How Much Disagreement is Good for Democratic Deliberation?
The ideal of deliberation requires that citizens engage in reasonable discussion despite disagreements.
Research
Sharing Sensitive Data with Confidence: The Datatags System
Society generates data on a scale previously unimagined. Wide sharing of these data promises to improve personal health, lower healthcare costs, and provide a better quality of life.
Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps
What types of user data are mobile apps sending to third parties?
The Political Economy of Liberal Democracy
We distinguish between three sets of rights – property rights, political rights, and civil rights – and provide a taxonomy of political regimes.
De-Anonymizing South Korean Resident Registration Numbers Shared in Prescription Data
When marketing and data analytic companies purchase medical data, sensitive medical facts about patients can leak if the information includes national identifiers.
How Uncertainty about Judicial Nominees Can Distort the Confirmation Process
Why are judicial nominees allowed to refuse to answer questions about important issues that could come before the courts?
Institutions as Causes and Effects: North African Electoral Systems During the Arab Spring
From late 2010 through 2011, popular uprisings toppled authoritarian regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.
Voter Suppression or Voter Fraud in the 2014 US Elections?
During recent years, U.S. states have often diverged by adopting either more lenient or stricter electoral procedures.
Technology for Democracy in Development: Lessons from Seven Case Studies
This book brings together two fields that rarely converse with one another: deliberative democracy and development studies.
Putting the Public Back into Governance: The Challenges of Citizen Participation and Its Future
The past two decades have seen a proliferation of large- and small-scale experiments in participatory governance.
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