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New in APSR: Sarah Anzia & Jessica Trounstine on City Employees' Role in Civil Service Adoption

New in APSR: Sarah Anzia & Jessica Trounstine on City Employees' Role in Civil Service Adoption

"Civil Service Adoption in America: The Political Influence of City Employees" published online May 2025

Attention, Shoppers! Kathy Thelen's New Book Explains How U.S. Retailers Became Huge

Attention, Shoppers! Kathy Thelen's New Book Explains How U.S. Retailers Became Huge

"Attention, Shoppers!" explains the political dynamics behind America's very, very large retailers.

New in CPS by Chase Foster & Kathy Thelen: Coordination Rights, Competition Law and Varieties of Capitalism

New in CPS by Chase Foster & Kathy Thelen: Coordination Rights, Competition Law and Varieties of Capitalism

Chase Foster and Kathy Thelen compare the American antitrust regime to the European System in a new article published in Comparative Political Studies.

Kate Andrias & Alex Hertel-Fernandez reflect on Abundance That Works for Workers--and American Democracy

Kate Andrias & Alex Hertel-Fernandez reflect on Abundance That Works for Workers--and American Democracy

In order to be effective, abundance policy must benefit and build power for working- and middle-class Americans rather than enriching and empowering concentrated economic interests and generating a populist backlash that undermines democracy.

APEX Graduate Fellow Eric Scheuch Publishes on Racial Inequity in US Power Plant Siting

APEX Graduate Fellow Eric Scheuch Publishes on Racial Inequity in US Power Plant Siting

In a new article in Energy Research and Social Science, Eric Scheuch accounts for unexpected ways public opinion shapes racial inequity in the siting of power plants in the U.S.

Highsmith, Sen, & Thelen Publish in Perspectives on US Courts' Privilege of Conservative Policy Outcomes

Highsmith, Sen, & Thelen Publish in Perspectives on US Courts' Privilege of Conservative Policy Outcomes

Off-Balance: How US Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes by Brian Highsmith, Maya Sen, and Kathy Thelen published in Perspectives on Politics.

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