The benchmark first and second editions of Comparing Democracies represented essential guides to the global study of elections. Reflecting…
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Talking about inequality in Peter Bachrach's work is much like talking about just distribution in Marx. It misses the point. Although…
Background: Differentiating between appropriate and inappropriate resource use represents a critical challenge in health services research…
In this paper, I analyze the impacts of a centuries-old social institution, the caste system, (directly) on households'access to water…
Two experimental studies examined the effect of power-seeking intentions on backlash toward women in political office. It was hypothesized…
The article examines the sanctions model of
principal-agent relations versus the selection model in which the
principal and the agent…
First published in Philosophy & Public Affairs 35 (2007): 359-400.
Is forcing a people to be free possible, and if so, is it ever…
It is by now a cliché to observe that Barack Obama took office facing the greatest challenge of any United States president since Franklin…