Public Scholarship Program Archives

For Armed Groups, Kidnapping is a Cruel but Effective Form of Tax Enforcement

March 29, 2022 Comments Off

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Frank Wyer, covers the new article by Danielle Gilbert, […]

How Lesbian and Gay People Came Out as Democrats

March 22, 2022 Comments Off

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Aleena Khan, covers the new article by Andrew Proctor, […]

Why Bother Using Bots?

March 9, 2022 Comments Off

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Leah Costik, covers the new article by Denis Stukal, […]

Call for Applications: 2022-2023 Public Scholarship Program

March 7, 2022 Comments Off

APSA is accepting applications to join the fourth cohort of the Public Scholarship Program fellows. This program offers remote part-time fellowships that introduces political science graduate students to the intellectual and practical aspects of presenting academic scholarship to […]

Moving Against Climate Change: How Labor Migration Could Lead to Greater Climate Adaptation

February 14, 2022 Comments Off

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Dennis Young , covers the new article by Jamie […]

From the Polls to Prison: The Mid-Century Roots of Race-Based Mass Incarceration in the U.S.

January 31, 2022 Comments Off

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Dara Gaines, covers the new article by Nicholas Eubank […]

Interest Groups and TV Ads: Can They Change Your Mind?

January 10, 2022 Comments Off

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Aleena Khan, covers the new article by Joshua L. […]

Are Anticorruption Campaigns Fighting a Losing Battle?

January 7, 2022 Comments Off

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Maria Nagawa, covers the new article by Nic Cheeseman, […]

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

May 12, 2026 0

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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