The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform
Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East.
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The Year in Elections, 2014
In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are legitimate?
Political Governance in China
Including key research articles from specialists in the field, this volume provides an introduction and critical insights into the most important debates surrounding the governance of contemporary Chi
The End of Republican Obstruction
What a difference two months make.
El Nuevo Desorden Mundial (The New World Disorder)
No! Formal Theory, Causal Inference, and Big Data Are Not Contradictory Trends in Political Science
As with any high fashion, the beauty and horror of “big data” 1 is in the eye of the beholder.
No! Formal Theory, Causal Inference, and Big Data Are Not Contradictory Trends in Political Science
New types of and approaches to data are enabling new forms of data-intensive political science, some of which in isolation appear to challenge established models of inquiry in political science and sc
Groundbreakers: How Obama’s 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America
Missing from most accounts of the 2008 and 2012 campaigns to elect Barack Obama president is the story of how Obama for America organized 2.2 million volunteers into a grassroots army.
Institutional Corruption and Election Fraud: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
We investigate the relationship between political networks, weak institutions, and election fraud during the 2010 parliamentary election in Afghanistan combining: (i) data on political connections bet
Summary of Ethics for Enemies
In this essay, I summarize major points of my Ethics for Enemies. I first consider whether torture of a wrongdoer to save his victim could be permissible.
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