Journals

Political Commitment and the Value of Partisanship Lea Ypi, London School of Economics and Political Science This article defends the value of partisanship for political commitment. It clarifies what political commitment is, how it resembles and […]

Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes Kevin Croke,World Bank Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania Horacio A. Larreguy, Harvard University John Marshall, Columbia University A large literature examining advanced and consolidating democracies suggests […]

The Primary Effect: Preference Votes and Political Promotions Olle Folke, Uppsala University and Research Institute for Industrial Economics Torsten Persson, Stockholm University and CIFAR Johanna Rickne, Research Institute for Industrial Economics and UCLS In this analysis of […]

“Contesting the Empire of Habit”: Habituation and Liberty in Lockean Education Rita Koganzon, University of Virginia Although John Locke’s educational curriculum has traditionally been seen to aim at creating free citizens capable of independent thought, the […]

Reaching the Individual: EU Accession, NGOs, and Human Rights Ana Bracic, University of Oklahoma Can human rights institutions influence individual behavior? This article tests the ground level effectiveness of two strategies that aim to eliminate discrimination: […]

Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects Avidit Acharya, Stanford University Matthew Blackwell, Harvard University Maya Sen, Harvard University Researchers seeking to establish causal relationships frequently control for variables on the purported causal pathway, checking […]

Testing Civics: State-Level Civic Education Requirements and Political Knowledge David E. Campbell, University of Notre Dame Richard G. Niemi, University of Rochester Do state-level exams in civics have a positive impact on young people’s civic knowledge? We […]