Iowa showed how Trump has redefined conservatism
Trump performed much better among “very conservative” caucus voters than he did in 2016.
In Memoriam: Charles O. Jones
Chuck helped us understand the promise and limits of power in the U.S. constitutional system.
What the clean energy boom means for fossil fuel communities
'Uncertain Futures' reveals what makes policies and promises attractive to those upturned by a greener economy.
The ICC is investigating violence in Israel and Palestine
Israel doesn’t recognize the court’s jurisdiction – but it should.
What the arrest warrant for Putin really means
He may never stand trial, but that’s not all that matters.
In Memoriam: Bruce Russett
Russett helped the world understand the democratic peace.
The last time a death left such a thin Senate majority? 1954.
Study shows even a brief shift in partisan majority can affect legislation.
Is there a green policy backlash?
Leaders in Germany and the U.K. think so.
Frances McCall Rosenbluth, a Yale University scholar, understood Japanese politics and so much more
From party politics to gender inequality, Rosenbluth’s research broke many long-held assumptions
The protests started out looking like 1968. They turned into 1964.
As in the mid-1960s, peaceful protests drove news coverage and woke up the public
Why isn’t the U.S. ready for a pandemic? For politicians, investing in prevention doesn’t pay off.
Disaster spending helps get you reelected. Preventing disaster doesn’t.
We’re an all-women team chosen to edit political science’s flagship journal. Here’s why that matters.
Here’s the ninth in our series on the gender gap in political science.
Yes, women in political science submit fewer articles for publication than men. This explains why.
Here’s the eighth article in our series on the gender gap in political science.
Here’s what we can do about the gender gap in political science journals
Here’s the sixth article in our series on the gender gap in political science.
There’s a gender gap in political science. Our series examines the problem — and looks at some solutions.
It’s as important as any other issue our profession studies.
This fallacy helps explain why Republicans have pursued such unpopular policies
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Justice Roberts said political science is ‘sociological gobbledygook.’ Here’s why he said it, and why he’s mistaken.
[caption id="attachment_64491" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called
Some of the top political science journals are biased against women. Here’s the evidence.
[caption id="attachment_58992" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (iStock)[/caption] In 2013, the Monkey Cage
When is a warlord better than no warlord?
[caption id="attachment_39929" align="aligncenter" width="2366"] The United Nations headquarters in New
Did U.S. aid win hearts and minds in Afghanistan? Yes and no.
[caption id="attachment_52140" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A nurse weighs a child at
Voters actually don’t prefer wealthy politicians
[caption id="attachment_50682" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A man votes at City Hall
Here’s how to mobilize Latinos to vote
[caption id="attachment_47873" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Fabiola Vejar, right, registers Stephanie Cardenas
New political science initiative calls for evaluating research before knowing the results
[caption id="attachment_19279" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Kacper Pempel/Reuters[/caption] Wednesday saw the announcement
This chart explains why Pope Francis’s call to welcome immigrants probably won’t make a difference
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Crafting a new constitution doesn't necessarily lead to democracy. Here's what does.
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Crafting a new constitution doesn’t necessarily lead to democracy. Here’s what does.
[caption id="attachment_28684" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Here's what does not necessarily lead
Psst, wanna change the law? Lobby this little-known government office after it's passed.
[caption id="attachment_27870" align="aligncenter" width="2479"] Pigeons fly over the intersection of
Psst, wanna change the law? Lobby this little-known government office after it’s passed.
[caption id="attachment_27870" align="aligncenter" width="2479"] Pigeons fly over the intersection of
What are the drivers of Nigeria's 'ups and downs'?
[caption id="attachment_26381" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] The Ikoyi district, one
What are the drivers of Nigeria’s ‘ups and downs’?
[caption id="attachment_26381" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] The Ikoyi district, one
Is the gender citation gap limited to top articles?
