How do media portrayals of potential policy beneficiaries’ identities sway public support for these policies in a public health setting?…
To understand the advantages of and challenges to a reformed regulatory review process, New America’s Political Reform program and the Ash…
Politics and science have become increasingly intertwined. Salient scientific issues, such as climate change, evolution, and stem-cell…
Research in American foreign policy holds that the public’s support for war significantly depends on the number of US casualties in the…
A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits--by lubricating markets, managing organizations, legitimating…
Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about how local legislatures and executives make…
The structure of opportunities for citizen activism in democratic or autocratic regime diverge sharply, such as in freedom of expression,…
Many topics social scientists study are sensitive in nature. Although we know some people may be reluctant to respond to sensitive…
What impact do mass civil society groups have on public policy? We study this issue by analyzing opposition to national prohibition by…
Has the US Supreme Court become more conservative than the public? We introduce results of three surveys conducted over the course of a…