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Large Datasets and You: A Field Guide

The last five years have seen an explosion in the amount of data available to social scientists.

Ballots Not Bullets

Book abstract: In the 25 years since Arend Lijphart remarked that 'the study of electoral systems is undoubtedly the most underdeveloped subject in political science' the field has developed rapidly.

Freedom to Fail: The Keystone of American Federalism

Arab Awakening, Act 2

Think of the revolutions in the Middle East as Act One in a Five Act play that may not conclude for a generation or more.

The Participedia Project: An Introduction

Participedia is an open-source, participatory knowledge tool that responds to a new global phenomenon: the rapid development of experiments in new forms of participatory politics and governance around

Making Democratic-Governance Work: The Consequences for Prosperity

Does democratic governance expand wealth and prosperity?

Can Informed Voters Enforce Better Governance? Experiments in Low-Income Democracies

This article evaluates a body of recent work that uses field and natural experiments to answer the question of whether informed voters can enforce better governance.

Through a Glass Darkly: Reflecting on Bolivia

As we consider over two decades of change in Bolivia, it now seems to us that understanding history involves adjusting short-term perspectives to longer-term interpretations and, looking backward, see

Islam and American Tolerance

What's the path to religious acceptance in America—and what can Muslims, Mormons and Buddhists learn from Jews and Catholics? A Gallup report out last week found that, of all major religious groups i

Clarifying the Concept of Representation

This response to Andrew Rehfeld's “Representation Rethought” (American Political Science Review 2009) takes up his criticisms of my “Rethinking Representation” (American Political Science Review 2003)