American Political Science Review

APSA: Home for the Political Science Community

APSA is Home to the Political Science Community The American Political Science Association (APSA) brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors within and outside academe to deepen our understanding […]

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Cooperative Capacities of the Rational: Revising Rawls’s Account of Prudential Reasoning

Cooperative Capacities of the Rational: Revising Rawls’s Account of Prudential Reasoning By Jacqueline Basu, Stanford University John Rawls characterizes political rationality as narrowly self-regarding and therefore incapable of motivating political other-regard, self-moderation, or cooperative behavior. […]

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Constitutional Reform and the Gender Diversification of Peak Courts

Constitutional Reform and the Gender Diversification of Peak Courts By Nancy Arrington, California Polytechnic State University, Leeann Bass, Princeton University, Adam Glynn, Emory University, Jeffrey K. Staton, Emory University, Brian Delgado , Emory University and […]

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Close to Home: Place-Based Mobilization in Racialized Contexts

Close to Home: Place-Based Mobilization in Racialized Contexts By Sally A. Nuamah, Northwestern University and Thomas Ogorzalek, Independent Scholar How do racially concentrated policy changes translate to political action? Using official election returns, the Cooperative […]

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Bargaining and Strategic Voting on Appellate Courts

Bargaining and Strategic Voting on Appellate Courts By Giri Parameswaran, Haverford College, Charles M. Cameron, Princeton University and Lewis A. Kornhauser, New York University School of Law Many appellate courts and regulatory commissions simultaneously produce […]