World Politics
World Politics is an internationally recognized journal that is devoted to advancing the scholarly discipline of political science through the publication of novel theoretical and empirical contributions in comparative politics and international relations.
- Do #government #transparency initiatives maintain social #stability in #autocracies by redirecting #discontent from the streets to institutions? Handi Li theorizes that they do and uses the case of #China to test her #theory in her January WP article. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Got Theory? @ricarthuguet.bsky.social and Emily A. Sellars theorize why #governments choose #local or #regional #decentralization, and how they benefit. Read about their cases from #Africa and #Latin #America: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- It’s time to Hype that Hypothesis! Junyan Jiang and Kinman Wan #hypothesize that the #public in #contemporary #democracies may hold a more #skeptical view of #science, with #education playing a major role. Read about the contributing factors here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- The January issue of WP is online! muse.jhu.edu/issue/56279 Read articles from Nikhar Gaikwad, @kolbyhanson.bsky.social, & @aliz-toth.bsky.social; Tim Vlandas; Tomothy Hellwig & Tonya K. Dodez; @davevitto.bsky.social, Sébastien Rojon, & @jbpilet.bsky.social; and Handi Li. #autocracy #democracy
- Let’s look at our next Encode/Decode. Andy Baker conducted both a #quantitative #meta-analysis and #original #survey #data analysis studying the “Microfoundations of #Latin America’s #Social #Policy #Coalitions.” Read about his findings on the insider/outsider labor divide: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Let’s Hype that Hypothesis! @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social #hypothesize that #government #spending on #public #goods affects the #vote #choice of citizens. Read how in their article “Government Spending and Voting Behavior:” doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- In his 1964 Nobel Prize speech, and again a year later, #MLK called on the #international community to support economic #sanctions against #apartheid #SouthAfrica given the "international potential of nonviolence." Learn more about these sanctions in a 1987 WP article: www.jstor.org/stable/2010438
- Got Theory? Zaraí Toledo Orozco and Moisés Arce theorize that regulating the informal #mining #sector requires #policymakers and government officials to consider local contexts and #conditions on the ground. Read their case of #Peru’s #gold-producing regions here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Today in Encode/Decode we look at how Anders Woller conducted an #empirical study of #Russian #federal #deputies to look at the trade-off between #electoral systems that facilitate information on local #elite preferences, and systems that maintain legislative control. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- We’re here to Hype that Hypothesis! Today we look at how Frederick R. Chen, Jon C. W. Pevehouse, and @rmpowers.bsky.social #hypothesize about the affect of #trade #attitudes and how #democracies have an #advantage over #nondemocracies. Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- WORLD POLITICS is excited for the addition to its front cover, launching with the January issue (coming soon!) The #journal has for a long time been a journal of both #InternationalRelations & #ComparativePolitics, and now our subtitle reflects this. #academicpublishing #PoliticalScience #research
- Do you follow World Politics editorial committee member @tanishafazal.bsky.social? While checking out her feed, have a read of her 2025 article in #SecurityStudies about the relationship between #military #medicine and military effectiveness. doi.org/10.1080/0963...
