American Political Science Review

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Volume 102, issue 4, 2008

Notes from the Editors pp. iii-viii

Anonymous

What Is a “Right to Have Rights”? Three Images of the Politics of Human Rights pp. 401-416

James D. Ingram

The Impartiality of International Judges: Evidence from the European Court of Human Rights pp. 417-433

Erik Voeten

Judicial Behavior under Political Constraints: Evidence from the European Court of Justice pp. 435-452

Clifford J. Carrubba, Matthew Gabel and Charles Hankla

The New Unitary Executive and Democratic Theory: The Problem of Alexander Hamilton pp. 453-465

Jeremy D. Bailey

Punishment, Property, and the Limits of Altruism: Locke's International Asymmetry pp. 467-479

Alex Tuckness

Discursive Representation pp. 481-493

John S. Dryzek and Simon Niemeyer

The Role of Parties' Past Behavior in Coalition Formation pp. 495-507

Margit Tavits

Governmental Centralization and Party Affiliation: Legislator Strategies in Brazil and Japan pp. 509-524

Scott Desposato and Ethan Scheiner

Errata to American Political Science Review 102(3) pp. 525-525

Anonymous

Volume 102, issue 3, 2008

Notes from the Editors pp. iii-viii

Anonymous

Are Voters Sensitive to Terrorism? Direct Evidence from the Israeli Electorate pp. 279-301

Claude Berrebi and Esteban Klor

Candidate Positioning and Voter Choice pp. 303-318

Michael Tomz and Robert P. van Houweling

A Formal Model of Learning and Policy Diffusion pp. 319-332

Craig Volden, Michael M. Ting and Daniel P. Carpenter

Delegating Direct Democracy: Interparty Legislative Competition and the Adoption of the Initiative in the American States pp. 333-350

Daniel A. Smith and Dustin Fridkin

The Qualities of Leadership: Direction, Communication, and Obfuscation pp. 351-368

Torun Dewan and David Myatt

Does Legal Doctrine Matter? Unpacking Law and Policy Preferences on the U.S. Supreme Court pp. 369-384

Michael A. Bailey and Forrest Maltzman

Erratum to “Bargaining in Legislatures over Particularistic and Collective Goods” American Political Science Review 101(1): 79–92 pp. 385-386

Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman

Democracy and the Logic of Political Survival pp. 387-392

Kevin A. Clarke and Randall W. Stone

Retesting Selectorate Theory: Separating the Effects of W from Other Elements of Democracy pp. 393-400

James D. Morrow, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Randolph M. Siverson and Alastair Smith

Volume 102, issue 2, 2008

Notes from the Editors pp. iii-viii

Anonymous

Authoritarian Reversals and Democratic Consolidation pp. 153-168

Milan Svolik

Replacing Cabinet Ministers: Patterns of Ministerial Stability in Parliamentary Democracies pp. 169-180

John D. Huber and Cecilia Martinez-Gallardo

The Political Origins of Coordinated Capitalism: Business Organizations, Party Systems, and State Structure in the Age of Innocence pp. 181-198

Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank

Mill, Political Economy, and Women's Work pp. 199-213

Nancy J. Hirschmann

The Strength of Issues: Using Multiple Measures to Gauge Preference Stability, Ideological Constraint, and Issue Voting pp. 215-232

Stephen Ansolabehere, Jonathan Rodden and James M. Snyder

Genetic Variation in Political Participation pp. 233-248

James H. Fowler, Laura A. Baker and Christopher T. Dawes

Whistleblowing pp. 249-267

Michael M. Ting

Design, Inference, and the Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism pp. 269-273

Scott Ashworth, Joshua D. Clinton, Adam Meirowitz and Kristopher W. Ramsay

Methods and Findings in the Study of Suicide Terrorism pp. 275-277

Robert A. Pape

Volume 102, issue 1, 2008

Notes from the Editors pp. iii-x

Anonymous

Cycles in American National Electoral Politics, 1854–2006: Statistical Evidence and an Explanatory Model pp. 1-17

