This article provides an overview of the emerging field of American political economy (APE).
Methodologically eclectic, this field seeks to understand the interaction of markets and …

This review sets out four main explanatory paradigms of penal policy—focusing on, in turn,
crime, cultural dynamics, economic structures and interests, and institutional differences in …

Liberalism is the political philosophy of equal persons-yet liberalism has refused equality to
those it saw as sub-persons. Liberalism is the creed of fairness-yet liberalism has been …

This article develops the concept of racialized burdens as a means of examining the role of
race in administrative practice. Racialized burdens are the experience of learning …

Following trends in Europe over the past decade, support for the Radical Right has recently
grown more significant in the United States and the United Kingdom. While the United …

Asylum seekers are not welcome in Europe. But why is that the case? For many scholars,
the policies have become more restrictive over recent decades because the asylum seekers …

Protests can engender significant institutional change. Can protests also continue to shape
a nation's contemporary politics outside of more formalized channels? I argue that social …

How do stigmatized minorities advance agendas when confronted with hostile majorities?
Elite theories of influence posit marginal groups exert little power. I propose the concept of …

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's acclaimed Racism without Racists examines in detail how Whites
talk, think, and account for the existence of racial inequality and makes clear that color-blind …

In the past twenty years, intersectionality has emerged as a compelling response to
arguments on behalf of identity-based politics across the discipline. It has done so by …