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• PSC Professors examine public support for China’s social credit system - Article Title: Media framing and public support for China’s social credit system: An experimental study
• Professor Parker investigates support for judicial reform - Article Title: Popular Constitutionalism, Legal Pragmatism, and Support for Judicial Reform
• Professor Ley examines power plant regulation in MA and RI - Article Title: The Venue Shopping Strategies of Atlantic Northeast Environmental Groups: Regulating the Cooling Water Intake of Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Professor Xu studies immigration and welfare attitudes in the US - Article Title: “Immigrationalization” of the Welfare State: Contextual influences on Welfare Politics in the United States
• Professor Mark develops a human rights sequence theory of atrocity - Article Title: The Human Rights Sequence Theory of Atrocity: A Comparative Analysis
• Professor McLaughlin explores why Americans choose partisanship over fair elections - Article Title: Party Over Principles: Determinants of Public Opinion on Redistricting Reform
• URI Political Science faculty and students publish study on President Trump’s rhetoric and America’s attitudes toward international organizations - Article Title: Political Elites and Attitudes Toward International Organizations in the Trump Era