- Got Theory? Erik Peinert does. His article presents a #theory of long-term #policy #change, based on the interaction of accumulating #economic #costs and #staff #turnover within the state. Read his article on #monopoly #politics here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Time for another Encode/Decode! @rmkubinec.bsky.social and Helen V. Milner performed an #experimental #test of the #rentier state during #Algeria’s #regime #change #Hirak. Read their full article and how their survey data played a vital role in their findings: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- It’s time to Hype that Hypothesis! Kate Baldwin and Matthew S. Winters hypothesize how #citizens view their #politicians’ effort in distributing #foreign #aid can affect their #credit-giving and #assessments. Read their full article with the case of #Uganda here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- In #unequal societies, do #elites use their #power to counter #reforms meant for racially #marginalized beneficiaries? Ali T. Ahmed, Marcus Johnson, & Mateo Vásquez-Cortés build on #CRT in their Oct WP article to argue that they do. #land #race #LatinAmerica #Colombia #Law70 doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Got Theory? @yuvalfeinstein.bsky.social and Andreas Wimmer created a #systematic #model of #bargaining between #rulers and ruled. Read their full paper “Consent and Legitimacy: A Revised Bellicose Theory of State-Building with Evidence from around the World, 1500-2000”: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Can #globalization reverse party positions? Andrew Rys of @treasurydept.bsky.social and David Steinberg of @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social find that it does in their Oct WP article. In particular, #PoliticalParties reverse their positions on the #ExchangeRate. #capital #policy doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Today in Encode/Decode we look at how Nikhar Gaikwad, Erin Lin, and @noahzucker.com examined the #legacies of #violence on #women’s #political #representation. Read how they collected data from survivors of the Khmer Rouge #genocide doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Let’s Hype that Hypothesis! Tobias Böhmelt advances theoretical arguments on peacekeepers’ #orientation and #personnel #composition to explore the relationship between #peacekeepers and the #environment. Read his hypothesis based on the case of post-Cold War #Africa: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- @worldpolitics.bsky.social will be on a break starting December 24, 2025, through January 2, 2026. Although the ScholarOne Manuscripts portal will remain accessible, during this time, the journal will not process (check-in) any submissions (original or revisions).
- Do you follow @benfordham.bsky.social? While you're checking out his page, take a look at his interview with The Storied Teller wpj.princeton.edu/storied-tell.... Fordham spoke with WP about his Oct article and how the #history he brings to light led the #US to its current #president. #race #trade
- Got Theory? In their new research, Allison Carnegie, @rickyclark.bsky.social and @noahzucker.com theorize that #populist #leadership helps explain variation in whether accurate information is provided to #IOs due to populists’ #anti-elitism. Read more here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Why did US Southern politicians turn away from #multilateralism after WWII? @benfordham.bsky.social finds that both #economics and racial hierarchy played a role in his October WP article. #race #trade #politics #ForeignPolicy doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Do you follow World Politics' editorial chair @grigopop.bsky.social? While you're checking out his feed, take a look at his recent piece in @goodauth.bsky.social #Russia #elections #politics goodauthority.org/news/despite...
- Got Theory? Milan Svolik does. His research explores the question, ‘When and how do #voters punish #politicians for subverting #democracy?” Read more about how he differentiates between #vote switching, #backlash, and #disengagement in his full article: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- In today’s Encode/Decode @chknutsen.bsky.social and @palinakolvani.bsky.social analyze how #regime type and #state #capacity shape the abilities and incentives of #political #leaders to respond to #COVID-19. Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- It’s time to Hype that Hypothesis! Sam Van Noort’s new research in “ #Industrialization and #Democracy” explains his #hypothesis about the relationship between #economic #development and #democracy. Explore his full work here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- We're excited to announce our newest The Storied Teller piece, "Urban Order." WP spoke with author @nlnathan.bsky.social about his work on #Africa and connecting the #political #incentives of #state #leaders to the physical geometry of #urban #built #environments. wpj.princeton.edu/storied-tell...
