Monthly Archives: February 2017

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    State of the States: RI to protect abortion rights, Arkansas’ new voter ID law, and Illinois’ unpaid bills: 28 January – 3 February

State of the States: RI to protect abortion rights, Arkansas’ new voter ID law, and Illinois’ unpaid bills: 28 January – 3 February

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USAPP Managing Editor, Chris Gilson, looks at the week in US state blogging. Click here for our weekly roundup of national blogs. 
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On Wednesday, Granite Grok writes that state Democrats had previously said that business tax cuts in New Hampshire would “throw the budget off” by $100 million and lead to a shortfall. It turns out that state business tax revenues are […]

February 7th, 2017|State of the States|0 Comments|
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    Appeals to voters’ moral foundations can be an effective rhetorical strategy for presidents.

Appeals to voters’ moral foundations can be an effective rhetorical strategy for presidents.

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One challenge a president faces is convincing those on the other side of the aisle to support their policies. But can presidents convince people from the opposite party by framing issues consistently with their moral values? To investigate, Matthew R. Miles analyzes voters’ reactions to President Obama’s rhetoric when it is framed to appeal to their moral foundations. He […]

February 6th, 2017|Democracy and culture, Matthew R. Miles|0 Comments|
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    Drug courts that serve mostly Hispanics may benefit from having a bilingual judge

Drug courts that serve mostly Hispanics may benefit from having a bilingual judge

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There are now more than 3,000 drug courts in the US, which aim to promote treatment rather than punishment for nonviolent offenders. While drug courts have been found to be effective in reducing drug use for participants in general, there is less evidence of how well they work for certain groups. In new research Kelly Frailing examines the effectiveness […]

February 6th, 2017|Justice and Domestic Affairs, Kelly Frailing|0 Comments|
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    Life in a constitutional dictatorship, how SCOTUS could overturn Roe v. Wade and why Bannon’s NSC role might be a good idea: roundup of US academic political blogging for January 28th to February 3rd

Life in a constitutional dictatorship, how SCOTUS could overturn Roe v. Wade and why Bannon’s NSC role might be a good idea: roundup of US academic political blogging for January 28th to February 3rd

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USAPP Managing Editor, Chris Gilson looks at the best of the week’s political blogging from academics and think-tanks. Don’t see a blog referenced here that you think we should be reading? Let us know what we’ve missed out and we’ll try to include it next week. 
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President Trump and the Republican Party 
On Sunday, FiveThirtyEight writes that Donald Trump is […]

February 5th, 2017|Blog round up, National|0 Comments|
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    Book Review: Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government by Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels

Book Review: Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government by Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels

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In Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government, Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels challenge the ‘folk’ version of democracy that presumes that voting is undertaken by the ‘omnipotent, sovereign citizen’. Instead, they argue that voters tend to base their decision-making on partisan loyalties, leaving the current democratic system open to exploitation by powerful, unscrupulous […]

February 5th, 2017|Book Reviews, Elections and party politics across the US|1 Comment|
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Book Review: Theory of the Border by Thomas Nail

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In Theory of the Border, Thomas Nail looks at the constitutive role played by different types of border regimes – fences, walls, cells and checkpoints – in constructing societies across history as part of his broader ‘kinopolitics’ centred on movement, with focus on the Mexico-US border. While this wide-ranging book offers less a theory of the border than a taxonomy based […]

February 5th, 2017|Alex Sager, Book Reviews, US foreign affairs and the North American neighbourhood|0 Comments|
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What can the UK learn from President Trump’s travel ban?

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The US travel ban has sparked outrage both within and outside the country. The alleged motive behind it – to protect the nation from terrorists – is of particular importance to the UK, where terrorism also remains a key concern since 9/11. Lee Jarvis explains what lessons Britain can take from the situation.

On Friday 27 January, President Trump signed […]

February 4th, 2017|Lee Jarvis, LSE US Foreign Policy Conference|1 Comment|
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    Interview with Eric Kaufmann: cultural values and the rise of right-wing populism in the West

Interview with Eric Kaufmann: cultural values and the rise of right-wing populism in the West

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As Donald Trump forms one outrageous policy after another, and as the UK government remains unclear as to what future it is pursuing for the country post-Brexit, Eric Kaufmann discusses the factors that led people to back populist rhetorics with editors Chris Gilson and Artemis Photiadou.
Recent developments in Western politics – the most recent being the US travel ban […]

February 3rd, 2017|Democracy and culture, Eric Kaufmann|2 Comments|
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    Legislators flip-flop on passing a bill when they think voters want them to, but only when it’s visible

Legislators flip-flop on passing a bill when they think voters want them to, but only when it’s visible

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People often perceive politicians as being both inconsistent and uncompromising despite the fact that these perceptions cannot both be true. In reality, legislators have to walk a fine line between responsiveness and consistency to remain in good standing with both their party and their voters. In new research, Adam Cayton studies how and when legislators do change their positions […]

February 3rd, 2017|Adam Cayton, Elections and party politics across the US|0 Comments|
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    The symbolic politics behind why sane people vote for (seemingly) insane things

The symbolic politics behind why sane people vote for (seemingly) insane things

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The 2016 election provided ample evidence that voters often support candidates who put forward policies which will be of little benefit or may even be detrimental to them. But why do voters support such policies? Using Texas as a case study, John Kincaid writes that the Republican Party was able to reframe debates over school finance reform by linking […]

February 3rd, 2017|Democracy and culture, John Kincaid|2 Comments|
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