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In our continuing series of election reports, we now present a pre-election report for next month’s Ukrainian Parliamentary Election.  The post is authored by political scientist Erik Herron of the University of Kansas, and originally appeared on his post-communist elections blog “ВСЕ НА ВЫБОРЫ“. ***** With just over six weeks remaining until Ukraine’s October 28 […]

When it rains, it pours! Here is our third post-election report on the 2012 Dutch parliamentary elections (first two are here and here), this time from political scientist Joop van Holsteyn of Leiden University. ***** On September 12, 2012 it was Election Day again in the Netherlands. Again, since this was the fifth time in […]

In our continuing series of election reports, we are pleased to have a 2nd post-election report (or 3rd if you count Erik’s paragraph at the end of his turnout post yesterday) on the Dutch parliamentary election, this time from Martijn Schoonvelde, a PhD candidate in political science at Stony Brook University. ******* Yesterday’s parliamentary election results […]

Continuing our series of election reports, we present a post-election report of yesterday’s Dutch parliamentary elections. The report is provided by political scientist Gijs Schumacher of the University of Southern Denmark and VU University Amsterdam. ***** Most pundits agreed that the Dutch parliamentary elections held on September 12th would strengthen the radical left Socialist party […]

The following is a guest post from political scientist Sam Greene, the director of the Center for the Study of New Media & Society at the New Economic School in Moscow, Russia. ****** It is rare that observers of politics get a clear view of how and why a policy decision is made. Such clarity is […]

The following is a guest post by Princeton political scientist Amaney Jamal, the author of Of Empires and Citizens: Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All? ****** A 14 minute amateurish youtube video disparaging the Prophet Mohammad has led to rather hysterical riots in both Libya and Egypt. While we’re told that the riots in […]

Niall Ferguson at The Daily Beast yesterday: It’s a paradox. The economy is in the doldrums. Yet the incumbent is ahead in the polls. According to a huge body of research by political scientists, this is not supposed to happen. On the other side of the Atlantic, it hardly ever does. But in America today, […]

… it might look something like this: Yes, that is Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, dressed up like a crane and flying a hang-glider to lead Siberian cranes on a preferred migratory path to Asia. Putin, of course, has a history of macho stunts/photo ops, many of which are laid out in this fantastic photo […]

Courtesy of Seth Masket: 1) You do not need to be a poli sci major to go to law school. 2) You do not need to go to law school if you’re a poli sci major. 3) You do not need to go to law school.

Some exciting news regarding our Election Reports series: we have now officially entered into a partnership with the journal Electoral Studies. The agreement covers two areas. First, authors who write “Notes on Recent Elections” for the journal will also be encouraged to write Election Reports for The Monkey Cage, which should bring us additional content […]