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Between Presumption and Despair: Augustine’s Hope for the Commonwealth by Michael Lamb, Wake Forest University  What might citizens hope for in politics? Given current divisions, is it possible to share any of these hopes in common? This […]

When the Money Stops: Fluctuations in Financial Remittances and Incumbent Approval in Central Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia by Katerina Tertytchnaya, University of Oxford, Catherine E. De Vries, Vrije Universiteit, Hector Solaz, Vrije Universiteit and David Doyle, University of […]

Ethnoracial Homogeneity and Public Outcomes: The (Non)effects of Diversity by Alexander Kustov, Princeton University and Giuliana Pardelli, Princeton University Is ethnic or racial homogeneity beneficial to local communities? A common argument in the political science literature states […]

How Internal Constraints Shape Interest Group Activities: Evidence from Access-Seeking PACs by Zhao Li, Stanford Graduate School of Business  Interest groups contribute much less to campaigns than legally allowed. Consequently,prevailing theories infer these contributions must yield minimal […]

On the Limits of Officials’ Ability to Change Citizens’ Priorities: A Field Experiment in Local Politics by Daniel M. Butler, University of California and Hans J.G. Hassell, Florida State University  We test whether politicians’ communications shape their supporters’ […]

Endogenous Taxation in Ongoing Internal Conflict: The Case of Colombia by Rafael Ch, New York University, Jacob N. Shapiro, Princeton University, Abbey Steele, University of Amsterdam and Juan F. Vargas, Universidad El Rosario  How does internal armed conflict affect state development? […]

Who Polices the Administrative State? by Kenneth Lowande, University of Michigan In the U.S. Congress, most oversight of the executive branch is conducted by individual legislators who contact agencies privately. This study uses the internal correspondence logs […]

 The Power of the Multitude: Answering Epistemic Challenges to Democracy by Samuel Bagg, McGill University Debates about the value of democracy have often turned on the competence of ordinary people. Critics since Plato have argued that average […]