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“Let Our Ballots Secure What Our Bullets Have Won”: Union Veterans and the Making of Radical Reconstruction

“Let Our Ballots Secure What Our Bullets Have Won”: Union Veterans and the Making of Radical Reconstruction By Michael Weaver, The University of British Columbia After the Civil War, congressional Republicans used sweeping powers to […]

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Why So Little Strategic Voting in India?

Why So Little Strategic Voting in India? By Oliver Heath, Royal Holloway, University Of London, Adam Ziegfeld, Temple University Strategic voting is thought to underlie Duverger’s Law and lead to two-party outcomes in single-member district […]

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What Kind of Identity is Partisan Identity? “Social” versus “Political” Partisanship in Divided Democracies

What Kind of Identity is Partisan Identity? “Social” versus “Political” Partisanship in Divided Democracies By Jay Ruckelshaus, University of Oxford Many scholars blame partisan polarization for collapsing politics into social life. But these diagnoses lack […]

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Voting for Votes: Opposition Parties’ Legislative Activity and Electoral Outcomes

Voting for Votes: Opposition Parties’ Legislative Activity and Electoral Outcomes By Or Tuttnauer, University of Mannheim and Simone Wegmann, University of Potsdam Scholars frequently expect parties to act strategically in parliament, hoping to affect their […]

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Voter Outreach Campaigns Can Reduce Affective Polarization among Implementing Political Activists: Evidence from Inside Three Campaigns

Voter Outreach Campaigns Can Reduce Affective Polarization among Implementing Political Activists: Evidence from Inside Three Campaigns By Joshua L. Kalla, Yale University, David E. Broockman, University Of California, Berkeley Campaigns regularly dispatch activists to contact […]

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COVID-19 Racial Disparities

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 Monique Newton, covers the new letter by LaFleur Stephens-Dougan, […]

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The Urban/Rural Divide in Athenian Political Thought

The Urban/Rural Divide in Athenian Political Thought By Charles Nathan, Duke University Contemporary analyses of Athenian democracy have focused on binaries such as mass/elite, free/slave, and male/female, overlooking the urban/rural divide. In this article, I […]