Department of Political Science

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Francis Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro: "Political partisanship is vicious. That’s because political parties are too weak" Professors Rosenbluth and Shapiro have an Op-Ed in the Post Everything Perspective section of the Washington Post, entitled “Political partisanship is vicious. That’s because...	Ian Shapiro on The American Interest Podcast: The Case For Responsible Parties All across the world, democratic reformers are seeking to bring more power directly to the people through referendums and ballot initiatives, direct selection of candidates...	Professor Alex Coppock on the Effectiveness of Ads Directed Towards Bilingual Voters A Marketplace.com article entitled “Political Ads en Español: More Than Simple Translations” discusses the effectiveness of campaign advertisements on bilingual voters,...	Professor David Mayhew - "Context for Partisan Gerrymandering of U.S. House Districts: The 1970s through the 2010s" When can partisan gerrymandering take place? It is a necessary condition that a single party control all the elected branches of a government that have veto power. It’s...
Professor Libby Wood has an article in the Washington Post Monkey Cage What do we know about perpetrators and targets? Why do some armed groups practive rape in wartime and others prohibit rape? What does this knowledge mean for preventing and...	Alex Coppock interviewed on Utah Public Radio Assistant Professor of Political Science Alexander Coppock is interviewed by Matthew Laplante on Utah Public Radio Undisciplined about the ability of Op-Ed’s to change...	NPR interview of Professor Akhil Reed Amar on Kavanaugh endorsement NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Akhil Reed Amar, a professor of law at Yale University, about his endorsement of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

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