Has the US Supreme Court become more conservative than the public? We introduce results of three surveys conducted over the course of a…
On Revolutions, co-authored by six prominent scholars of revolutions, reinvigorates revolutionary studies for the twenty-first century.…
Scholars of descriptive representation have paid growing attention to the issue of class. This article contributes to this line of research…
Committee formation in early American legislatures happened when those assemblies were inundated with petitions, a relationship unexamined…
A segment of the American population has long embraced conspiratorial thinking. False beliefs about moon landings or space aliens may seem…
How do judges’ previous professional experiences affect case outcomes? In this short article, we investigate the question by documenting…
Kathryn Sikkink (* 1955) is a political scientist who has contributed considerably to making human rights a field of research. Born into a…
Since the Founding, Supreme Court Justices have enjoyed life tenure. This helps insulate the Justices from political pressures, but it also…
Purpose: Demolishing abandoned buildings has been found to reduce nearby firearm violence. However, these effects might vary within cities…
The ability to exercise leadership effectively requires skills and capacities that must be developed; they are not innate. Leadership is…