Samuel Merrill, Bernard Grofman and Thomas L. Brunell

Vote Buying or Turnout Buying? Machine Politics and the Secret Ballot pp. 19-31

Simeon Nichter

Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment pp. 33-48

Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green and Christopher W. Larimer

Is Voting Contagious? Evidence from Two Field Experiments pp. 49-57

David W. Nickerson

Challenges to the Impartiality of State Supreme Courts: Legitimacy Theory and “New-Style” Judicial Campaigns pp. 59-75

James L. Gibson

Systemic Politics and the Origins of Great Power Conflict pp. 77-93

Bear Braumoeller

The Multiple Effects of Casualties on Public Support for War: An Experimental Approach pp. 95-106

Scott Sigmund Gartner

Oil, Islam, and Women pp. 107-123

Michael L. Ross

The Autocrat's Credibility Problem and Foundations of the Constitutional State pp. 125-139

Roger Myerson

Plato's Critique of Hedonism in the Philebus pp. 141-151

Robert C. Bartlett

Volume 101, issue 4, 2007

Effects of “In-Your-Face” Television Discourse on Perceptions of a Legitimate Opposition pp. 621-635

Diana C. Mutz

Framing Public Opinion in Competitive Democracies pp. 637-655

Dennis Chong and James N. Druckman

The Law of k/n: The Effect of Chamber Size on Government Spending in Bicameral Legislatures pp. 657-676

Jowei Chen and Neil Malhotra

Partition as a Solution to Wars of Nationalism: The Importance of Institutions pp. 677-691

Thomas Chapman and Philip G. Roeder

Can Institutions Build Unity in Multiethnic States? pp. 693-708

Zachary Elkins and John Sides

Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? pp. 709-725

James Habyarimana, Macartan Humphreys, Daniel N. Posner and Jeremy M. Weinstein

Rousseau's Discriminating Defense of Compassion pp. 727-739

Jonathan Marks

“What Does Heaven Ever Say?” A Methods-centered Approach to Cross-cultural Engagement pp. 741-755

Leigh Kathryn Jenco

Pax Asiatica versus Bella Levantina: The Foundations of War and Peace in East Asia and the Middle East pp. 757-780

Etel Solingen

Strikes and Labor Organization in Hybrid Regimes pp. 781-798

Graeme B. Robertson

Allocating Defensive Resources with Private Information about Vulnerability pp. 799-809

Robert Powell

Institutions and Equilibrium in the United States Supreme Court pp. 811-825

Robert Anderson Iv and Alexander M. Tahk

Leading the Party: Coordination, Direction, and Communication pp. 827-845

Torun Dewan and David Myatt

Demand Commitment in Legislative Bargaining pp. 847-850

Maria Montero and Juan Vidal-Puga

Demand Commitment and Legislative Bargaining: A Response pp. 851-851

Massimo Morelli

Volume 101, issue 3, 2007

Economic Interests and the Origins of Electoral Systems pp. 373-391

Thomas R. Cusack, Torben Iversen and David Soskice

Vote Choice in Suburban Elections pp. 393-408

J. Eric Oliver and Shang E. Ha

Efficiency, Equity, and Timing of Voting Mechanisms pp. 409-424

Marco Battaglini, Rebecca Morton and Thomas Palfrey

İSí Se Puede! Latino Candidates and the Mobilization of Latino Voters pp. 425-441

Matt A. Barreto

Democratic Theory and Political Science: A Pragmatic Method of Constructive Engagement pp. 443-458

Archon Fung

Federalism, Liberalism, and the Separation of Loyalties pp. 459-477

Jacob T. Levy

A Portrait of the Artist in Politics: Justice and Self-Interest in Aristophanes' Acharnians pp. 479-492

Paul W. Ludwig

The Struggle between “Religion and Nonreligion”: Jefferson, Backus, and the Dissonance of America's Founding Principles pp. 493-503

