I propose a framework in which individual political participation can take two distinct forms, voting and contributing resources to…
In most recent writings about governance reform and development,
recipes are out. So are “one size ?ts all” and idealized end states.…
“Turkish democracy is at a turning point,” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced after winning a crucial vote in a referendum to…
As countries throughout the world democratize and decentralize, citizen participation in public life should increase. In this paper, I…
Governance indicators have come under fire in recent years, especially the World Governance Indicators (WGIs). Critics present these…
Buenos Aires and Chicago grew during the nineteenth century for remarkably similar reasons. Both cities were conduits for moving meat and…
Indians are used to seeing their filmstars sell products on TV but, probably for the first time, one of them is trying to sell informed…
We investigate the relationship between corruption and political stability, from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. We propose a…
We construct an axiomatic index of spatial concentration around a center or capital
point of interest, a concept with wide applicability…