This paper examines the linkage between mobilization and elite capture in participatory institutions using a randomized experiment in Kenya.
Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East.
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.
In his new book, The Big Disconnect: Why the Internet Hasn’t Transformed Politics (Yet), Personal Democracy Forum founder Micah Sifry asks a very good question: what ever happened to the prediction th
The collections and archives of the International Institute of Social History contain evidence of a social and economic world that affected the life and happiness of millions of people.
Why, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise?
Despite the growing concern about elections which fail around the world, there has been little systematic understanding of the importance of this phenomenon.
Many elections confront challenges in meeting international standards of electoral integrity, including in established democracies such as the US, UK and Canada.
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