J. Judd Owen

Explaining the Political Ambivalence of Religion pp. 505-525

Daniel Philpott

Defending against Terrorist Attacks with Limited Resources pp. 527-541

Robert Powell

Efficient Secrecy: Public versus Private Threats in Crisis Diplomacy pp. 543-558

Shuhei Kurizaki

When Do States Follow the Laws of War? pp. 559-572

James D. Morrow

Who Keeps International Commitments and Why? The International Criminal Court and Bilateral Nonsurrender Agreements pp. 573-589

Judith Kelley

Constructing Legal Rules on Appellate Courts pp. 591-604

Jeffrey R. Lax

Regulatory Quality Under Imperfect Oversight pp. 605-620

Ethan Bueno de Mesquita and Matthew C. Stephenson

Volume 101, issue 2, 2007

Pericles at Gettysburg and Ground Zero: Tragedy, Patriotism, and Public Mourning pp. 195-208

Simon Stow

Can the Prince Really Be Tamed? Executive Prerogative, Popular Apathy, and the Constitutional Frame in Locke's Second Treatise pp. 209-222

Benjamin A. Kleinerman

Reopening the Quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns: Leo Strauss's Critique of Hobbes's “New Political Science” pp. 223-233

Devin Stauffer

Islamic Foundations for a Social Contract in non-Muslim Liberal Democracies pp. 235-252

Andrew F. March

What's at Stake in the American Empire Debate pp. 253-271

Daniel H. Nexon and Thomas Wright

When Do Elections Encourage Ideological Rigidity? pp. 273-288

Brandice Canes-Wrone and Kenneth W. Shotts

Candidate Quality, the Personal Vote, and the Incumbency Advantage in Congress pp. 289-301

Jamie L. Carson, Erik J. Engstrom and Jason M. Roberts

Challenger Entry and Voter Learning pp. 303-320

Sanford C. Gordon, Gregory A. Huber and Dimitri Landa

Party, Policy, or Duty: Why Does the Supreme Court Invalidate Federal Statutes? pp. 321-338

Thomas M. Keck

When Race Matters and When It Doesn't: Racial Group Differences in Response to Racial Cues pp. 339-354

Ismail K. White

Solidary Groups, Informal Accountability, and Local Public Goods Provision in Rural China pp. 355-372

Lily L. Tsai

Volume 101, issue 1, 2007

Between Decision and Deliberation: Political Paradox in Democratic Theory pp. 1-17

Bonnie Honig

The Politics of the Personal: A Liberal Approach pp. 19-31

Corey Brettschneider

The Genders of Citizenship pp. 33-46

Stephen T. Leonard and Joan C. Tronto

The Priority of Democracy: A Pragmatist Approach to Political-Economic Institutions and the Burden of Justification pp. 47-61

Jack Knight and James Johnson

Scandal, Protection, and Recovery in the Cabinet pp. 63-77

Torun Dewan and David Myatt

Bargaining in Legislatures over Particularistic and Collective Goods pp. 79-92

Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman

Buying Expertise: Campaign Contributions and Attention to Policy Analysis in Congressional Committees pp. 93-109

Kevin M. Esterling

A Public Transformed? Welfare Reform as Policy Feedback pp. 111-127

Joe Soss and Sanford F. Schram

Explaining Bureaucratic Optimism: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Executive Agency Macroeconomic Forecasts pp. 129-142

George A. Krause and J. Kevin Corder

The Paradox of Voter Participation? A Laboratory Study pp. 143-158

David Levine and Thomas R. Palfrey

Tax Me If You Can: Ethnic Geography, Democracy, and the Taxation of Agriculture in Africa pp. 159-172

Kimuli Kasara

Beyond Fractionalization: Mapping Ethnicity onto Nationalist Insurgencies pp. 173-185

Lars-Erik Cederman and Luc Girardin

Ethnic Minority Rule and Civil War Onset pp. 187-193

James Fearon, Kimuli Kasara and David D. Laitin