The prevailing aid orthodoxy works well enough in stable environments, but is ill-equipped to navigate contexts of volatility and fragility…
As the journalist Walter Lippmann noted nearly a century ago, democracy falters “if there is no steady supply of trustworthy and relevant…
Many malpractices generate flawed elections which fail to meet international standards of electoral integrity, including issues such as…
Sheila Burke and Elaine Kamarck seek to offer a balanced way of looking at the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) that…
How do partisan media affect polarization and partisanship? The rise of Fox News,
MSNBC, and hyper-partisan outlets online gives this…
This paper evaluates the dynamics of small group persuasion within a large scale randomized
deliberative experiment, in particular whether…
To date, field experiments on campaign tactics have focused overwhelmingly on mobilization and voter turnout, with far more limited…
Book abstract: For more than 25 years, The Presidency and the Political System has showcased the best of presidential studies and research…
Book abstract: Religion is back again in Europe after never having been gone. It is manifest in the revival of religious institutions and…
Book abstract: How do individual Africans view competitive elections? How do they behave at election time? What are the implications of new…