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The Political Science Report

By: John Murphy
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  • A weekly report that breaks down some of the most important- current and historical- research in the field of Political Science.
    John Murphy 2022
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Episodes
  • #7 (Race 1/5) "The Race Project: Researching race in the social sciences researchers, measures, and scope of studies" by John A. Garcia
    Dec 5 2022

    How have social scientists conceptualized race over the past 60 years? John A. Garcia points us to a number of approaches to race, including self-identification, ascription, and phenotype. He suggests how we might move forward in making our empirical study of race match the robustness of our theorizing.

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    57 mins
  • #6 "This One’s for the Boys: How Gendered Political Socialization Limits Girls’ Political Ambition and Interest"
    Nov 29 2022

    In the final episode of the APSR series, I review the most impactful article from the May 2022 issue. This article comes from a number of scholars: Angela L. Bos, Jill S. Greenlee, Mirya R. Holman, Zoe M. Oxley, and J. Celeste Lay.

    JILL S. GREENLEE

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    56 mins
  • #5 "Authoritarian Rallying as Reputational Cascade? Evidence from Putin’s Popularity Surge after Crimea" by Henry E. Hale
    Nov 14 2022

    When popularity surges for an authoritarian ruler, are the presented numbers accurate? Is the government lying about how much support there is? Or, is the government reporting the actual numbers, but people are lying? In this study, Hale shows us the degree to which people may be lying about their support.

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    55 mins

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