Public Scholarship Program Archives

When Might Collective Suffering Lead to Reduced Empathy?

February 4, 2020 Comments Off

This piece, written by Nandini Dey, covers Anselm Hager, Krzysztof Krakowski, and Max Schaub’s new article “Ethnic Riots and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan.” The effects of trauma are betrayed in multiple ways. The Hondurans […]

Call for Applications: The APSA Public Scholarship Program

January 27, 2020 Comments Off

APSA is accepting applications to join the second 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 […]

Gandhi’s Quest for “Swaraj” Already in the ‘Palm of Your Hand’

December 13, 2019 Comments Off

This piece, written by Adam B. Lerner, covers Nazmul S. Sultan’s new article, Self-Rule and the Problem of Peoplehood in Colonial India. The concept of ‘swaraj’ (self-rule) became a rallying cry for India’s anticolonial movement in […]

Author Meets Critics: “How Democracies Die” with Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

November 22, 2019 Comments Off

This year, participants in APSA’s Public Scholarship Program attended the APSA Annual Meeting and wrote reflections on the panels they attended. In this piece, Maryann Kwakwa writes about the roundtable Author Meets Critics: “How Democracies […]

A Roundtable on Cathy Cohen’s Boundaries of Blackness at 20

November 11, 2019 Comments Off

The Evolving Revolving Door Between Congress and the Lobbying Industry

October 18, 2019 Comments Off

This piece, written by Adam B. Lerner, covers Michael E. Shepherd and Hye Young You’s new article, Exit Strategy: Career Concerns and Revolving Doors in Congress. The US Congress’ approval ratings have been at historic lows […]

Taking the Temperature of the Global Crisis in Democracy

October 3, 2019 Comments Off

This piece, written by Adam B. Lerner, covers Christopher Claassen’s, University of Glasgow, new article, In the Mood for Democracy? Democratic Support as Thermostatic Opinion What explains the ‘crisis in democracy’ sweeping across the Western world? […]

How Self-Interest and Partisanship Affect Public Opinion about Opioid Treatment Policy

August 23, 2019 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 Maryann Kwakwa, covers the new article by Michael Hankinson, […]

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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