Perspectives on Politics Archives

Review Essay: America’s Welfare Parastate by Jacob Hacker

October 21, 2016 Comments Off

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

October 13, 2016 Comments Off

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

October 12, 2016 Comments Off

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

October 11, 2016 Comments Off

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

October 10, 2016 Comments Off

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

October 7, 2016 Comments Off

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 […]

In His Day: Awareness of Wilson’s Duplicity

October 6, 2016 Comments Off

In His Day: Awareness of Wilson’s Duplicity by Desmond Jagmohan, Yale University Disagreement over Woodrow Wilson’s legacy is nothing new. On March 28, 1939, Paul A. Hill asked W. E. B. Du Bois to contribute a […]

Should APSA’s Most Prominent Award Continue to be Named after a Racist?

October 5, 2016 Comments Off

Should APSA’s Most Prominent Award Continue to be Named after a Racist? by Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University As political scientists, we have no control over the possible renaming of the many institutions named for the […]

Criminal Communication: Public Representations, Repertoires, and Regimes of Criminal Governance

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Criminal Communication: Public Representations, Repertoires, and Regimes of Criminal Governance By Philip Luke Johnson, Flinders University Criminal actors are widely assumed to maintain a low profile, exerting power through coercion and clandestine networks. Scholarship addressing [...]
Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments

May 11, 2026 0

Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments By Alison L. Johnston, Oregon State University and Juliet Johnson, McGill University Do populist governments bend their economic policies to the preferences of bondholders? Populist governments should [...]
Political Symbols and Social Order: Confederate Monuments and Performative Violence in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South

May 8, 2026 0

Political Symbols and Social Order: Confederate Monuments and Performative Violence in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South By Lee-Or Ankori-Karlinsky, Brown University Violent conflicts are often accompanied by symbols commemorating past violence. I argue that political symbols [...]

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