The Journal of Public and International Affairs
Published since 1886 by the Academy of Political Science
Archive Search
Advanced Options
pp. 267-280
An Anatomy Lesson for Democrats
AZIZ HUQ reviews Stein Ringen’s new book How Democracies Live: Power, Statecraft, and Freedom in Modern Societies. Huq argues that the book inverts the ordinary ‘order of battle’ found in this body of scholarship and, in doing so, generates the question: do we gain more or less insight into the mechanisms and cure for democratic backsliding by starting big (and general), or are we better off reasoning from specific facts?
The Constitution of Risk, Adrian Vermeule Reviewed by AZIZ Z. HUQ
Join the Academy of Political Science and automatically receive Political Science Quarterly.
Environmental Opportunities
May 8, 2025
7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. ET
WEBINAR
Jimmy Carter's Legacy
Jimmy Carter's Public Policy Ex-Presidency
John Whiteclay Chambers II
Publishing since 1886, PSQ is the most widely read and accessible scholarly journal with distinguished contributors such as: Lisa Anderson, Robert A. Dahl, Samuel P. Huntington, Robert Jervis, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Theda Skocpol, Woodrow Wilson
view additional issuesArticles | Book reviews
 |
POLITICAL CONFLICT IN AMERICAN POLITICS |
The Academy of Political Science, promotes objective, scholarly analyses of political, social, and economic issues. Through its conferences and publications APS provides analysis and insight into both domestic and foreign policy issues.
With neither an ideological nor a partisan bias, PSQ looks at facts and analyzes data objectively to help readers understand what is really going on in national and world affairs.
