Against the backdrop of Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement, we ask what the
American politics subfield has to say about the political lives of communities subjugated by …

The notion of a representative bureaucracy has generated a great deal of research although
many issues are yet to be resolved and some have not been addressed. This theoretical …

Each year, US child protection authorities investigate millions of families, disproportionately
poor families and families of color. These investigations involve multiple home visits to …

This article examines the intersection of two structural developments: the growth of
surveillance and the rise of “big data.” Drawing on observations and interviews conducted …

Street level discretion--Three pathologies: the indifferent, the enforcer, and the caregiver--A
gymnastics of the self: coping with the everyday pressures of street-level work--When the …

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a
relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a crisis in confidence in …

We assessed racial disparities in policing in the United States by compiling and analysing a
dataset detailing nearly 100 million traffic stops conducted across the country. We found that …

In this paper, we analyse the conditions under which the COVID‐19 pandemic will lead
either to social order (adherence to measures put in place by authorities to control the …

This article develops the concept of racialized burdens as a means of examining the role of
race in administrative practice. Racialized burdens are the experience of learning …

Using footage from body-worn cameras, we analyze the respectfulness of police officer
language toward white and black community members during routine traffic stops. We …