- Got Theory? Illan Nam does. Nam examines the state’s uneven capacity to deliver #public #social #goods to the periphery. Read how #Thailand is studied to discover interesting findings: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Time for another Encode/Decode! Yu Zeng, Junyan Jiang, Jie Li, and @christiangoebel.bsky.social perform a quantitative test of the relationship between homeowners’ complaints and pro-HOA policy. Read about their case of China and full paper here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Let’s Hype that Hypothesis! We look back to Jeffrey A. Friedman’s #hypothesis that presidents and #presidential #candidates can use hawkish #foreign #policies to craft valuable impressions of #leadership #strength. Read how it affects all of us here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Do you follow @nlnathan.bsky.social? While checking out his feed, have a read of his October WP article. He backdates the construction of 1.5 million streets across a sample of #African countries to determine how #autocratic and #urban #politics shape the built environment. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Got Theory? Gabriel Ondetti does. His theory explores “ #Property threats, #Antistatism, and #Business #Organization in #Latin #America.” Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- 11/12: Today in Encode/Decode we look back to how Giuliana Pardelli’s #quantitative #data provides a foundation for a broader examination of the role of #domestic #elites in the development of #state #power. Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- We’re here to Hype that Hypothesis! Today we look at @minjulisettekim.bsky.social and @bobbygulotty.bsky.social's work on " #Electoral #Rewards and #Punishments for #Compensation.” Read about their three-step approach to explore their hypothesis: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Got Theory? In his recent @worldpolitics.bsky.social article, Kurt Weyland theorizes that #political and #technological #developments may have contributed to terminological loosening. Discover what this means for all of us: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Time to Encode/Decode new #empirical research on the allocations of #foreign #aid in #India. Read Brian Min, Eugenio Arima, @schooldaves.bsky.social, @a2hicken.bsky.social ky.social, @joelselway.bsky.social, and Ken Kollman's full article: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- We're here to Hype that Hypothesis! This week @maajanmor.bsky.social and @cboix.bsky.social hypothesize that #socialist #parties in #Europe nominated #working-class candidates where the share of working-class voters was close to the #electoral threshold needed to win a seat. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- Are #WorldTradeOrganization rulings biased? October issue @worldpolitics.bsky.social authors Joost Pauwelyn & Krzysztof Pelc address this question by analyzing 25 years of #WTO Appellate Body activity. Read their nuanced answer here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... #PoliticalPressure #JudicialIndependence
- Got Theory? Lars-Erik Cedarman, Luc Girardin, and @carlmc.bsky.social y.social do. They theorize that #ethnic #nationalism is the main driver of the decline in #territorial state size in their 2023 @worldpolitics.bsky.social article. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- For the first Encode/Decode post, go back to @jkertzer.bsky.social, @ryanbrutger.bsky.social & Kai Quek's @worldpolitics.bsky.social article using cross-national #survey #experiments in #China and the #US to test for a #security dilemma. Read their original #empirical work: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- In today’s Got Theory? we are featuring @hanslueders.bsky.social 2024 World Politics article, in which he theorizes that #regime change makes citizens' #political attitudes malleable. Lueders tests his theory using #Germany as his case. Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
- World Politics articles are known for presenting original #empirical #research. In our new series, Encode/Decode, we will highlight some of the data used in @worldpolitics.bsky.social articles. Check next Wednesday for our first Encode/Decode info!
- It’s Tuesday and we are here to Hype that Hypothesis. In this series, we will feature some of the #hypotheses that authors test in current and past @worldpolitics.bsky.social articles. Look out for the first Hype the Hypothesis coming later this month!
- The October issue of @worldpolitics.bsky.social is out! Have a read: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55724 #WTO #Africa #autocrats #multilateralism #TheSouth #ExchangeRate #partisanship #race #politics #Colombia @nlnathan.bsky.social
- Got Theory? World Politics articles do. In this new series, we will highlight the theoretical contributions of current and past @worldpolitics.bsky.social articles, as submissions that succeed at WP significantly advance theoretical debates in #international #relations or #comparative #politics.
- The October issue of @worldpolitics.bsky.social is publishing soon! It discusses #WTO rulings; #autocrats & city street networks; the #Southern turn away from #multilateralism; how #partisanship affects exchange rate policy; and land titling, #race, and #political #violence in #Colombia
- World Politics now has an #AI policy! That #policy lives on our website wpj.princeton.edu/authors-revi... and will be included in our updated Editorial Policies and Procedures document. The #journal is also adding an AI query to ScholarOne #Manuscripts that all #authors will be required to answer.
