The Physics of Dissent and the Effects of Movement Momentum
How do ‘people power’ movements succeed when modest proportions of the population participate? Here we propose that the effects of social movements increase as they gain momentum.
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Maps That Can Guide a Changing City
The evolving technology of 'digital twins' can provide a dynamic, real-time view of the urban environment and the impact of ideas for improving it.
Four Levels of Power: A Conception to Enable Liberation
Many public leaders and activists—politicians, advocates, social movement leaders, and even ordinary citizens—seek to alter patterns of asymmetric power in order to achieve liberation from domination.
Improving Supreme Court Forecasting Using Boosted Decision Trees
Though used frequently in machine learning, boosted decision trees are largely unused in political science, despite many useful properties.
Summary of The Mueller Report, for Those Too Busy to Read It All
An abridged version of the Mueller Report intended for those who don't have the time to read the nearly 500-page full report.
Participatory Budgeting: A Powerful Civic Education Tool
In expanding its program that lets residents vote on public spending, New York City is enlivening democracy and engaging the electorate.
Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory jurisdictions, prompting a spate of controversial new voting ru
Not Ready for Democracy: Modernization, Pluralism and the Arab Spring
Since 2013, the Middle East has experienced a double trend of chaos and civil war, on the one hand, and the return of authoritarianism, on the other.
Multiracial Cooperation
On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States.
Recursive Representation
For at least two centuries, democratic representation has been at the center of debate.
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