Perspectives on Politics

Political Science in the Afterlife of Empire: New Reckonings with Racism and Racialization By Sarah Bufkin, University of Birmingham, Anne Wolf, University of Oxford and Kathrin Bachleitner, University of Salzburg Over the past couple of […]

Polarization and the Democratic System: Kinds, Reasons, and Sites By Christian F. Rostbøll, University of Copenhagen It is widely agreed that the increased polarization many countries experience is bad for democracy. However, existing assessments of […]

Jihadist Terrorist Attacks and Far-Right Party Preferences: An “Unexpected Event During Survey Design” in Four European Countries By Tim Vlandas, University of Oxford and Daphne Halikiopoulou, University of York This article presents new empirical evidence […]

From Gender Gap to Gender Gaps: Bringing Nonbinary People into Political Behavior Research By Quinn M. Albaugh, Queen’s University, Allison Harell, Université du Québec à Montréal, Peter John Loewen, Cornell University, Daniel Rubenson, Toronto Metropolitan […]

Finding Meaning in Politics: When Victims Become Activists By Regina Bateson, University of Colorado – Boulder Victimization is often associated with increased political participation, and victims are influential political actors in many countries around the […]

Federalism and Democratic Backsliding in Comparative Perspective By Robert R. Kaufman, Rutgers University, R. Daniel Kelemen, Georgetown University and Burcu Kolcak, Rutgers University As a wave of backsliding has swept across both new and established […]

Extremism and Terrorism: Rebel Goals and Tactics in Civil Wars By Renanah Miles Joyce and Virginia Page Fortna, Columbia University Extremism and terrorism are thought to go hand in hand in civil wars. Yet do […]

Estimating Disenfranchisement in US Elections, 1870–1970 By Thomas R. Gray, University of Texas at Dallas and Jeffery A. Jenkins, University of Southern California While it is commonly understood that the poll tax and literacy tests, […]