Theory creating and hypothesis testing are both critical components of social science, but the former is ultimately more important. Yet, in…
Can protests cause political change, or are they merely symptoms of underlying shifts in policy preferences? We address this question by…
Drawing upon theories of the diffusion of global norms, this study addresses two issues: is there a shared consensus among experts about…
A rapidly-growing research agenda shared by scholars and applied policy analysts is beginning to explore three questions: when do elections…
Professor Burns reflects on recent Supreme Court decisions dealing with voting rights and same-sex marriage.
People often hold extreme political attitudes about complex policies. We hypothesized that people typically know less about such policies…
Can independent groups change voters’ beliefs about an incumbent’s positions? And, does reframing how candidates’ are perceived by changing…
When the stakes are high, it is no surprise that battling political opponents use whatever support they can garner from economists and…
We investigate the impact of the diffusion of high-speed Internet on different forms of political participation, using data from Italy. We…
Public opinion researchers, campaigns, and political scientists often rely on self-predicted vote to measure political engagement, allocate…