Research
Groundbreakers: How Obama’s 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America
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.
Institutional Corruption and Election Fraud: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
We investigate the relationship between political networks, weak institutions, and election fraud during the 2010 parliamentary election in Afghanistan combining: (i) data on political connections bet
Summary of Ethics for Enemies
In this essay, I summarize major points of my Ethics for Enemies. I first consider whether torture of a wrongdoer to save his victim could be permissible.
Response to Arneson, de Bres, and Stilz.
The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power
Covering more than four decades of American social and political history, The Loneliness of the Black Republican examines the ideas and actions of black Republican activists, officials, and politician
Engaging Voters Can Kickstart Community Activism
In a recent Vox article, political scientists David Brookman and Joshua Kalla provocatively asked why campaigns invest so little in high-quality field operations.
The New Civic Politics: Civic Theory and Practice for the Future
What does it mean to put the civic idea at the center of one's concerns in this way? And what is its connection to citizenship? What, finally, is the relevant meaning of citizenship?
Losing Hurts: The Happiness Impact of Partisan Electoral Loss
Partisan identity shapes social, mental, economic, and physical life.
Why Hasn’t ‘Big Data’ Saved Democracy?
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
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