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The APSA 2020 Council Nominations April 16, 2020
The APSA Nominating Committee is pleased to announce its 2020 nominees for APSA Council. Each has agreed to serve if elected. The call for nominations was circulated among the membership, and outreach specifically to APSA […]

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APSA Welcomes New Organized Sections: Civic Engagement and Education Politics and Policy April 16, 2020
At the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) 2020 Spring Council Meeting, the APSA Council approved the formation of two new organized sections Civic Engagement (Section 50) and Education Politics and Policy (Section 51). Civic Engagement […]

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Political Participation in Immigrant Communities April 15, 2020
Political participation is one of our most important civic duties. It is part of the original contract we the people agreed to when we founded this country, both native born citizens and immigrants. However, the vote is […]

Vinaya Bharam
Feet of Clay? How to Review Political Science Papers that Make Use of the Work of Historians April 15, 2020
Feet of Clay? How to Review Political Science Papers that Make Use of the Work of Historians By Jørgen Møller, Aarhus University Political scientists increasingly enlist the work of historians but they often treat this work in […]

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Pandemic Politics: Timing State-Level Social Distancing Responses to COVID-19 April 14, 2020
Pandemic Politics: Timing State-Level Social Distancing Responses to COVID-19 Christopher Adolph, University of Washington Kenya Amano, University of Washington Bree Bang-Jensen, University of Washington Nancy Fullman, University of Washington John Wilkerson, University of Washington Social distancing […]

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Dr. Maria Puerta-Riera Talks about the Benefits of a Career at a Community College & How COVID-19 is Likely to Affect These Institutions  April 14, 2020
Dr. Maria Puerta-Riera is a political scientist with a doctorate in cultural studies, dedicated to political analysis, specializing in issues related to democracy in Venezuela and Latin America. She is currently teaching social sciences (Research Techniques in Social […]

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Battlefield Casualties and Ballot-Box Defeat: Did the Bush–Obama Wars Cost Clinton the White House?  April 13, 2020
Battlefield Casualties and Ballot-Box Defeat: Did the Bush–Obama Wars Cost Clinton the White House? By Douglas L. Kriner, Cornell University and Francis X. Shen, University of Minnesota In the 2016 election, foreign policy may have played a […]

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JEPS Welcomes COVID-19-related Submissions for Rapid Review April 10, 2020
The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease it causes represents a massive challenge for individuals, societies, and governments around the world. This pandemic affects every aspect of our lives. Social science […]

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Hitting Two Birds with One Stone: How Russian Countersanctions Intertwined Political and Economic Goals  April 10, 2020
Hitting Two Birds with One Stone: How Russian Countersanctions Intertwined Political and Economic Goals By Paulina Pospieszna, Adam Mickiewicz University, Joanna Skrzypczyńska, Adam Mickiewicz University, and Beata Stepień, Poznan University of Economics and Business This […]

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National Science Foundation Encourages Proposals Related to Coronavirus  April 9, 2020
The National Science Foundation issued a Dear Colleague letter encouraging proposals related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) through existing funding channels and the NSF’s Rapid Response Research (RAPID) funding mechanism. RAPID proposals may be for up […]

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Elite Interactions and Voters’ Perceptions of Parties’ Policy Positions April 16, 2020
The forthcoming article “Elite Interactions and Voters’ Perceptions of Parties’ Policy Positions” by James Adams, Simon Weschle, and Christopher Wlezien is summarized by the authors below.  How do citizens learn about parties’ policy positions?  Existing studies show that citizens use factors such as election manifestos or the policies parties implement when they govern.  In addition, research by Fortunato and Stevenson documents that voters use cabinet participation as a heuristic to infer agreement between coalition partners.  We […]

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Discursive Exit April 8, 2020
The forthcoming article “Discursive Exit” by Laura Montanaro is summarized by the author below.  On January 21st, 2017, the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, approximately 470,000 people, mostly women, marched on Washington, and between 3.6 and 4.6 million people participated in sister marches worldwide, on seven continents. The march was widely hailed for its multigenerational […]

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AJPS Editor’s Blog .. April 3, 2020
Covid-19 has thrown everything off kilter, even academic journals.  Here at AJPS, we have seen two patterns in the past two or three weeks – a 27 percent increase in manuscript submissions AND a 54 percent decline in review invitations accepted – over the same period last year.  While AJPS reviewers have terrific turnaround time, […]

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AJPS Editor’s Blog March 19, 2020
Covid-19 Update: The AJPS continues to process manuscripts.  We understand that people have many things going on during this time of crisis, so please know that we are happy to be flexible with deadlines for reviews and manuscript revisions.  If you receive a request to review and can’t accept, we understand. If you can review, […]

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A Choice‐Based Measure of Issue Importance in the Electorate February 27, 2020

The forthcoming article “A Choice-Based Measure of Issues Importance in the Electorate” by Chris Hanretty, Benjamin E. Lauderdale and Nick Vivyan is summarized by the authors below. **Some issues are more important to voters than others.**  This is a simple idea, but measuring “issue importance” is hard.  If you ask people what issue is most important to them, they […] mpsaadmin

When Do Displaced Persons Return? Postwar Migration among Christians in Mount Lebanon February 17, 2020
The forthcoming article “When Do Displaced Persons Return? Postwar Migration among Christians in Mount Lebanon” by Kara Ross Camarena and Nils Hägerdal is summarized  by the authors below. After wars end, there is great hope that people displaced by violence will be able to return to their homes and resume their lives. Provisions for return […]

