Patronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of…
Human societies fashion themselves through rites of memory, gilding and illuminating
some pages of the past while consigning others to…
We show that isolated capital cities are robustly associated with greater levels of corruption across US states. In particular, this is the…
One purpose of my recent research (with David E. Campbell) on religion in America was to confirm and, if possible, extend previous research…
Book abstract: Even though political philosophy has a long tradition, it is much more than the study of old and great treatises.…
Political arithmetic is always suspect, and one should always examine carefully the claims of those seeking votes. Smart observers have…
The 14 months since Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow have not been kind to those who yearn for a free Egypt. A military junta rules, Islamists…
After nearly 40 primaries, Mitt Romney has more than twice as many delegates as Rick Santorum and more than four times Newt Gingrich’s…
While former governor Mitt Romney has not had an easy time convincing hard core Republican primary voters that he is the 'real deal' and…
Book abstract: Lively Capital is an urgent and important collection of essays addressing the reconfigured relations between the life…