The Monkey Cage has previously discussed an important article by
How trade affects U.S. elections
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Why Islamist insurgents are so difficult to coerce
[caption id="attachment_24310" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] Islamic fighters from al-Nusra Front
Media portrayals of Africa promote paternalism
[caption id="attachment_22373" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A family of refugees that fled
New evidence shows election officials are biased against Latino voters
[caption id="attachment_17379" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Harry Cabluck/AP Photo)[/caption] Voter identification laws
Putting Cuban human rights violations in some context
While the reception to President Obama's announcement that the United
Newest midterm forecasts are bullish for the GOP
There’s no more accurate way to predict the day’s weather
Tom Ricks doesn't know what he's talking about
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Tom Ricks doesn’t know what he’s talking about
[caption id="attachment_16224" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The journal International Security publishes articles
How ordinary petitions helped end slavery and make women into political activists
[caption id="attachment_15976" align="aligncenter" width="2217"] The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and
Rockets and bombs make Israelis and Palestinians less willing to compromise
Joshua Tucker: The following a guest post from political scientists
Political exclusion lingers for women in Latin America
Kim Yi Dionne: This post is the last of a
Why we should be sober about the long-term prospects of stable democracy in Ukraine
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Pro-Ukrainian supporters take part in
Data on the relevance of political scientists to the NYT
Every couple of years, a journalist or a grumpy political
Dear Nicholas Kristof: We are right here!
Nicholas Kristof has a well-meaning but highly dramatic and one-sided
Replication in political science graduate courses: an untapped resource?
Nicole Janz is a lecturer at the Social Science Research
Robert Dahl as mentor
The essay below, on Robert Dahl's role as mentor and
How bond markets police balanced budget rules
[caption id="attachment_6326" align="aligncenter" width="606"] (Markus Schreiber/AP)[/caption] One of the puzzles
How today’s budget woes owe their debt to the financing of recent wars
This is a guest post by Gustavo Flores-Macías (Assistant Professor of
Your genes influence your political views. So what?
A small but active cottage industry has sprung up to
Crossing the line in China: Calls for action, not simply dissent
[caption id="attachment_1670" align="aligncenter" width="350" special=""] Professor Xia Yeliang (Photo credit:
Editors and the gender gap
This is the second post from the perspective of a
The gender gap from the gatekeeper's perspective
Today is Editor's day in the Monkey Cage gender gap symposium (see here, here, here, here,
How America Exports Its Gun Problems
[caption id="attachment_264" align="aligncenter" width="600" special=""] (Carlos Jasso/AP Photo)[/caption] American debates
Foreign jihadists aren't as big a threat to the West as you might think
[caption id="attachment_191" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Kabir Dhanji / European Pressphoto
What do policymakers want from academics?
We are delighted to welcome the following guest post by Paul
U.S. Gun Laws and Violence in Mexico
Yesterday's terrible events at the Navy Yard will undoubtedly light
All this has happened before … and it will happen again: Syria, US “outside options,” and the Security Council
The path to where the U.S., Russia, and Syria are
The Synergy of Practice and Theory: Niskanen’s Contribution to the Study of Bureaucracy
Continuing our collaboration with the APSA Political Economy newsletter, today we present
Jihadi foreign fighters: How dangerous?
In our continuing collaboration with political science journals, the following
Does cellphone coverage make violence more likely in Africa?
"Jan Pierskalla and Florian Hollenbach":http://polisci.duke.edu/uploads/media_items/technology-collectiveactioncellphoneviolence.original.pdf argue that it does in
Letter from Editors of APSR, AJPS, and JOP
As part of our continuing discussion of issues related to
Why Do Western Jihadists Fight Abroad or Domestically?
One would think that the main value of Western jihadists
So is Partisanship Really in our DNA?
The following is a guest post from New York University
More on Trade and Labor Rights
I want to expand a bit on Henry's post about
The Dimensions of Law and the Same-Sex Marriage Cases
We are delighted to welcome the following guest post by
Economics Nobel and Elinor Ostrom
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of
Is India unique in having higher voter turnout among the poor than the middle class and rich?
