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Volume 114 - May 2020

Contents

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Letter

  • Who Governs? A New Global Dataset on Members of Cabinets

  • JACOB NYRUP, STUART BRAMWELL
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    21 July 2020, pp. 1366-1374

  • Who governs? This is one of the most fundamental questions in political science. Despite its importance, there is currently no global dataset on governing elites over a long period. This article presents a novel dataset, WhoGov, which contains yearly data on members of cabinets in 177 countries during the period 1966–2016, making it the largest of its kind. We first present how the dataset was created and validate it by matching this data against existing data. We then demonstrate how the data can be used to gain new insights into diverse fields such as the study of autocracies, gender studies, the study of regime types, and government formation. We expect that this dataset will be an invaluable resource for both comparativists and country experts.

  • Mobilize for Our Lives? School Shootings and Democratic Accountability in U.S. Elections

  • HANS J. G. HASSELL, JOHN B. HOLBEIN, MATTHEW BALDWIN
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    04 August 2020, pp. 1375-1385

  • Gun violence is a large and growing problem in the United States. Many reformers look towards elections to spur policy change in this area. In this paper, we explore the effects of school shootings on electoral mobilization and election outcomes. We pair data from several sources that measure validated voter registration; validated voter turnout; and the electoral performance of officials at the local, state, and federal levels with regression discontinuity and panel methods. Our effects show that shootings have little to no effect on electoral outcomes in the United States. Our work demonstrates that even when tragic events occur that are squarely in the realm of elected officials’ responsibility, have high levels of issue salience, are highly-covered by the media, draw citizens’ attention, and (perhaps) shift public opinion, these seemingly favorable conditions may not be enough to elicit democratic accountability.

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  • PSR volume 114 issue 4 Cover and Front matter

  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    05 October 2020, pp. f1-f10
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  • PSR volume 114 issue 4 Cover and Back matter

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    05 October 2020, pp. b1-b6
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