https://phys.org/science-news/political-science en-us The latest news on political science Blistering heat, freezing cold, and overflowing sewage water: These were the living conditions that formerly incarcerated people in Colorado said they suffered inside the state's prisons and jails. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-prisons-fall-short-incarcerated-climate.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:44:05 EST news650220241 The use of nuclear weapons is a red line that most Americans never again want to see crossed, according to a new survey from the Human Security Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Eighty-three percent of Americans surveyed—both among the general population and military-trained personnel (active-duty and veterans)—say it should never be legally permissible to launch another nuclear strike against a civilian populated area. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-survey-nuclear-taboo-strong-americans.html Political science Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:28:03 EST news650215681 The largest and longest-lasting society formed by people who escaped slavery and their descendants endured for a century in northeastern Brazil, and it continues to be a potent political symbol of Black pride today. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Marc Hertzman wrote about the settlement and how memories of it survive in his book, "After Palmares: Diaspora, Inheritance, and the Afterlives of Zumbi." https://phys.org/news/2024-11-history-brazil-longest-maroon-society.html Other Political science Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:27:03 EST news650215621 Donald Trump will return to the White House having set out his foreign policy approach for the next four years. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-china-trump-beijing-react.html Economics & Business Political science Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:51:29 EST news650213485 Criminal behavior in Toronto's crime hot spots is higher on weekends and holidays, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo and supported by the International Space University based in France. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-toronto-crime-spikes-weekends-holidays.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:25:21 EST news650201117 Online, people predicted the 2024 US election would be Roevember. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-abortion-play-big-role-election.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:23:26 EST news650200993 Central to Australia's cultural and political identity is the notion of a "fair go." But recent elections, including in the United States, have highlighted the challenge of maintaining shared norms and support for institutions when many voters don't believe they're getting a "fair go." https://phys.org/news/2024-11-australians-inequality-high-faith-democratic.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:13:15 EST news650196784 As sport and politics are ever more intertwined in 2024, so too are the number of nations and organizations turning to "sportswashing." https://phys.org/news/2024-11-sport-fans-team-league-sportswashed.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:10:09 EST news650196601 Rural and urban. Blue and white collar. College and high school educated. There are many so-called "divides" in American politics. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-election-trump-voters-friends-family.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:11:04 EST news650193061 Associate professor Jayanth Narayanan has published research showing that the 2020 presidential election caused a noticeable shift in public perception of the "ideal" leader. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-leaders-flux.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:07:14 EST news650189228 Prioritizing unique and more educated applicants for temporary work visas, employers play a central but understudied role in the U.S. immigration bureaucracy, with implications for careers and American innovation, new Cornell research finds. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-employers-sway-immigration-bureaucracy.html Economics & Business Political science Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:19:27 EST news650128763 Families purchased more school lunches and breakfasts the year after the federal government toughened nutritional standards for school meals. A new University of California, Davis, study suggests that families turned to school lunches after the Obama administration initiative was in effect to save time and money and take advantage of more nutritious options. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-families-school-meals-federal-nutrition.html Economics & Business Political science Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:11:49 EST news650121096 Are we only seeing the kind of news we want to see on social media? What effects do personalized algorithms have on our perception of news quality? Do algorithms help us serendipitously encounter information that we didn't expect? These are the questions researchers are now asking as AI and algorithms infiltrate the information environments we turn to for political news. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-quantity-quality-xtwitter-algorithm-consumption.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:11:37 EST news650121091 In the 2020 US elections, Joe Biden's win against Donald Trump prompted the Trump campaign to file more than 60 lawsuits challenging the result, mostly focusing on swing states. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-fake-election-threats-chaos-online.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:05:17 EST news650113510 Americans rely primarily on personal networks and news media for voting information about the 2024 U.S. presidential election, according to a survey by researchers at Rutgers and other universities. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-americans-election.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:27:01 EST news650107616 The study of Arab tribes should not be abandoned because Middle East and North African citizens continue to insist on the relevance of the term in their daily lives, says a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Political Science. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-nuanced-tribe-arab-world.