For years, the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) has been saddled with a reputation for empirical narrowness and lack of…
Book abstract: In the 25 years since Arend Lijphart remarked that 'the study of electoral systems is undoubtedly the most underdeveloped…
Does democratic governance expand wealth and prosperity? There is no consensus about this issue despite the fact that for more than half a…
This article evaluates a body of recent work that uses field and natural experiments to answer the question of whether informed voters can…
This response to Andrew Rehfeld's “Representation Rethought” (American Political Science Review 2009) takes up his criticisms of my “…
Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This volume examines the causes of this…
Member-based civic associations, or citizen groups, have two crucial roles in American democracy. They advocate for members' interests in…
David E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam ask how America can simultaneously be religiously devout, religiously diverse, and religiously…
As countries throughout the world democratize and decentralize, citizen participation in public life should increase. In this paper, I…