This article reviews research contributions in political science and communication to the
topic of nonverbal communication and politics from 2005 to 2015. The review opens with …

Political candidates often believe they must focus their campaign efforts on a small number
of swing voters open for ideological change. Based on the wisdom of opinion polls, this …

We use bill cosponsorship and roll‐call vote data to compare legislators' revealed
preferences in the US House of Representatives and the Argentine Chamber of Deputies …

Existing research debates the extent to which feminine and masculine stereotypes affect
voters' impressions of female candidates. Current approaches identify how descriptions of …

Extant scholarship offers conflicting conclusions about whether female candidates
emphasize feminine or masculine stereotypes in campaigns. We suggest that female …

Women are underrepresented in most of the world's legislatures. While the scarcity of female
representation is problematic for multiple reasons, one of the central concerns of advocates …

Do members of Congress follow through on the appeals they make in campaigns? The
answer to this question lies at the heart of assessments of democratic legitimacy. This study …

Traditionally, the virtue of democratic elections has been seen in their role as means of
screening and sanctioning shirking public officials. This article proposes a novel rationale for …

Politicians frequently intervene in the regulation of financial accounting. Evidence from the
accounting literature shows that regulatory capture by special interests helps explain these …

Teacher strikes are tactics that unions use to influence contract negotiations, and high-
profile actions that have the potential to signal the need for policy change. We study the …