The past two decades have seen a proliferation of large- and small-scale experiments in participatory governance. This article takes stock…
This book brings together two fields that rarely converse with one another: deliberative democracy and development studies. The study of…
Some of the best-known papers of Carlos F. DÃaz Alejandro were about Latin America’s crises in the 1980s and 1930s. I will show data,…
From the streets of Hong Kong to Ferguson, Missouri, civil disobedience has again become newsworthy. What explains the prevalence and…
The spread of elections to all parts of the globe has been one of the most dramatic developments transforming our world during the…
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To reduce poverty and food insecurity in Africa requires raising productivity in agriculture.
Systematic use of fertilizer and hybrid seed…
Education policy research looking at gender imbalances in technical fields often relies on observational data or small N experimental…
How have online protests—like the recent outrage over the Komen Foundation’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood—changed the nature of…
Political debates matter. They can alter the course of a campaign, propel a candidate or an idea, and provide voters an unfiltered window…