https://phys.org/science-news/political-science en-us The latest news on political science The Family Research Council is a conservative advocacy group with a "biblical worldview." While it has a church ministries department that works with churches from several evangelical Christian denominations that share its perspectives, it does not represent a single denomination. Although its activities are primarily focused on policy, advocacy, government lobbying and public communication, the Internal Revenue Service granted the council's application to be treated as "an association of churches" in 2020. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-churches-real-irs.html Economics & Business Political science Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:47:09 EDT news646580821 Should Americans be bracing for bloodshed if Donald Trump loses the 2024 presidential election? https://phys.org/news/2024-09-election-violence-political-scientist.html Political science Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:36:04 EDT news646580161 An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst have published work in the journal Science calling into question the conclusions of a widely reported study—published in Science in 2023—finding the social platform's algorithms successfully filtered out untrustworthy news surrounding the 2020 election and were not major drivers of misinformation. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-team-debunks-facebook-news-algorithm.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:00:01 EDT news646565823 Technology is often seen as a threat to democracy, with the surge in AI capabilities the latest big concern. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-social-media-platform-good-democracy.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:50:01 EDT news646566115 Supporters of both major U.S. political parties tend to claim their presidential candidate is the "real" Christian or the "better" Christian or just the "true" Christian. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-america-history-debates-religious-freedom.html Political science Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:58:03 EDT news646502281 Before beginning its war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022, Russia had already conducted an aerial bombardment of Georgia in 2008 and invaded Crimea as well as the Donbas region in 2014. This has left politicians and researchers puzzling over the question: Would it have been possible to prevent the current war in Ukraine if countries had implemented more decisive and intensive sanction policies back then? https://phys.org/news/2024-09-tougher-political-sanctions-statistical-economic.html Economics & Business Political science Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:42:04 EDT news646501321 A new report reveals the challenges mothers face trying to maintain a relationship with their children while in prison, and recommends additional support. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-specialist-mothers-prison.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:10:07 EDT news646497854 The US House of Representatives is more likely to vote on climate action when it is linked with certain other environmental issues, according to a study published September 25, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Kayla Morton of the University of Washington, Seattle and colleagues. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-politicians-climate-action-linked-environmental.html Political science Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:00:01 EDT news646474421 Given that 77 percent of people in Canada and 57 percent of people in the United Kingdom watch a sports team regularly—compared to the 60 percent of people who turn out to vote in Canada and the U.K.—it's clear sports have an important and persistent influence on people's lives. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-professional-sports-leagues-embrace-social.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:27:04 EDT news646486022 Parents with any kind of disability are much more likely to have some type of interaction with the child welfare system than other parents. This means they are more likely than other parents to be reported for child abuse and neglect and more likely to have abuse or neglect substantiated by child welfare workers. They are also more likely to have their children placed in foster care and more likely to permanently lose their parental rights. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-child-welfare-parents-disabilities.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:24:27 EDT news646413858 Governments, regulators and global financial institutions are overlooking major opportunities to unlock the estimated US$9.2 trillion worth of financing needed each year to fund the net zero transition, new research suggests. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-overlooked-opportunities-fund-net-transition.html Economics & Business Political science Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:43:04 EDT news646411382 A new study led by Dr. Renana Keydar, Dr. Vera Shikhelman and Prof. Tomer Broude from the Faculty of Law at Hebrew University highlights a significant evolution in the UN's approach to human rights, indicating a growing emphasis on disability rights and business-related human rights, while discussions about war and terrorism are on the decline. This shift suggests that the UN is increasingly prioritizing social equity and the rights of marginalized groups, adapting to contemporary global challenges. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-reveals-shifting-landscape-human-rights.html Political science Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:27:21 EDT news646406837 Ellsworth Avenue in Silver Spring, Md., sizzles on a summer evening: Residents stroll along its tree-lined sidewalks under the neon glow of upscale chain restaurants, retailers and a Whole Foods Market. Beyond the din of downtown is a different kind of sizzle: the intoxicating aroma of sliced meat frying in butter, garlic and onion—called tibs—wafting from one of many Ethiopian restaurants just outside the city center. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-suburbia-exposes-banishment-washington-suburbs.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:22:50 EDT news646406566 Following Barack Obama's reelection as U.S. president in 2012, the mental health of college-educated Black men improved significantly, while those who didn't attend college reported worse mental health, according to new research from Rice University sociologists. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-obama-reelection-mental-health-black.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:53:20 EDT news646401194 What do immigration, inheritance taxation and cannabis legalization have in common? Not much, actually. Yet if we know somebody's stance on one of these issues, we can make a good guess about their view on the others. