A while ago I used a story about the relative score of North Carolina on "Electoral Integrity" to frame a piece about democratic backsliding. I spend a lot of time looking at datasets, so I have no excuse for not looking at the one used...
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In the United States, Political Science is conventionally divided into four major subfields: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory. These divisions lack strong intellectual justification. They are largely.
Over at my other digs, Kindred Winecoff is running a series called "World Politics in a Time of Populist Nationalism" (which, unfortunately, he's decided requires an acronym). They're all 'good' (if you.
isn't happening. I, for one, am shocked.
I recently suggested LGM readers support a Department of Justice Rule-making process on prison reform. I probably should have added that it's not enough - not nearly enough - to.
In comments, LP and geo requested a post about this subject. My purpose is not to make the case; I’m a poor candidate for such a task as I’m not.
Concur with Spencer re: the banning of the participation Arab political parties in the next Israeli election. Such a ban effectively disenfranchises Israel's Arab minority, making the claim that "Israel is the only liberal democracy in the Middle East" problematic at best.UPDATE [by SL]: Hopefully,...
Well, we American lawyers have been put to shame by our peers in Pakistan. After President Pervez Musharraf (one of Bush's A#1 allies, don't forget) suspended the Constitution, dissolved the.