MPSA Awards

All Male Panels Erode Citizens' Perceptions of Democratic Legitimacy

By Amanda Clayton, Diana Z. O'Brien, and Jennifer M. Piscopo All-male panels increasingly face public pushback. Though once ubiquitous, male-only groups are encountering greater scrutiny at conferences, in workplaces, and especially in politics. In the United States, for example, a photo showing a…


The Deliberative Sublime: Edmund Burke on Disruptive Speech and Imaginative Judgment

Edmund Burke EngravingEdmund Burke Engraving By Rob Goodman of McGill University Could it be true that…


Voting Can Be Hard, Information Helps

By Melody Crowder-Meyer, Shana Kushner Gadarian, and Jessica Trounstine Vote When Los Angeles County voters entered…


What 18,000 Declassified Documents (and a Computer) Reveal About the Credibility of Signals During Crises

By Eric Min of Stanford University MPSA-Min-DurrSoviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, left, and U.S. President John F. Kennedy sit in the…


Foster Care Privatization: How an Increasingly Popular Public Policy Leads to Increased Levels of Abuse and Neglect

MPSA blog - Eatough - Foster Care Privatization Foster care in the United States is dramatically influenced by federal and state…


Politics and Ontology in Thucydides' story of Alcmaeon

By Borden Flanagan of American University Flanagan-PullQuoteThe story of Alcmaeon, in an emphatically unnecessary digression, frames…


MPSA in 2017 - Accomplishments Worth Celebrating (video)

  This year was confusing at times and exhausting at others, but it also had its high points. As we say goodbye to 2017, we welcome you to join us for the MPSA highlight reel. Our thanks to everyone who played a part in making these projects a reality, including our program chairs, council members,…


Bridging the Gaps: Phones, Gender, and Politics

By Matthew Bondy, College of William & Mary Photo Courtesy of the Center for African DevelopmentPhoto Courtesy of the Center…