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Building tribes: How administrative units shaped ethnic groups in Africa

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 69, Issue 2, Page 406-422, April 2025.
Abstract Ethnic identities around the world are deeply intertwined with modern statehood, yet the extent to which territorial governance has shaped ethnic groups is empirically unknown. I argue that governments at the national and subnational levels have incentives to bias governance in favor of large groups.
Carl Müller‐Crepon
wiley   +1 more source

Simón Rodríguez and the sentimental roots of social republicanism

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 69, Issue 2, Page 471-482, April 2025.
Abstract In this article, I claim that Simón Rodríguez, a 19th‐century Venezuelan thinker, used and reconfigured Jean‐Jacques Rousseau's understanding of amour‐propre to construct a new political foundation for Latin America. He sought to channel it and other sentiments toward productive ends with a social education. In doing so, Rodríguez departs from
Alejandro Castrillón
wiley   +1 more source

Citizens as a democratic safeguard? The sequence of sanctioning elite attacks on democracy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 69, Issue 2, Page 455-470, April 2025.
Abstract In many elections worldwide, citizens support politicians who have undermined democracy while in office. Why? For citizens to safeguard democratic institutions, they must not only disapprove of a politician's undemocratic conduct but also be willing to retract support from her at the next election.
Marc S. Jacob
wiley   +1 more source

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