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:22:50 EST news650042559 When the founders of the United States designed the Constitution, they were learning from history that democracy was likely to fail. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-native-americans-societies-tyranny.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:20:02 EST news650034735 Cuba's communist leaders are in the midst of crisis—and not for the first time. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-cuba-communist-leaders-options-prop.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:18:10 EST news650035084 Stuart monarchs were repeatedly challenged by dangerous threats—a gunpowder plot, a civil war and political revolution. As a result, by the restoration of Charles II in 1660, the English government had come to rely on a shadowy trade of secrets for gathering domestic and international intelligence. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-secrets-spies-stuart-era-played.html Political science Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:50:01 EST news650032068 Johanna Neumann was 8 when she witnessed a mob of local citizens and Nazis vandalizing the Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg. They were "shouting and throwing stones at the marvelous glass windows," as she later said in an oral history interview. Other students at the Jewish school nearby described a mountain of prayer books and Torah scrolls lying in the dirt on the street, desecrated and set aflame. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-kristallnacht-legacy-hamburg-city-rebuilds.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:30:01 EST news650032003 With U.S. voters across the political spectrum strongly concerned about border security, presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have been trying to one-up each other on who can reduce migration at the nation's southern border fastest and most effectively. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-beefing-border-patrol-bipartisan-goal.html Political science Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:24:05 EST news650031842 Ever had the feeling that you can't make sense of what's happening? One moment everything seems normal, then suddenly the frame shifts to reveal a world on fire, struggling with war, climate change and political violence and upheaval. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-election-adrift-zozobra-mexican-philosophers.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:23:04 EST news650031781 If historical trends are anything to go by, most young people in the United States will not vote in this week's presidential election. For example, in the 2016 presidential election, less than half of Americans aged 18 to 29 cast their ballot. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-campaign-rewards-gamers-roblox-engaging.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:25:04 EST news650021101 Elon Musk is supporting Donald Trump in his quest to regain the American presidency. He has committed millions of dollars to a pro-Trump "political action committee" (PAC) and has appeared alongside Donald Trump at some of his rallies. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-elon-musk-trump-stake-world.html Economics & Business Political science Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:21:03 EST news650020861 Press freedom is a pillar of American democracy. But political attacks on US-based journalists and news organizations pose an unprecedented threat to their safety and the integrity of information. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-survey-alarming-tolerance-white-republican.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:03:05 EST news650019782 Contemporary economic challenges in Africa appear to be shifting the continent into a new era of development. From COVID-19 to war-induced inflation, many countries in Africa are facing significant economic challenges. The crises of recent years come on top of longer-term increases in debt, especially after the 2014 commodity price shock. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-explores-rwanda-ethiopia-future-africa.html Economics & Business Political science Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:40:01 EST news649949912 A nationally representative survey of U.S. adults finds a public highly attuned to the 2024 election campaign. Researchers at the University of South Florida's Center for Sustainable Democracy, in partnership with researchers at Rutgers University, the University of Minnesota and the University of Kansas, have released new survey findings to better understand attitudes about American democracy, the current election campaign, and democratic engagement with politics. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-democracy-americans-election.html Political science Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:09:02 EST news649958941 Improving the quality of translated voting materials, broadening government outreach to potential voters and increasing the number of in-person voting sites are key to boosting voter turnout among Asian Americans in Los Angeles, according to a newly published report from the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-boost-asian-american-voter-turnout.html Political science Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:52:42 EST news649957948 Partisan squabbling isn't just annoying—it's also bad for business. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-political-bickering-policy-uncertainty-toll.html Economics & Business Political science Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:39:14 EST news649949949 Political violence is hardly new to America. Since the country's inception, gunmen have shaped its political landscape, from the Civil War to the Ku Klux Klan, to high-profile assassinations and the bombing of federal buildings. Yet the threat of political violence has deepened in recent years and intensified during the 2024 election cycle. At least 400 distinct incidents of political violence were reported in the first two quarters of 2024, a nearly 80 percent jump from 2022. Targets have ranged from a former president and politicians to election administrators, municipal leaders, school officials and even emergency responders. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-guns-militia-social-media-amplify.html Social Sciences Political science Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:30:01 EST news649944513