Perspectives on Politics

The Bureaucratic Origins of Political Theory: Administrative Labor in the “Other Half” of the History of Political Thought By Douglas I. Thompson, University of South Carolina The earliest works of political theory precede Athenian democracy—the […]

Situated Civility: Anna Julia Cooper and Hannah Gadsby on Politeness and Public-Mindedness By Andrew Schaap and Lars Tønder, University of Copenhagen In public life, the problem of civility is often presented as a choice over […]

The Study of Intraparty Frictions: Conceptual Reflections on Preference Heterogeneity, Disagreement, and Conflict By Nicole Bolleyer, LMU Munich and Ann-Kristin Kölln, University of Gothenburg Every complex organization is sometimes marked by preference heterogeneity, disagreement, and […]

When Serving the Public Interest Generates Private Gains: Private Actor Governance and Two-Sided Digital Markets By Guillaume Beaumier, l’École Nationale d’Administration Publique and Abraham Newman, Georgetown University From speech to privacy, broad public interests are […]

Race, Voice, and Authority in Discussion Groups By Elizabeth Mitchell Elder, Stanford University, Christopher F. Karpowitz, Brigham Young University and Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University Few studies examine how often people of color voice their views […]

Proportional Non-Voter Sortition: Legislative Inclusion for Non-Voting Citizens By Marcus Carlsen Häggrot, Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Centre for Political Research and Chiara Destri, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale Democratic electoral systems characteristically take a […]

Policy over Protest: Experimental Evidence on the Drivers of Support for Movement Parties By Dan Mercea and Felipe G. Santos, University of London Across the world, political parties are incorporating social movement strategies and frames. […]

Oppose Autocracy without Support for Democracy: A Study of Non-Democratic Critics in China By Haemin Jee, United States Military Academy, West Point and Tongtong Zhang, American University Opponents of authoritarian regimes are often assumed to […]