This paper explores the interactions between state and society in rural India within a major community-based development program. We use…
This paper documents the existence of a “Formality Effect” in government communications. Across three online studies and three field…
The study of urban and local politics in the United States has long been hindered by a lack of centralized sources of election data. We…
Why the Supreme Court agrees to hear cases is among the most important topics in judicial politics. However, existing theories have…
Concerns have been raised about the “demise of democracy”, possibly accelerated by pandemic-related restrictions. Using a survey experiment…
Many groups in the US are focused on preventing the further rise of authoritarian forces by raising alarms about authoritarian power-grabs…
Redistricting reformers have proposed many solutions to the problem of partisan gerrymandering but they all require either bipartisan…
Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about how local legislatures and executives make…
Does personal and family history influence legislative behavior in democracies? Linking members of Congress to the census, we observe…
The concept of trustworthiness can be understood to involve an informal social contract where principals authorize others to act on their…