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-science-polarization-political-opponents-personal.html Political science Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:02:05 EDT news646394521 Following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, many companies with operations in Russia withdrew from or severely curtailed their Russian operations. For example, Dell and McDonald's ceased all operations in Russia after the invasion. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-firms-withdrew-russia-ukraine-invasion.html Economics & Business Political science Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:50:04 EDT news646329001 It's not something the police force wants to see, but it still occurs: racist and misogynist behavior in police work. Dr. Linda Louis is a human rights law specialist and has studied how technology could help police officers behave correctly according to applicable legal norms. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-police-officers-adhere-norms-links.html Social Sciences Political science Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:02:05 EDT news646326121 Philadelphia experienced a surge in shootings and homicides during the COVID-19 years that disproportionately affected young Black and Latino men in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods with drug markets. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-gun-violence-philadelphia-plummeted-factors.html Social Sciences Political science Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:20:02 EDT news646317720 Election Day is less than 50 days away, but the voting has already started. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-early-voting-decisive-expert.html Political science Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:00:01 EDT news646317634 New research into the use of the drug poppers (alkyl nitrites) has highlighted inconsistencies in proposed changes to drug policy in the UK and how exemptions to the law impact on minority groups. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-uk-poppers-highlights-problematic-drug.html Social Sciences Political science Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:34:03 EDT news646313641 Criminal suspects, defendants and offenders face many choices that affect their liberty, in situations ranging from searches of their property or data to interrogations and plea deals. Judicial doctrine considers these choices to be valid when they are made "voluntarily"– i.e., when the individual consents or agrees to a pat down, interview, plea, or surrender of information. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-legitimacy-consent-waiver-criminal-cases.html Political science Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:07:44 EDT news646312058 A new study finds "litigant shopping," or choosing plaintiffs with specific demographic attributes, can be used to shape public opinion about the U.S. Supreme Court—but it can also backfire. The paper, "You Better Shop Around: Litigant Characteristics and Supreme Court Support," is published in the Journal of Politics. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-litigant-supreme-court-cases-backfire.html Political science Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:19:03 EDT news646305541 Election polls often tighten up remarkably as the election date draws near. "Leave" (the European Union) won the UK election of May 2016 with a majority of 51.9%, but earlier the polls weren't nearly as tight—in January 2011 "Remain" was up by about 20 percentage points. In the 2020 presidential election in Poland, Andrzej Duda won with 51.0% of the votes, whereas he was up by about 5 percentage points just eight weeks earlier. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-large-electorates-tend-evenly-results.html Mathematics Political science Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:00:01 EDT news646304327 Homicide is a leading cause of death among people 19 and younger in the United States, and firearms are used in a large proportion of these crimes. Although the homicide rate for this population declined in the 1990s and 2000s, it has increased every year since 2013, with a large spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-family-members-common-perpetrators-infant.html Social Sciences Political science Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:34:14 EDT news646302851 In the build-up to his government's first budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been setting expectations low. It will be "painful," he has warned, and a "difficult trade-off" will have to be made because of the economic inheritance left by the last government. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-evidence-voters-convinced-short-term.html Political science Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:20:01 EDT news646053606 Around 1,750 prisoners in England and Wales were recently released early, the first part of the government's plan to solve the prison overcrowding crisis. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-sentence-lengths-england-prisons-rafters.html Social Sciences Political science Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:20:01 EDT news646053592 Between the July assassination attempt on Donald Trump, President Biden dropping out of the race and Kamala Harris becoming the Democratic nominee, this past summer was unlike any other period in the 2024 presidential race. But the faculty, staff, and student fellows of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies (PORES) have been quick to adjust. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-qa-opinion.html Political science Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:46:05 EDT news646055161 Last month, the Taliban passed a new "vice and virtue" law, making it illegal for women to speak in public. Under the law, women can also be punished if they are heard singing or reading aloud from within their homes. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-afghan-women-health-voices-wont.html Social Sciences Political science Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:02:44 EDT news646052559 As Russian missile strikes and heavy assaults by ground troops pace deadly attacks on Ukraine, a new report by University of Virginia researchers reveals another destructive facet of Russia's invasion. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-document-russian-destruction-ukrainian-archaeological.html Archaeology Political science Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:42:04 EDT news645975722 "These newly reported discoveries [of mass graves] confirm our darkest fears. The people of Ukraine and the world deserve to know how exactly those buried in the forest near Izium have died," said Amnesty International https://phys.org/news/2024-09-world-source-digital-mass-graves.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:26:08 EDT news645971161