The Consequences of Partisan Behavior in Congress: Insights from the Director Labor Market
Image: Jessica Rodriguez Rivas // wikimedia.org What are the consequences of highly partisan behavior in Congress? While scholars have explored…
Facilitating Development: How Facilitation Workshops Improve Bureaucratic Performance
A well-informed, knowledgeable bureaucracy is a necessary precondition for effective policy design and implementation. Unfortunately, real-word bureaucracies fall well-short of…
Evaluating Claims of Intersectionality
While not universal, it remains a common refrain that one can’t or shouldn’t evaluate claims of intersectionality with an interaction…
Improving Citizen-Police Cooperation Using Hotlines: A Simple, Inexpensive Intervention
All around the world, police departments rely on information from citizens to do their jobs efficiently and effectively. While officers…
How Do Leaks Affect Political Decisions?
Leaks of confidential information are pervasive in politics and a recurring topic in public debate. Roughly speaking, they come in…
Love Thy (Elected) Neighbor? Residential Segregation, Political Representation and Local Public Goods
There is a growing body of evidence showing the importance of neighborhood context in shaping the long-run life outcomes of…
When winning elections is not enough for women: The gender gap in the formation of governments
Image: Fernando Calvo // Ministry of the Presidency. Government of Spain. Pedro Sánchez during the first day of debate on…
Can You Teach Democracy? The Soft Power of Foreign Exchange Programs
Each year, the US spends millions on academic and cultural exchange programs. Motivated in promoting liberal values and democratization, these…
Perspective Taking Through Partisan Eyes: Empathy, Partisanship, and International Cooperation
Classic theories of international relations suggest that conflict results from states’ inability to consider security issues from one another’s perspectives.…
War Crimes, Punishment, and the Public
Russian soldiers in Ukraine are accused of war crimes and violations of human rights, including murder and sexual violence. Western…