Collective vigilantism is a global phenomenon. Based on original survey and focus group data collected during fieldwork in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Khayelitsha, South Africa, coauthors Cohen and Jung suggest that curbing collective vigilantism hinges on ensuring that state governments can provide for the basic needs of their populations.
The system the United States uses to elect its most powerful public official has for decades not only received little public support, but been widely criticized. Alex Keyssar outlines three primary reasons why it’s still around.
Maya Sen and Matthew Blackwell offer a groundbreaking account of the ways institutions of the past continue to sway attitudes of the presence. They examine the institution of US slavery to demonstrate how social beliefs persist long after the formal policies that conditioned those beliefs have been eradicated.
Stephen Goldsmith outlines a variety of operational reforms that he argues will produce better public services and more citizen trust through analytics, social engagement, and big data.