To Them That Hath’…News Media and Knowledge Gaps
Scholars continue to debate what citizens know about politics, whether ordinary people lack the capacity to make rational and informed choices in a democracy, and what voters learn from election campa
Research
Schooling, Political Participation, and the Economy
We investigate how the link between individual schooling and political participation is aff ected by country characteristics.
Are Ballot Initiative Outcomes Influenced by the Campaigns of Independent Groups? A Precinct-Randomized Field Experiment
Ballot initiatives are consequential and common, with total spending on initiative campaigns in the US rivaling that of Presidential campaigns.
The Morality of Killing in War: Some Traditional and Nontraditional Views
Death has long been a pre-occupation of philosophers, and this is especially so today.
A Précis of On Global Justice, With Emphasis on Implications for International Institutions
The two traditional ways of thinking about justice at the global level either limit the applicability of justice to states or else extend it to all human beings.
Don't Let Candidates Dodge Questions
The emerging consensus about Thursday night's vice presidential debate is that there was a high degree of professionalism on the stage. Why?
Khadafy Son Should Be Tried by Libya
The new Libyan government has plenty of worries. There was the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.
Democratic Deficits: The United States and Canada in Comparative Perspective
Book abstract: Canada and the United States are consistently ranked among the most democratic countries in the world, yet voices expressing concern about the quality of these democracies are becoming
Voters Know More about the World Than You Think
It has long been accepted wisdom that Americans “don’t know much about history, don’t know much geography”— to recall the words of a golden oldie.
On Global Justice
Debates about global justice have traditionally fallen into two camps. Statists believe that principles of justice can only be held among those who share a state.
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