Civil Society, Public Action and Accountability in Africa
This paper examines the potential role of civil society action in increasing state accountability for development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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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.
Motivating Voter Turnout by Invoking the Self
Three randomized experiments found that subtle linguistic cues have the power to increase voting and related behavior.
Ethics for Enemies: Terror, Torture & War
Ethics for Enemies comprises three original philosophical essays on torture, terrorism, and war. F. M.
Redistribution in a Model of Voting and Campaign Contributions
I propose a framework in which individual political participation can take two distinct forms, voting and contributing resources to campaigns, in a context in which the negligible impact of any indivi
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)
Political Activism
Book abstract: This all-new replacement for Developments in European Politics brings together specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities on European politics -- East and West -- to provide
Text Messages as Mobilization Tools: The Conditional Effect of Habitual Voting and Election Salience
Dale and Strauss’s (DS) noticeable reminder theory (NRT) of voter mobilization posits that mobilization efforts that are highly noticeable and salient to potential voters, even if impersonal, can be s
Argentina's Left Populism in Comparative Perspective
Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010.
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