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Alexis de Tocqueville’s Ancient Modern Liberty

Forde, Steven - 2010

that such citizenship is vital to the success of democracy. This has been a source of both self-congratulation and anxiety … citizenship appears as a dissent from accepted views. I look at Tocqueville's Ancien Regime and Democracy in America, together … ultimate plausibility) has important implications for anxieties over the state of American democracy today …

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The Form and Function of Political Theorizing : Toward an 'Episodic' Political Theory

Murphy, Andrew - 2010

Though we often think in terms of 'big names' who write 'big books,' political theory has always appeared in many guises. The philosophical treatise stands alongside the political oration, the prison letter, the petition, the novel, the satirical send-up, the drama: all of these different prose...

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Political Philosophy in Arendt's Denktagebuch

Chacon Aguirre, Rodrigo - 2010

Eight years ago, the philosophical notebooks of one of the most widely-read political theorists of our time were published. Spanning twenty-three years, from 1950 to 1973, and containing more than eight hundred pages of annotations, Arendt's Denktagebuch is a unique testimony to the life of the...

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Threats to Confidentiality in Political Science Research

Altman, Micah - 2014

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The Changing Politics of Science Policy

Grossmann, Matt - 2014

. Scholars study political institutions and behavior because they relate to the decisions made by government on policy …

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Curses and Conditionality : Do Oil and Aid Affect Democratization Differently?

Wright, Joseph - 2011

empirical analysis employs data on transitions to democracy from non-democracy to examine how aid and oil affect democratization …

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Democracy, Development, and Armed Conflict

Hegre, Haavard - 2010

The paper argues that democratic institutions become more effective as conflict reducing mechanisms in the presence of … development and democracy. Low-income democracies are at least as conflict-prone as low-income non-democracies, but high …

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Voting Power in Multi-Party Democracies : Evidence from a Model of Electoral Targeting for Income, Gender, Age and Education Groups in 15 European Democracies

Idema, Timo - 2010

This paper develops a model of electoral targeting in multi-party systems. Seat-share maximizing parties can use policy transfers to win votes by 1) converting undecided voters, 2) mobilizing loyal supporters, or 3) lowering the turn-out of voters loyal to other parties. The model allows for the...

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Disenchanted Workers, Selective Abstention and the Electoral Defeat of Social Democracy in Germany

Elff, Martin - 2010

The Bundestag elections of 2009 meant a crushing defeat for the German social democrats. Never before had a party faced losses at such a high percentage in post-war Germany. The paper argues that these losses were not incurred at the margin but at the core of the social democrats' traditional...

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Diffusing Liberal Market and Democratic Values : Assessing Turkey's 'Soft Power' in Transforming its Neighborhood

Kirisci, Kemal - 2010

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