This timely book challenges seven widespread misconceptions about democracy that continue to shape public and academic debates about its past, present, and

ALT: Justin Timberlake: It's Gonna Be May Meme

Flow of aid and supplies misses targets more than six months into Trump-backed ceasefire

I started this group soon after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria as a post-disaster solidarity group to help students and scholars from the region focus on writing wherever they are. About a year i...

Co-organized by Allison Hartnett, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Jeffery A. Jenkins, Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law University of Southern California Oc...

Co-organized by Allison Hartnett, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Jeffery A. Jenkins, Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law University of Southern California Oc...

The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.

Two of the main recent trends in humanitarianism have been the increasing focus on decolonialisation and localisation of humanitarian assistance. Donors have committed to raising funding for local ...

Abstract. State capacity is seen as one of the central elements determining whether countries have “strong” or “weak” systems of immigration and asylum. An

Precolonial Elites and Colonial Redistribution of Political Power - Volume 119 Issue 4

One of the many important roles of the American Political Science Association (APSA) is recognizing excellence in the political science profession.  APSA makes awards for the best dissertations, papers and articles, and books in the various subfields, and for career achievement in research, teaching and service to the discipline.  These awards will be presented at the 2026 APSA Annual Meeting…

The Political Limits of the Patriarchy: Women’s Rights in Early Representative Institutions

Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Return of Tyranny

Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Fall 2025 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Ewa Nizalowska, covers the new article by Turkuler Isiksel and Thomas B. Pepinsky, "Voting in Authoritarian Elections." Elections are often taken as a defining feature of democratic regimes. Although voting is not the only form of democratic political engagement, we tend to presume that voting makes the regimes we live under fairer, more stable and peaceful, or simply better governed.

A Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities has appeared in federal court and been released.

UToledo will suspend admissions to several academic programs in compliance with Senate Bill 1 and the provost's review of recommendations from a Program Reallocation and Investment Committee.

The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

Jordan outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's most vocal opposition group, on Wednesday and confiscated its assets after members of the group were found to be linked to a sabotage plot, Interior Minister Mazen Fraya said.

Co-organized by Allison Hartnett, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Jeffery A. Jenkins, Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law University of Southern California Oc...

Call for Applications: 2025 MENA Methods Workshop | August 16-20 (Amman, Jordan) Deadline: April 27, 2025 | Apply here The American Political Science Association’s (APSA) MENA Program is pleased to an...

Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality and the dominance of the landed elite, but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless In this paper, Rowaida Moshrif analyzes ...

Max Gallien has been named as the recipient of the 2025 APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award for his first book titled Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins,