American Journal of Political Science

The forthcoming article “Global harms, local profits: How the uneven costs of natural disasters affect support for green political platforms” by Silvia Pianta and Paula Rettl is summarized by the author(s) below. A common view in studies of climate politics is that when people personally experience natural disasters—such as fires, floods, or droughts—they become more aware of […]

The forthcoming article “Durable majority gerrymanders: Where partisan gerrymandering can displace democracy” by Maxwell Palmer and Benjamin Schneer is summarized by the author(s) below. A defining feature of democracy is that the party in power should have some chance of losing it. Yet, partisan gerrymandering can enable politicians to draw electoral maps so skewed as […]

The forthcoming article “Contesting repression in divided democracies: Can counternarratives reduce support for police violence?” by Yanilda María González and Natán Skigin is summarized by the author(s) below. In recent years, massive protests against police violence have erupted worldwide. George Floyd’s murder sparked unprecedented demonstrations across American cities. In Nigeria, the #EndSAR…

The forthcoming article “Getting on the grid: A field experiment on bottom-up political pressure and access to essential public services” by Nikhar Gaikwad and Anjali Thomas is summarized by the author(s) below. In developing nations, basic human rights such as access to clean drinking water are often inaccessible to millions of marginalized citizens. Such failures […]

The forthcoming article “Vote buying and negative agenda control: A problem for the study of money in politics” by Andre Van Parys is summarized by the author below. Politicians, pundits, and ordinary citizens frequently argue that money has an outsized influence on U.S. politics. Yet research on the effect of money on politicians’ behavior finds limited effects, especially […]

The forthcoming article “What exploitation is” by Benjamin Ferguson, Peter Hans Matthews, David Ronayne, and Roberto Veneziani is summarized by the author(s) below.

The forthcoming article “Using large language models to analyze political texts through natural language understanding” by Kenneth Benoit, Scott De Marchi, Conor Laver, Michael Laver, and Jinshuai Ma is summarized by the author(s) below. The forthcoming article “Using large language models to analyze political texts through natural language understanding” by Kenneth Benoit, Scott De Marchi, Conor…

The forthcoming article “You and whose economy? Group-based retrospection in economic voting” by Christoffer Hentzer Dausgaard is summarized by the author below.

The forthcoming article “Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?” by Zoltan Miklosi is summarized by the author below.

The forthcoming article “What political theory can learn from conceptual engineering: The case of “corruption”” by Emanuela Ceva and Patrizia Pedrini is summarized by the author(s) below.

The forthcoming article “An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court” by Miles T. Armaly, Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr is summarized by the author(s) below. The forthcoming article “An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court” by Miles T. Armaly, Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. L…