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The Center for Political Studies (CPS) is a non-partisan research center. Posts are not endorsements.
New research contest announced to study the 2016 election
Post developed by Catherine Allen-West and Arthur Lupia ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) this post details the Election Research Preacceptance Competition, organized by Arthur Lupia and Brendan Nyhan. Lupia discussed this initiative at the "Roundtable on the CPS Special...
Income and Preferences for Centralization of Authority
Post developed by Catherine Allen-West in coordination with Diogo Ferrari 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 “The Indirect Effect of...
Support for the Islamic State in the Arab World
Post developed by Catherine Allen-West in coordination with Michael Robbins. 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 “Passive Support for...
Is Running Away From a Child Welfare Placement a Risk for Entry into the Justice System?
Post developed by Rosemary Sarri in coordination with Linda Kimmel. This blog includes a brief report of ongoing research on career patterns of youth who drift from the child welfare system to the juvenile and adult justice system. It is taken from a paper that has...
Transitional Injustice: Subverting Justice in Transition and Postconflict Societies
Post developed by Yioryos Nardis in coordination with Christian Davenport. Department of Political Science Professor and Center for Political Studies faculty member Christian Davenport’s latest work examines transitional justice - judicial and non-judicial actions...
Trading hard hats for combat helmets: The economics of rebellion in eastern Ukraine
Post developed by Yioryos Nardis in coordination with Yuri Zhukov. In March and April 2014, angry mobs and armed men stormed administrative buildings and police stations in eastern Ukraine. Waving Russian flags and condemning the post-revolutionary government in Kyiv...
Studying the Relationship between Islamic States and International Law
Post developed by Yioryos Nardis in coordination with Barbara Koremenos. Barbara Koremenos, Center for Political Studies faculty member and Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan has recently begun a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Kroc...
The importance of student research opportunities to Janie Velencia’s career in elections and research
Developed by Lauren Guggenheim in coordination with Janie Velencia. This is a post in a series about student involvement in research projects in the Center for Political Studies (CPS). Here, we profile Janie Velencia, whose work on the Constituency-Level Elections...
Power and the Vote: Elections and Electricity in the Developing World
Post developed by Yioryos Nardis in coordination with Brian Min. Across the developing world, debate persists on whether democracy benefits the poor and how governments decide who gets access to public goods like electricity, water, and education. However, answers are...
Election Frauds, Postelection Legal Challenges and Geography in Mexico
Post developed by Yioryos Nardis in coordination with Walter Mebane. ICYMI (In Case You Missed It), the following work was presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). The presentation, titled "Election Frauds,...
