Perspectives on Politics

America’s Welfare Parastate by Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University In the last twenty years, students of U.S. social policy have developed a distinctive new picture of the American “welfare state”—the complex of social policies designed to […]

Naming Rites for Naming Wrongs: What We Talk about When We Talk about Woodrow Wilson by Dara Z. Strolovitch, Princeton University & Chaya C. Crowder, Princeton University From calls to remove Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill […]

Transforming Silence into an Active, Present Awareness: What to do about Wilson’s Legacy by Todd Shaw, University of South Carolina Probably William Faulkner’s most frequently cited quote is, “The past is not dead. In fact, it’s not […]

Education and Transparency: Changes in Campus Iconography by Dianne Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame Woodrow Wilson’s standing has been widely recognized and honored in academic and public life. He was the APSA’s sixth President, 1909–1910, while […]

How We Remember (and Forget) in Our Public History by Shayla C. Nunnally, University of Connecticut The controversy surrounding whether to continue the ceremonious naming of institutions and honors in homage to the life of Woodrow […]

Voter Mobilization, Experimentation, and Translational Social Science Donald P. Green, Columbia University Alan S. Gerber, Yale University Field experiments on voter mobilization enable researchers to test theoretical propositions while at the same time addressing practical questions […]