APSA Annual Meeting

Theme Panel: Role of Legitimacy in Counterinsurgency

Role of Legitimacy in Counterinsurgency Is counterinsurgency a contest over legitimacy? The classical literature on counterinsurgency argues effective counterinsurgency to be an exercise in achieving legitimacy. From colonial counterinsurgency experiences to US interventions in Iraq […]

APSA Annual Meeting

Theme Panel: Muslim American Identity and Political Behavior

Muslim American Identity and Political Behavior Political science has been slow to study the political behavior of Muslim Americans, a demographic group that has been increasingly prominent in American politics. The four papers on this […]

APSA Annual Meeting

Theme Panel: Migration and Border Politics in Africa

Migration and Border Politics in Africa This panel explores emerging re-conceptualizations of state legitimacy, citizenship, and nation-building in Africa by focusing on the implications of migration and border politics. These papers employ diverse methodologies including […]

APSA Annual Meeting

Theme Panel: Revitalizing Legitimacy: Integrating Concepts, Measurement, and Analysis

Revitalizing Legitimacy: Integrating Concepts, Measurement, and Analysis The legitimacy of authorities and institutions is a foundational concern in political science and the social sciences generally. While political theorists have developed insights about the normative foundations […]

APSA Annual Meeting

Theme Panel: Muslims in the American Imagination

Muslims in the American Imagination Negative portrayals of Muslims have been on the rise in the United States in recent years, and reached a fever pitch in the 2016 election. The papers on this panel […]

APSA Annual Meeting

Theme Panel: Legitimate People, Legitimate Territory?

Legitimate People, Legitimate Territory? Critical Perspectives on Sovereigntism The legitimacy of sovereign communities and their right to take unilateral decisions on their civic boundaries (political membership, citizenship) and territorial borders is increasingly put into question […]

APSA Annual Meeting

Theme Panel: Democratic Legitimacy & Violence against Women

Democratic Legitimacy & Violence against Women: Policymaking in the Global South This panel investigates the ongoing struggle for creating and upholding violence against women policies in countries from the global south. With cases from Latin […]