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Party Nomination Strategies in List Proportional Representation Systems
Party Nomination Strategies in List Proportional Representation Systems

In list proportional representation (PR) systems, parties shape political selection. We propose a theory of party list choice and elections in list PR systems. Our results describe how a party allocates candidates of heterogeneous quality acro [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12691
Type: Journal Articles
When Do UN Peacekeeping Operations Implement Their Mandates?
When Do UN Peacekeeping Operations Implement Their Mandates?

Under what conditions do UN peacekeeping operations (PKOs) implement the tasks in their mandates? Contemporary PKOs are expected to fulfill increasingly fragmented mandates in active conflict zones. We argue that these two trends—increasingly [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12650
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UN Peacekeeping and Households’ Well-Being in Civil Wars
UN Peacekeeping and Households’ Well-Being in Civil Wars

Civil wars affect the economic conditions of households by disrupting economic transactions and harming their psychological well-being. To restore basic conditions for local economic recovery in conflict-torn regions, the international communi [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12644
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“Let Our Ballots Secure What Our Bullets Have Won”: Union Veterans and the Making of Radical Reconstruction
“Let Our Ballots Secure What Our Bullets Have Won”: Union Veterans and the Making of Radical Reconstruction

Abstract After the Civil War, congressional Republicans used sweeping powers to expand and enforce civil rights for African Americans. Though the electoral benefits of African American suffrage were clear, Republicans had to overcome party div [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055422000193
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The Urban/Rural Divide in Athenian Political Thought
The Urban/Rural Divide in Athenian Political Thought

Abstract Contemporary analyses of Athenian democracy have focused on binaries such as mass/elite, free/slave, and male/female, overlooking the urban/rural divide. In this article, I argue that urban/rural was a central cleavage in the Athenian [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S000305542200017X
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Historical Ownership and Territorial Disputes
Historical Ownership and Territorial Disputes

Abstract: Some of the most enduring and dangerous territorial disputes often involve claims of historical ownership by at least one side of a dispute. Why does historical ownership lead to more hardened bargaining stances than in other territo [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/706047
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Fundraising for Favors? Linking Lobbyist-Hosted Fundraisers to Legislative Benefits
Fundraising for Favors? Linking Lobbyist-Hosted Fundraisers to Legislative Benefits

Abstract: Do legislators and lobbyists trade favors? This study uses uncommon data sources and plagiarism software to detect a rarely observed relationship between interest group lobbyists and sitting Members of Congress. Comparison of letters [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912918771745
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Intersectionality on the go: The diffusion of Black feminist knowledge across disciplinary and geographical borders
Intersectionality on the go: The diffusion of Black feminist knowledge across disciplinary and geographical borders

Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989 as a critique of feminist and critical race scholarship's neglect of—respectively—race and gender. Since then, the concept has been interpreted and reinterpreted to appeal to new di [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12816
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Environmental Federalism in Indian Country: Sovereignty, Primacy, and Environmental Protection
Environmental Federalism in Indian Country: Sovereignty, Primacy, and Environmental Protection

Abstract: Extensive research on “environmental federalism” investigates the effects of shared state-federal implementation on policy outcomes under the landmark American environmental laws of the 1970s. But these laws originally made no me [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12395
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Standing in Line When Queues Are on the Decline: Services Satisfaction Following the Swedish Health Care Waiting Time Guarantee
Standing in Line When Queues Are on the Decline: Services Satisfaction Following the Swedish Health Care Waiting Time Guarantee

Abstract: Understanding mass public support for health systems and welfare polices is required in order to safeguard the legitimacy of democratic governance of the welfare state. If policies to meet dissatisfaction go unnoticed, the whole idea [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12277
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Does Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland
Does Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland

Abstract: Do minorities fare worse under direct democracy than under representative democracy? We provide new evidence by studying naturalization requests of immigrants in Switzerland that were typically decided with referendums in each munici [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12433
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