Category: JOP Blogpost

The expectation that women’s entry into formal salaried employment boosts their political participation is grounded in the belief that employment…

What shapes individual support for public policies? Existing research has focused on factors such as self-interest, ideology or held values,…

Dictators make substantial efforts to shape their images in ways they perceive as favorable in service of their own political…

Many countries have recently seen an increase in the public debate around the optimal size of their legislatures. Advocates for…

Contemporary research on political leaders explains their decisions as driven by their desire to remain in power or their personal…

Political Scientists often test their hypotheses using quantitative methods. When new methods are proposed, researchers are interested in how they…

Across much of the Global South, in-person surveys remain a primary means by which researchers collect data on political opinions.…

American politics offers citizens many opportunities to deliberate together on matters of common concern. Public meetings, local boards, and juries…

The Covid-19 pandemic crash-tested governments’ ability to protect their citizens in an emergency—a test many spectacularly failed.  After fumbling every…