In his book The Idea of Justice, Amartya Sen argues that we do not need to know what perfect justice is to know that a particular state of…
We examine several hypotheses regarding the determinants and implications of political protest,
motivated by the wave of popular uprisings…
This essay is an exploration of the political rise of politician Edward W. Brooke and his impact on the Republican Party and the black…
Member-based civic associations, or citizen groups, have two crucial roles in American democracy. They advocate for members' interests in…
This article argues that the United States of America is quite different from other OECD countries in its religiosity (America is much more…
Many fear that democracies are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. This book focuses on "democratic deficits," reflecting how far the…
Iris Marion Young died in August 2006, at the age of only 57. Responsibility for Justice further develops some themes that have been…
Is culture an important determinant of preferences for redistribution? To separate culture from the economic and institutional environment…
Sequencing the human genome provided a powerful new way to represent human identity, and the moral implications of that re-representation…
This study assesses the relationship between political partisanship and attitudes and behavior with respect to the Swine Flu crisis of 2009…