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The Iraq Coalition of the Willing and (Politically) Able: Party Systems, the Press, and Public Influence on Foreign Policy: by Baum, Matthew; Media outlets in multiparty electoral systems tend to report on a wider range of policy issues than media in two-party systems. They thus make more competing policy frames available to citizens....; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: April 2013 More

Theses on Urbanization: by Brenner, Neil; The urban has become a keyword of early twenty-first-century economic, political, and cultural discourse. But as its resonance has intensified in social science and in the public sphere, the...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 2013 More

From Abortion to Islam: The Changing Function of Law in Europe's Cultural Debates: by Liviatan, Ofrit; The Article rethinks the law’s role in present-day European debates over Islam in light of its calming effects on the once fiercely-fought abortion reforms across Western Europe. Using examples...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 2013 More

From Abortion to Islam: The Changing Function of Law in Europe's Cultural Debates: by Liviatan, Ofrit; The Article rethinks the law’s role in present-day European debates over Islam in light of its calming effects on the once fiercely-fought abortion reforms across Western Europe. Using examples...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 2013 More

From Abortion to Islam: The Changing Function of Law in Europe's Cultural Debates: by Liviatan, Ofrit; The Article rethinks law’s role in present-day European debates over Islam in light of its calming effects on the once fiercely-fought abortion reforms across Western Europe. Using examples from...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 2013 More

The Imperial Peace in Colonial Africa and Africa's Underdevelopment: by Bates, Robert H.; When praised at all, imperialism is most often commended for the peace it bestowed. By demobilizing armies, deposing marauding princes and subduing war-like states, European powers fashioned a...; Publication Type: Book Chapter; Published Date: December 2012 More

Do Primaries Improve Electoral Performance? Clientelism and Intra-Party Conflict in Ghana: by Nathan, Noah; Ichino, Nahomi; We consider the effect of legislative primaries on the electoral performance of political parties in a new democracy. While existing literature suggests that primaries may either hurt a party by...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: November 2012 More

A Précis of On Global Justice, With Emphasis on Implications for International Institutions: by Risse, Mathias; The two traditional ways of thinking about justice at the global level either limit the applicability of justice to states or else extend it to all human beings. The view I defend rejects both these...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: October 2012 More

The State of Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: by Bates, Robert H.; Africa experienced a wave of democratization over the past 20 years and this increase in democracy, we find, positively and significantly affects income per capita. Our dynamic panel data results...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: September 2012 More

The New Institutionalism and Africa: by Bates, Robert H.; After briefly reviewing the new institutionalism, this article uses the history of political reform in Africa to test its key tenet: that power, if properly organized, is a productive resource. It...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: September 2012 More