The Department of Political Science
News
Prof. Napolio's work with Christian Grose (USC) on majority party control mentioned in the New York Times: A Brief History of Consequential Deaths in Congress
David Miller insights on democratic backsliding and tourists' vacation preferences
Congratulations to Prof. David Miller on being awarded the Jewell-Loewenberg Award for the best American Politics article in Legislative Studies Quarterly in 2022 for "On Whose Door to Knock? Organized Interests’ Strategic Pursuit of Access to Members of Congress"!
Ph.D. student Amena Sadat's journey to to UCR is featured in Inside UCR
Recent Publications
Authment, Jacob, Michelangelo Landgrave and Nicholas Weller
Darmofal, Darmofal, Charles J. Finocchiaro, & Indridi H. Indridason.
Wang, D., Merolla, J., & Manganiello, A.
DeMora, S. L., Lindke, C., Long, S., Merolla, J. L., & Osorio, M. A.
Insights
April 17, 2023
New center to study labor issues in the Inland Empire
Inland Empire Labor and Community Research Center at UC Riverside is one of five UC centers meant to advance timely labor research.
December 12, 2022
Are you voting for a populist candidate?
Study highlights potential for populist leaders to undermine democracy.
April 21, 2020
How is Europe responding to the coronavirus pandemic?
In hard-hit Europe, responses to COVID-19 could be lessons for the global community, says political economist Jana Grittersova
April 20, 2020
Movement for census awareness swells in Inland Empire
In a two-county region at risk of an undercount, grassroots momentum has grown to ensure participation in the 2020 census