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A growing literature has challenged some of the more influential accounts regarding the role of courts in the development of social and economic policy in the United States. We…
In this Presidential Address, I lay out three research streams in which my findings were valid when published, but which may have been time-bound to a particular period in global…
A perfect storm of contemporary events has triggered deep angst about American democracy. Long-standing concern was exacerbated during the 2024 US election campaign by the extreme…
Pages 1-14
From 7 October 2023 to 7 June 2024, the Crowd Counting Consortium recorded nearly 12,400 pro-Palestine protests and over 2,000 pro-Israel protests in the United States. Since…
Vol. 86, Issue 2, Pages 238-241
In the years since the onset of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement—and especially since the Ferguson uprising—scholars have tried to understand how the movement has affected…
Jean Blondel made many lasting contributions toward comparative politics, not least in his classification of party systems in Western democracies. Yet during the 5 decades since…
Vol. 77, Issue 1, Pages 1-24
The ‘Big Lie’ in American politics has sparked intense concern about the erosion of public confidence in the integrity of US elections—raising questions about the legitimacy of…
Vol. 8, Issue 1, Pages 63-71
Previous research focused on popular US Supreme Court rulings expanding rights; however, less is known about rulings running against prevailing public opinion and restricting…
The deepest foundation of our democratic crisis is our increasing human interdependence. That interdependence creates increasing needs for ‘free-use goods’: goods that, once…
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the grounds behind Vladimir Putin’s decision were widely debated. Theories suggest several reasons,…