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Equity and Political Economy in Thomas Hobbes February 6, 2020
The forthcoming article “Equity and Political Economy in Thomas Hobbes” (https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12507) by Lee Ward is summarized by the author below. What can a seventeenth-century English political philosopher possibly teach us today about the challenges confronting the contemporary liberal democratic state in the age of Brexit and Trump? Actually, quite a lot, especially if that thinker is […]

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A Public Ethics of Care for Policy Implementation January 10, 2020
The forthcoming article “A Public Ethics of Care for Policy Implementation” (https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12487) by Daniel Engster is summarized by the author below. Dealing with government bureaucrats can be downright unpleasant at times. We may feel unheard, unseen, disrespected, and subject to seemingly arbitrary rules. How do these experiences mesh with the ideals of liberal-democratic government – particularly the notion that government should be […]

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The Policy Basis of Measured Partisan Animosity in the United States January 2, 2020
The forthcoming article “The Policy Basis of Measured Partisan Animosity in the United States” (https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12498) by Lilla V. Orr and Gregory A. Huber is summarized by the authors below. Mass politics in the United States is increasingly characterized as being driven by overt hostility between Democrats and Republicans. So called partisan “teamism” is thought to extend beyond conflict […]

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Sometimes Less Is More: Censorship, News Falsification, and Disapproval in 1989 East Germany December 30, 2019
The forthcoming article “Sometimes Less is More: Censorship, News Falsification, and Disapproval in 1989 East Germany” (https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12501) by Christian Gläßel and Katrin Paula is summarized by the authors below. In one way or another, all governments seek to influence public opinion in their favor. Especially, authoritarian regimes are notorious for their tight control of domestic […]

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Iran Caught Spreading Disinformation on Social Media Against US, Israel April 16, 2020
Copying notes from China? The Iranian regime has been waging a massive disinformation war to accuse the United States for the COVID-19 virus. A special report has revealed that Iran has attempted to wage a massive disinformation campaign against the U.S. … but it may want to leave the election meddling to the pros. The […]

What Does Reopening Look Like? April 16, 2020
As our national lockdown drags on, Americans seem less and less inclined to move swiftly toward societal reopening. Perhaps that's due to the consistent media focus on the risks of reopening. Perhaps that's also due to the psychological comfort of the status quo: When we've been made to feel safe in our home, it's difficult […]

Fixing College Corruption April 16, 2020
America's colleges are rife with corruption. The financial squeeze resulting from COVID-19 offers opportunities for a bit of remediation. Let's first examine what might be the root of academic corruption, suggested by the title of a recent study, "Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship." The study was done by Areo, an opinion and […]

All 9 Facebook Fact-Checkers Ignore Media’s Promotion of Chinese Propaganda April 16, 2020
Facebook fact-checkers are quick to jump on when they claim conservative media gets it wrong. But what happens when CNN and NBC get stories wrong? On April 1, Bloomberg News reported that the U.S. intelligence community believed that China lied about the number of people who died from the coronavirus.

Samantha Bee Fawns Over Warren: You Dropping Out Felt Like 'End of the World' April 16, 2020
On Wednesday's Full Frontal show, liberal comedienne Samantha Bee was seen fawning over Senator Elizabeth Warren as the TBS host was seen in a pre-recorded interview speaking with the former Democratic presidential candidate. Bee oozed: "I wanted desperately to vote for you, and you dropped out of the race, and it felt like the end […]

CNN Touts Newsom, Billionaire Push to Give Illegal Immigrants $125M, Ignores Soros Involvement April 16, 2020
It appears some of the most liberal billionaires in the United States are joining forces with California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) to give pandemic relief funding to illegal immigrants. CNN seemed pleased to mention a list of groups involved in the effort, but the outlet strangely neglected to mention George Soros’s massive Open Society Foundations […]

Behar Demands Protesters Defying Dem Governor ‘Sign Away Their Rights’ to Virus Treatment April 16, 2020
This week, we’re seeing more in the media reveal their contempt for anyone concerned about government overreach, as journalists attacked people protesting their state’s strict stay-at-home orders. Joy Behar added to the hate, offering her own scathing suggestion to the thousands in Michigan who showed up yesterday to protest their Democrat governor. On Thursday’s The […]

Kanye Admits He’s Voting Trump, Blasts ‘Scared’ Celebrity Groupthink April 16, 2020
Some say Kanye West doesn’t matter anymore, since finding Jesus and donning a MAGA hat. Yet there he is, on the cover of liberal men’s magazine GQ. Inside, West is saying he will be voting for Trump in November and calling out the media and Hollywood for trying to pressure African Americans to vote blue. […]

Cracks in the Wall: CBS, PBS Finally Cover Joe Biden Sexual Assault Accuser April 16, 2020
Journalists and networks are finally, reluctantly, being forced to cover the claims of Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer for Joe Biden who accused the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee of sexual assault. CBS got to it on Thursday and PBS’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday night.

MSNBC’s Ruhle Suggests Biden Create ‘Shadow Government’ April 16, 2020
While touting recent high-profile endorsements for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, on Wednesday, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle argued that in order to counter the “daily clown show” of President Trrump’s coronavirus briefings, the former Vice President should establish a “shadow government” and hold his own daily press conferences on the pandemic.