Will Egypt’s Liberals Ever Win?
After working with Egypt’s president, Mohammad Morsi, to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last month, President Barack Obama reportedly came away impressed by his fellow former university p
Research
Conflict and Commonality in Habermas’s Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
In The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society (henceforth STPS), his earliest major work, Habermas established as a central theme—upon which he
Corruption
Book abstract: The Handbook of Organizational Economics surveys the major theories, evidence, and methods used in the field.
Will President Obama Push Us Over the Cliff?
Forgive me, but haven't we seen this movie before in the aftermath of national elections?
Don't Blame Muslim Brotherhood for Morsy Power Grab
Twenty years ago, Edward Djerejian, a former U.S.
How Tribalism Stunts African Democracy
Africa's democratic transition is back in the spotlight.
Rethinking Why People Vote: Voting as Dynamic Social Expression
Book abstract: In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in behavioral research on a wide variety of topics, from behavioral finance, labor contracts, philanthropy, and the analysis of saving
Rethinking Why People Vote: Voting as Dynamic Social Expression.
Traditional models of why people vote conceptualize voting as a static, self-interested decision.
What Does “Intending to Vote” Mean?
Please see RWP13-010 (April 2013) for the updated version of this working paper.
The Quality of Governance in China: The Citizen’s View
Are China’s citizens sufficiently satisfied to reduce potential challenges to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule?
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