How democracies can survive dilemmas like the coronavirus
Effective crisis leadership helps them rebound.
Italy just voted for two very different kinds of populism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/five-star-movements-win-in-italian-elections-is-big-but-inconclusive/2018/03/05/c268af4e-207c-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_video.html The Italian legislative election of March 4 had two
A controversial article praises colonialism. But colonialism’s real legacy was ugly.
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Taxing the rich leads to representative government. Happy 800th birthday, Magna Carta!
[caption id="attachment_26053" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A close-up of the 1297 Magna
Could Fossil Fuel Abundance Have Negative Political Consequences?
Charles Mann has an interesting article in the Atlantic about
Potpourri
* Frontiers in forecasting, by Michael Ward and Nils Metternich.
Conceding and Thriving: Strong-State Democratization in Asia
Continuing our on going partnership with the Comparative Democratization Section
The Case Against Smart Sanctions
Much hope is vested in the ability of so-called smart
Political scientists in public debate
At the Monkey Cage, we tend to talk about specific
Does blogging help your professional reputation?
Following on Henry's post, here is more: bq. Davis et
More on epistemic closure
"Brendan Nyhan":http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2010/04/measuring-epistemic-closure.html suggests that rather than measuring the product of