Associational Linkages to Labor Unions and Political Parties
A historic shift has occurred in the organizational structures through which the lower classes in Latin America express voice and find political representation.
Research
Why Inequality in Outcome Was Not Peter Bachrach's Theme
Talking about inequality in Peter Bachrach's work is much like talking about just distribution in Marx. It misses the point.
Leadership, Membership, and Voice: Civic Associations That Work
Why are some civic associations more effective than others at making themselves heard, engaging members, and developing leaders?
Comparing Democracies 3: Elections and Voting in the 21st Century
The benchmark first and second editions of Comparing Democracies represented essential guides to the global study of elections.
The Internal Morality of Chinese Legalism
Validation of an Algorithm for Categorizing the Severity of Hospital Emergency Department Visits
Background: Differentiating between appropriate and inappropriate resource use represents a critical challenge in health services research.
Restoring Solvency
It is by now a cliché to observe that Barack Obama took office facing the greatest challenge of any United States president since Franklin Roosevelt.
A 'Selection Model' of Political Representation
The article examines the sanctions model of principal-agent relations versus the selection model in which the principal and the agent share the same objectives in the absence of the principal's
Forcing a People to Be Free
First published in Philosophy & Public Affairs 35 (2007): 359-400. Is forcing a people to be free possible, and if so, is it ever morally permissible?
Democratic Indicators and Audits
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