Perspectives on Politics Archives

The Untilled Field of Field Campaigns

October 4, 2016 Comments Off

The Untilled Field of Field Campaigns Hahrie Han, University of California, Santa Barbara Elizabeth McKenna, University of California, Berkeley This paper considers the challenges and opportunities of conducting a thick, qualitative study of a twenty-first century […]

Deliberating Downstream: Countering Democratic Distortions in the Policy Process

October 3, 2016 Comments Off

Deliberating Downstream: Countering Democratic Distortions in the Policy Process by John Boswell, University of Southampton Key theorists and scholars of democracy have focused on understanding and enhancing the institutions and practices that shape decision-making. Indeed, the […]

Recruitment by Petition: American Antislavery, French Protestantism, English Suppression

September 30, 2016 Comments Off

Recruitment by Petition: American Antislavery, French Protestantism, English Suppression By Daniel Carpenter Why do petitions flourish when they are often denied if not ignored by the sovereigns who receive them? When activists seek to build […]

The Koch Network and Republican Party Extremism

September 30, 2016 Comments Off

The Koch Network and Republican Party Extremism by Theda Skocpol, Harvard University and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Presidential election years attract attention to the rhetoric, personalities, and agendas of contending White […]

Mass Opinion and Immigration Policy in the United States

September 27, 2016 Comments Off

Mass Opinion and Immigration Policy in the United States: Re-Assessing Clientelist and Elitist Perspectives By Morris Levy, Matthew Wright and Jack Citrin We argue that widely accepted elitist and “clientelist” models of immigration policy in […]

Fast-Tracked or Boxed In? Informal Politics, Gender, and Women’s Representation in Putin’s Russia

September 26, 2016 Comments Off

By Janet Elise Johnson Why hasn’t the marked increase in women in politics over the last half century led to the expected results of increased gender equality and more democracy? In order to propose a […]

Nation-Building in Turkey and Morocco: Governing Kurdish and Berber Dissent

September 16, 2016 Comments Off

Nation-Building in Turkey and Morocco: Governing Kurdish and Berber Dissent AslanSenem. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 250p. $95.00 by Aysegul Aydin, University of Colorado at Boulde When do people rise up against their governments? Senem Aslan’s […]

Perspectives on Politics: On Inequality, David Lay Williams

September 13, 2016 Comments Off

On Inequality Frankfurt, Harry G., Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. 102p. $14.95. by David Lay Williams, DePaul University After lurking in the background for decades of steady and nearly unnoticed growth, economic inequality has come to demand […]

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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