Many jobs are likely to be politically disempowering
The expectation that women’s entry into formal salaried employment boosts their political participation is grounded in the belief that employment…
Does Job Insecurity Shape Policy Preferences?
What shapes individual support for public policies? Existing research has focused on factors such as self-interest, ideology or held values,…
What Dictators Communicate in their Speeches and Why We Should Pay Attention
Dictators make substantial efforts to shape their images in ways they perceive as favorable in service of their own political…
Does the Size of Legislatures Matter? Lessons from Brazil
Many countries have recently seen an increase in the public debate around the optimal size of their legislatures. Advocates for…
Hope in the Face of Disappointment: The 2011 Egyptian Revolution and Its Aftermath
Has it all been in vain? Ten years after the Arab Spring uprising in Egypt, little seems to be left…
The Relationships between Political Survival and Crisis Initiation Differ for Hawks and Doves
Contemporary research on political leaders explains their decisions as driven by their desire to remain in power or their personal…
How Do We Know What We Know? Learning from Monte Carlo Simulations
Political Scientists often test their hypotheses using quantitative methods. When new methods are proposed, researchers are interested in how they…
How Does the Presence of Others Affect Survey Responses on Ethnic Politics?
Across much of the Global South, in-person surveys remain a primary means by which researchers collect data on political opinions.…
Is diversifying groups enough for minority views to shape decisions?
American politics offers citizens many opportunities to deliberate together on matters of common concern. Public meetings, local boards, and juries…
Vaccinate Grocery Workers First to Protect Everyone
The Covid-19 pandemic crash-tested governments’ ability to protect their citizens in an emergency—a test many spectacularly failed. After fumbling every…