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The Spread of Mass Surveillance, 1995 to Present
ICYMI (In Case You Missed It), the following work was presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). The presentation, titled “Big Data Innovation Transfer and Governance in Emerging High Technology States" was a part of...
Bureaucracy and Economic Markets: A Coevolutionary View of Development
by Catherine Allen-West Political economists have long debated the causal relationship between good institutions—such as technocratic, Weberian bureaucracies—and economic development. Whereas some insist that good institutions must precede economic development, others...
The Resurgence of Women’s Protest in the United States
by Megan Bayagich On January 21, 2017, nearly half a million people flocked to Washington D.C. for the Women’s March. They carried various signs about reproductive rights, anti-Trump sentiment, and intersectionality amongst feminists. The event hosted several...
Inside the American Electorate: The 2016 ANES Time Series Study
Post developed by Catherine Allen-West, Megan Bayagich and Ted Brader The initial release of the 2016 American National Election Studies (ANES) Time Series dataset is approaching. Since 1948, the ANES- a collaborative project between the University of Michigan and...
Crime in Sweden: What the Data Tell Us
by Christopher Fariss and Kristine Eck Debate persists inside and outside of Sweden regarding the relationship between immigrants and crime in Sweden. But what can the data actually tell us? Shouldn’t it be able to identify the pattern between the number of crimes...
Another Reason Clinton Lost Michigan: Trump Was Listed First on the Ballot
Post written by Josh Pasek, Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies and Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, University of Michigan. If Rick Snyder weren’t the Governor of Michigan, Donald Trump would probably have 16 fewer electoral votes. I say...
Is policy driven by the rich, or does government respond to all?
Post created by Catherine Allen-West based on research presented by Benjamin Page and Christopher Wlezien at the Center for Political Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop on Politics and Policy. With the U.S. Presidential Election just a day away, both campaigns have...
What We Know About Race and the Gender Gap in the 2016 US Election
This post was created by Catherine Allen-West. As of October, the latest national polls, predicted that the 2016 Election results will reflect the largest gender gap in vote choice in modern U.S. history. Today, according to NPR, "An average of three recent national...
Tracking the Dynamics of the 2016 Election
This post was developed by Catherine Allen-West, Stuart Soroka and Michael Traugott. It’s an election year in America, and with that comes an endless string of media coverage of the political campaigns. If you are like 70% to 80% of Americans over the past 12 weeks,...
Motivated Reasoning in the Perceived Credibility of Public Opinion Polls
Post developed by Catherine Allen-West and Ozan Kuru. ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) the following work was presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). The presentation, titled "Motivated Reasoning in the Perceived...
