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Democracy at Work: Moving Beyond Elections to Improve Well-Being

Democracy at Work: Moving Beyond Elections to Improve Well-Being by Michael Touchtonm, University of Miami; Natasha Borges, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee & Brian Wampler, Boise State University How does democracy work to improve well-being? In this paper, we disentangle the component parts […]

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State Development, Parity, and International Conflict

State Development, Parity, and International Conflict by Douglas M. Gibler, University of Alabama This article explains the relationship between state capabilities and international conflict as a consequence of how, when, and where states enter the international […]

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Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France

Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France by Céline Braconnier, Sciences Po Saint-Germain-University of Cergy-Pontoise, Jean-Yves Dormagen, Université de Montpellier & Vincent Pons, Harvard Business School A large-scale randomized experiment conducted during the 2012 French presidential and parliamentary […]

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The Crisis of Party Democracy, Cognitive Mobilization, and the Case for Making Parties More Deliberative

The Crisis of Party Democracy, Cognitive Mobilization, and the Case for Making Parties More Deliberative by Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti, City College of the City University of New York & FabioWolkenstein, Goethe University Frankfurt This paper develops a normative proposal for addressing […]

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Colonization and Democracy: Tocqueville Reconsidered

Colonization and Democracy: Tocqueville Reconsidered by Ewa Atanassow, Bard College Berlin What is the relationship between Tocqueville’ celebrated account of democracy, based on principles of social equality and popular sovereignty, and his advocacy of colonizing Algeria? […]

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Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Development: Evidence from India

Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Development: Evidence from India by Saad Gulzar, New York University & Benjamin J. Pasquale, Independent Researcher Political interference in the bureaucracy is generally viewed with suspicion. Yet, in a democracy, should we not expect politicians to push […]