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• Political Behavior

  Political Behavior Eric R. Schmidt Political science will always have a place for scholars of religion and American politics. But there is perennial hand-wringing over the virtue of large- n survey in...

• The Social Dimension of Political Values | Political Behavior

  Elizabeth C. Connors Political scientists—and other passionate observers of politics—often worry about the ability of the average citizen to make reasonable political decisions in a constantly changin...

• Altruism and Spite in Politics: How the Mind Makes Welfare Tradeoffs about Political Parties

  Alessandro Del Ponte, Yale University Andrew Delton, Stony Brook University Peter DeScioli, Stony Brook University How much would you sacrifice to help your political party? When the news reports long...

• Partisanship as a Social Identity: Implications for Polarization | Political Behavior

  Emily A. West, University of Pittsburgh Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University We live in hyper-polarized times.  An extensive body of survey evidence documents that over time, but especially post-1990, ...

• You Must Pay No Matter What: Moral Taboo and International Debt | Political Behavior

  Alessandro Del Ponte, Yale University Peter DeScioli, Stony Brook University And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Matthew 6:12, King James Bible, 1611 In an economic crisis, must a gov...

• Partisanship, Religion, and Issue Polarization in the United States: A Reassessment | Political

  Jeremiah J. Castle, Metropolitan State University of Denver Kyla K. Stepp, Central Michigan University Does the public hold polarized attitudes on political issues? Despite the conventional wisdom tha...