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Between Withdrawal and Engagement: Disentangling the Effects of COVID-19 on Turnout

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Polihot 政治行为 Turnout COVID-19 Mortality Policy Feedback Triple Differences
JOP 88/2 pp. 888-892 2026-04-01 Original Between Withdrawal and Engagement: Disentangling the Effects of COVID-19 on Turnout Kevin T. Morris Abstract This project marks the first test of the household-level turnout effects of living with someone who died from COVID-19. Drawing on policy feedback and threat literatures, I argue that the theoretical effects of close COVID contact are unclear. I link death records with the registered voter file to identity Americans who lived with a decedent, leveraging a triple-differences design to distinguish the effect of household COVID deaths on turnout from non-COVID ones in Minnesota, North Carolina, and Washington State. Household COVID deaths reduced turnout in all three states, though the effect was different (and larger) than non-COVID household deaths only in Washington. I thus conclude that while COVID deaths clearly lowered household turnout, they operated largely through the opportunity costs associated with household deaths more generally rather than a distinctly political response to the government’s handling of the pandemic.

Arms and Elections: Arms Deals with Autocracies, Defense Contracting, and US Presidential Elections

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Polihot 美国政治 国际关系 Arms Deals Autocracies Defense Contracting US Presidential Elections Swing States
JOP 88/2 pp. 772-786 2026-04-01 Original Arms and Elections: Arms Deals with Autocracies, Defense Contracting, and US Presidential Elections Joshua Alley Abstract The United States makes more arms deals with autocracies during election years. US leaders sell arms to autocrats to bolster their electoral prospects by claiming credit for providing jobs and increasing defense contracting. Autocratic arms recipients have the political flexibility to order arms around elections and increase their security by taking arms. Three major pieces of evidence support this argument. First, I detail electoral cycles in arms deals between the United States and autocracies. I then show that arms deals increase defense contract awards in swing states. Finally, I unpack the process by showing how deal timing shifts after regime change, that US allies drive most of the autocratic arms deals cycle, and that the same platforms that move in arms deals increase swing state contracts. The argument and results detail an electoral motivation of US security cooperation with autocrats.

Against the Wind: The Radical Right, Renewable Energy, and the Politics of the Green Transition

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Polihot 比较政治 政治行为 Radical Right Renewable Energy Green Transition Energy Politics Party Politics
JOP — 2026-04-01 Original Against the Wind: The Radical Right, Renewable Energy, and the Politics of the Green Transition Pauliina Patana, Held Alexander Abstract （原文未提供摘要） 中文 逆风而行：激进右翼、可再生能源与绿色转型政治

“It’s a Gender Thing”: The Wrongdoing of Stereotype Articulation

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Polihot 政治理论 Discrimination Stereotypes Gender Moral Theory Education
JOP 88/2 pp. 618-630 2026-04-01 Original “It’s a Gender Thing”: The Wrongdoing of Stereotype Articulation Lasse Nielsen, Mathilde Cecchini Abstract In this article, we study wrongdoing features of discrimination. We develop grounded moral theory as an analytical tool to explore the wrongdoing of stereotype articulations and apply that to cases of stereotype articulation by teachers in primary school. Since cases of wrongful discrimination refer to stereotypes—such as ethnicity and gender—articulations of these stereotypes will expose the wrongdoing features of discrimination. Moreover, focusing on stereotype articulations allows us to get close to the contextual aspects from which the wrongdoing features take form. From our analysis, we conclude: (1) that wrongful discrimination is not one phenomenon but rather a set of different types of wrongdoing, (2) that wrongdoing features such as harm and disrespect, traditionally used to account for wrongful discrimination, are often coexisting and interacting in stereotype articulations in practice, and (3) that the shape of wrongdoing depends on contextual circumstances. We believe this brings novel insights to discrimination theory.

What exploitation is

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Polihot 政治理论 政治经济学 Exploitation Experimental Political Theory Power Asymmetry Inequality Sweatshop Labor
AJPS — 2026-03-31 Original What exploitation is Benjamin Ferguson, Peter Hans Matthews, David Ronayne, Roberto Veneziani Abstract Abstract We experimentally elicit views of what exploitation is from over 2,000 subjects. Our experimental design does not test existing theories of exploitation. Rather, it focuses on more fundamental properties that are the building blocks for these theories. We find, first, that exploitation is not a vacuous concept: Not all economic interactions are deemed exploitative. Second, contrary to several of the major approaches in the literature, both inequalities in the distribution of economic gains and asymmetric power relations contribute to exploitative relations. What matters most is the interaction of power and inequality: The effect of both elements together is significantly greater than the sum of each on their own. Finally, and perhaps remarkably, we found no major differences in exploitation ascriptions between experts and lay subjects. These findings have implications for the ethics of employment contracts, particularly in the context of sweatshop labor.

Experiments in public administration research: contributions, challenges, and the road ahead

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Polihot 公共行政 研究方法 Experiments Public Administration Causal Inference Bibliometrics Quasi-Experiments
PMR — pp. 1-33 2026-03-30 Original Experiments in public administration research: contributions, challenges, and the road ahead Ricardo C. Gomes, Gustavo M. Tavares, Gustavo Mirapalheta Abstract Experiments are essential for testing theory and evaluating policy interventions as they uniquely enable causal inference. This study provides a primer on experimental and quasi-experimental methods and reviews their use in public administration research by analysing 1,143 articles through bibliometric and regression techniques. It focuses on laboratory, field, survey-based, and quasi/natural experiments. The findings reveal rapid growth in experimental research, particularly survey-based experiments, which now dominate the field. Key theoretical clusters, themes, and references are identified, and statistical analyses investigate the link between experiment type and citation counts. The study concludes with recommendations for advancing experimental research in public administration.