Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America
In countries around the world, from the United States to the Philippines to Chile, police forces are at the center of social unrest and debates about democracy and rule of law.
Research
A Multilevel Approach to Enforcement: Forest Protection in the Argentine Chaco
When Deliberation Produces Persuasion Rather than Polarization: Measuring and Modeling Small Group Dynamics in a Field Experiment
This article proposes a new statistical method to measure persuasion within small groups, and applies this approach to a large-scale randomized deliberative experiment.
Muslim Democratic Parties in the Middle East: Economy and Politics of Islamist Moderation
Deliberative Polling Comes of Age
To Serve the People: Income, Region and Citizen Attitudes towards Governance in China (2003–2016)
The article focuses on several aspects of raising bar for evidence in education in the U.S.
Tax Competition and Global Interdependence
What taxes to levy, and at what rate, are among the most important decisions governments face. These decisions determine the size of their budget, and who foots the bill.
Renewing Democracy Requires the Creation of an Inclusive Collective
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s.
State Capabilities for Problem-Oriented Governance
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public problems.
The Swinging Pendulum of Police Reform in the Americas
A few years back, when I interviewed a former Argentine official who had been brought in during the mid-1990s to clean house in the notoriously corrupt and violent police department of Buenos Aires pr
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