Why Romney Will Pick Portman
Predicting a presidential candidate’s choice of running mate is a risky business.
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We Can Be Actors, Not Just Spectators
On 3 September 2008, the Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin made “community organizing” part of mainstream political discourse in the United States when she mocked Barack Obama’s experie
Do Away With the Electoral College
Indeed, if we were drafting a constitution today, few people would even consider a presidential electoral system like the In a presidential election season, it seems obvious (yet again) that we shoul
Institutional Trust, Education, and Corruption: A Micro-Macro Interactive Approach
This article examines how the effect of education on institutional trust varies cross-nationally as a function of the pervasiveness of public-sector corruption.
Corruption in Developing Countries
Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion in economists' ability to measure corruption. This in turn has led to a new generation of well-identified, microeconomic studies.
Deliberative Systems: Deliberative Democracy at the Large Scale
'Deliberative democracy' is often dismissed as a set of small-scale, academic experiments.
Voter Suppression Returns
The 2012 election campaign—for Congress as well as the presidency—promises to be bitterly fought, even nasty.
Political Mobilization and Social Networks. The Example of the Arab Spring
Book abstract: This timely book takes stock of the state of the art and future of electronic democracy, exploring the history and potential of e-democracy in global perspective.
The Politics of Rule of Law Systems in Developmental States: 'Political Settlements' as a Basis for Promoting Effective Justice Institutions for Marginalized Groups
Review of Dignity in Adversity: Human Rights in Troubled Times
Many political philosophers and theorists think that especially demanding moral norms apply among those who share a state.
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