Perry Anderson writes of "a truly distinguishing feature of Indian
American (Data) Exceptionalism
University of Toronto political scientist Ed Schatz sends along the
Grievances and civil war
I’m late to the Jacqueline Stevens’ op-ed party, and don’t
Why the Stevens Op-Ed is Wrong
A rather lengthier response to "Jacqueline Stevens' op-ed":http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/opinion/sunday/political-scientists-are-lousy-forecasters.html. Speaking to
What Explains Support for the Welfare State?
"Philip Rehm, Jacob Hacker and Mark Schlesinger have an article":http://cup.msgfocus.com/c/1AlpJxy38qHoUOT74lJHX81y
APSR open access issue
Several articles in the new issue of the American Political
How to Get Ahead in China’s Communist Party
Last week, the National Congress of the Communist Party of
The Case Against Smart Sanctions
Much hope is vested in the ability of so-called smart
Fruit Flies and Voters
A new article (ungated, pdf) by Evan Charney and William
Agency Spending and Partisan Politics
In 2007, a White House political affairs official made a
Gauging the Influence of Public Interest Groups
A Monkey Cage reader and long-time affiliate of Washington public
Free Trade I: Does Free Trade Help Workers’ Rights?
Layna Mosley, at UNC, argues "yes":http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/opinion/free-trade-by-itself-can-lift-labor-standards-abroad.html?_r=2&ref=opinion in today's _New York
The Resource Curse Revisited
With the (I guess still impending) fall of Qadaffi and
Institutions and Politics
I'm teaching my Ph.D. level course on institutions and politics
When Does the Incumbent *Not* Get Held Responsibile for the State of Economy?
I want to return to some points that kind of
How inequality affects redistributive politics
"Noam Lupu and Jonas Pontussen":http://www.princeton.edu/~nlupu/structure_inequality.pdf (PDF) have a piece on
Coburn and NSF
Tom Coburn has a new report on waste at the
Should Political Scientists Care More About Politics?
Archon Fung says "yes":http://www.bostonreview.net/BR36.3/archon_fung_winner_take_all_politics.php in his review of Jacob Hacker
The Electoral Consequences of Outsourcing
In recent years, the range of U.S. local jobs that
The Partisan Trust Gap
The following is a guest post by "Mike Sances":http://web.mit.edu/polisci/people/gradstudents/mike-sances.shtml: *****
Forget the Dukakis-in-a-tank effect: the Democrats would’ve lost in 1988 even if they’d had Burt Reynolds at the top of the ticket
Jonathan Chait writes that the most important aspect of a
Lee, One Year Later
My colleague Lee Sigelman, one of the co-founders of this
Latino Vote Turnout: Another Look
The "NY Times":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/us/politics/06immig.html?_r=1&th&emc=th is reporting on a "Pew Survey":http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=127 on
Vote Shifts to Seat Shifts in Midterm Elections?
In Edward Tufte's classic 1975 _APSR_ article "Determinants of the
Don’t look at just one poll number–unless you really know what you’re doing!
After writing this note about the American Enterprise Institute, I
Battle of the Americans: Writer at the American Enterprise Institute disparages the American Political Science Association
Steven Hayward at the American Enterprise Institute wrote an article,
On the Irrelevance of Political Science (Redux)
("Redux" because of "this post":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/03/on_the_irrelevance_of_politica.html from a while back.) I'm
Are Political Scientists Becoming Too Scholastic?
Picking up from Henry’s latest blog, Lawrence Mead has an
The Perils of Guessing the Identity of Anonymous Reviewers
A little while ago I reviewed a manuscript that had
Moving Efficiently Down the Food Chain of Journals
Inside Higher Ed reports that the American Economic Association (AEA)
Ethnic Identity and Insurgent Violence: Political Science Research and the Moscow Subway Bombings
With "last week's Moscow subway bombings":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/03/29/GA2010032900867.html and then the subsequent
On the Irrelevance of Political Science
Ryan Sager: bq. And, so, my theory of why no
Feavered speculation
Peter Feaver advances "a novel hypothesis":http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/03/23/has_obama_lost_his_silver_tongue. bq. This pattern of