Perspectives on Politics

The Antidemocratic Harms of Mansplaining By Laura Montanaro, University of Essex The neologism “mansplaining” captures an insidious dynamic in which men explain things to women that women already understand, assuming that, by virtue of being […]

The Fossil-Fueled Roots of Climate Inaction in Authoritarian Regimes By William Kakenmaster, University of Notre Dame Why do some authoritarian regimes contribute more to climate change than others? I suggest that climate inaction in nondemocracies […]

When Do Mass Labor Strikes Reshape the Public? New Findings and a Research Agenda for Political Science By Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University  I consider the role of exposure to large-scale strikes in shaping preferences about […]

The Process of Revolutionary Protest: Development and Democracy in the Tunisian Revolution By Christopher Barrie, New York University Revolutionary protest rarely begins as democratic or revolutionary. Instead, it grows in a process of positive feedback, […]

Voting with Their Guns: An Integrated Framework of How Police Politically Administer Violence By Hernán Flom, Trinity College Most analyses of the intersection of police, politics, and violence—which center on the police’s use of force […]

Sweden’s Peculiar Adoption of Proportional Representation: The Overlooked Effects of Time and History By Marcus Kreuzer and Runa Neely, Villanova University Sweden’s adoption of proportional representation (PR) is interesting because it involved static structural and […]

Republican Policing: From Consent to Contestation By William Smith, Wake Forest University Policing by consent is an influential frame of reference for police forces, policy makers, and members of the public in appraising the means […]

Power in a Union: How Unexpected Group Partnerships Form By Boris Heersink, Fordham University and Matthew J. Lacombe, Case Western Reserve University While scholars have focused extensively on the consequences of partnerships between interest groups, […]