Leadership, Membership, and Voice: Civic Associations That Work
Why are some civic associations more effective than others at making themselves heard, engaging members, and developing leaders?
Research
The Global Health System: Actors, Norms, and Expectations in Transition
The article discusses the changing quality of global health institutions.
Securing the Peace: The Durable Settlement of Civil Wars
Timely and pathbreaking, Securing the Peace is the first book to explore the complete spectrum of civil war terminations, including negotiated settlements, military victories by governments and rebels
A New Medicare End-Of-Life Benefit For Nursing Home Residents
Many elderly people spend their final days in nursing homes. For them, high-quality end-of-life care is an important component of their overall care.
Validation of an Algorithm for Categorizing the Severity of Hospital Emergency Department Visits
Background: Differentiating between appropriate and inappropriate resource use represents a critical challenge in health services research.
Rethinking Violence: States and Non-State Actors in Conflict
States, nationalist movements, and ethnic groups in conflict with one another often face a choice between violent and nonviolent strategies.
Nuclear Disorder
The global nuclear order today could be as fragile as the global financial order was two years ago, when conventional wisdom declared it to be sound, stable, and resilient.
The Estimated Effects of the Euro on Trade: Why Are They Below Historical Effects of Monetary Unions Among Smaller Countries?
It is rare for countries to give up their currencies and thus their ability to influence such critical aspects of their economies as interest and exchange rates.
Comparing Democracies 3: Elections and Voting in the 21st Century
The benchmark first and second editions of Comparing Democracies represented essential guides to the global study of elections.
Good Government Means Different Things in Different Countries
Work on good governance implies a one-best-way model of effective government.
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