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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.…


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…


In Retrospect: Tips for First-Time MPSA Attendees and Presenters

By Charmaine N. Willis of University at Albany, SUNY In Retrospect: Tips for First-Time MPSA Attendees and Presenters


Diffusion by Any Means Necessary

By Harold “Harry” Young of Austin Peay State University MPSA-Young-DiffusionMembers of the "GRAD SCHOOL: What to Expect at a…


Reflections on the #MPSA18 Mentoring Reception

On the second day of the 76th Annual Conference, MPSA held a mentoring reception for which graduate students, PhD recipients in non-academic positions, junior, mid-career, and contingent faculty could select volunteer mentors for small group mentoring to discuss their current research and…


More Bridging, Less Bonding: New Views of Social Capital

(or, Why I am Going to Watch Roseanne) by Michael A. Smith of Emporia State University MPSA-Smith-Bond-Bridge Social…


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…


The New Political Scientists—We’re Live, We’re Nationwide, and We’re Online

By Michael A. Smith, Professor of Political Science at Emporia State University Senior man with tattoo smiling and looking at camera