In 2008 the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Harvard Kennedy School (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) jointly embarked on an ambitious project – a second…
In 2008 the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Harvard Kennedy School (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) jointly embarked on an ambitious project – a second…
Covering more than four decades of American social and political history, The Loneliness of the Black Republican examines the ideas and…
We show that contemporary differences in political attitudes across counties in
the American South trace their origins to slavery’s…
Alice Goffman’s book, On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, is one of those rare publications by a sociologist that creates an…
This paper advances the analysis of incentives for technological innovation by examining the conditions under which first mover advantages…
Through the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracks their…
We collect a new dataset on capital punishment in the US and we propose a test of racial bias based upon patterns of sentence reversals. We…
In his new book, The Big Disconnect: Why the Internet Hasn’t Transformed Politics (Yet), Personal Democracy Forum founder Micah Sifry asks…