Perspectives on Politics

On the Use of Crowdsourcing Labor Markets in Research Dani M. Marinova Abstract: Crowdsourcing platforms offer a source of inexpensive data for research. At their fingertips, researchers have a round-the-clock workforce to fill out surveys, participate in […]

How Employers Recruit Their Workers into Politics – And Why Political Scientists Should Care Alexander Hertel-Fernandez In the wake of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, many American private-sector employers now have the legal right to […]

Judicial Review as a Limit on Government Domination: Reframing, Resolving, and Replacing the (Counter)Majoritarian Difficulty Matthew E.K. Hall Abstract: For centuries, politicians, activists, and academics have criticized the American system of judicial review as democratically illegitimate. In […]

The Policyscape and the Challenges of Contemporary Politics to Policy Maintenance Suzanne Mettler Abstract: Contemporary political life takes place amid a “policyscape,” a landscape densely laden with policies created in the past that have themselves become established […]

Class Bias in Voter Turnout, Representation, and Income Inequality William W. Franko, Nathan J. Kelly and Christopher Witko Abstract: The mass franchise led to more responsive government and a more equitable distribution of resources in the United States and […]

Deterring Wage Theft: Alt-Labor, State Politics, and the Policy Determinants of Minimum Wage Compliance Daniel J. Galvin Abstract: Can stronger state-level public policies help protect workers from “wage theft?” In recent years, workers’ rights groups have responded […]

Quitting Work but Not the Job: Liberty and the Right to Strike Alex Gourevitch, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Brown University Abstract: The right to strike is everywhere recognized but appears unjustifiable. Strikers refuse to […]

From the Editor Political Power and Social Classes Jeffrey C. Isaac In the beginning there was the American Political Science Review. The first issue of the APSR appeared in 1906—exactly 110 years ago. The early […]