsten Donnay, University of Zurich In authoritarian regimes, governments regularly use overt and heavy-handed visual […]

Chicago Police Torture and the Limits of Human Rights Enforcement in Liberal Democracies By Mark S. Berlin, George Washington University From 1972 to 1991, a network of Chicago Police detectives used torture to force confessions […]

Beyond Changing Minds: Raising the Issue Importance of Expanding Legal Immigration By Alexander Kustov, University of North Carolina at Charlotte How can public opinion change in a pro-immigration direction? Recent studies suggest that those who […]