Category: JOP Blogpost

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…

The importance of representation in politics Ethnic minorities are underrepresented in parliaments worldwide. A lack of representation can lead to…

Few social science relationships have generated as much interest as that between socioeconomic inequality and democracy. For example, recent discussions…

How the media shapes people’s views on political and social issues is a vital question for scholars and the public…

Various empirical studies have investigated the causes and consequences of political distrust. They found that politicians’ actions, such as corruption,…