Since the end of the Cold War, security studies have broadened to take into account a wide range of non-military threats ranging from…
Despite the massive scale of global inequalities, until recently few political philosophers or bioethicists addressed their ethical…
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Last week, as he attempted to emphasize his focus on middle-class America, Mitt Romney uttered these unfortunate words: “I’m not concerned…
The introduction of electoral gender quotas in diverse contexts around the globe has attracted a great deal of scholarly and political…
The cloak of inevitability that Mitt Romney has been wearing -- on again, off again -- is suddenly and dramatically off again. Just as he…
If our politics weren't so fluid and volatile, one would think, now that the votes are tallied in New Hampshire, that the race for the…
How accurate are people when predicting whether they will vote? These self-predictions are used by political scientists to proxy for…
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…