Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory: J-PART, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Oct., 2003), pp. 395-412 (18 pages) By 1958, a model of human behavior capable of serving as the microlevel foundation for ...

Does deterrence actually work? In our international relations class, my students researched the track record of deterrence in several cases of international aggression, as well as examples where ...

What does the trend of "realism" in political theory portend, if anything, for how social and political scientists do their work? We can best see where realism's rubber hits the road by re-examining ...

Tyler White’s capstone political science seminar focused on the return of global power politics wasn’t slated to begin discussing Russia until after spring break. Then came Feb. 24, and the Russian ...

Few workers face more scrutiny than professional athletes. Every movement is measured, every outcome quantified, and every ...

America’s leaders today cannot or won’t provide a good basic definition of democracy and list out what is required from citizens to make democracy work. It is in their interests to flunk these two ...

The return of the Indiana House Democrats this week and the Ameristar Casino offer to help pay for the Cline Avenue bridge replacement have something in common: compromise. We need to see it in ...

A major New York Congressional candidate was expected to win, but the race ended in a major upset. What does this mean for elections in Texas, and why could the polls have been so far off? Congressman ...

The way John Morrison sees it, we may not know the definitive winner of the Democratic primary by the time all of Oregon's votes are tallied but the country will at least have gotten a poli-sci lesson ...