This paper focuses on two major areas of inquiry. First the paper addresses divided government and the conditions …, which bring about divided government as well as the conditions in unified government is most likely to occur. This research … also focuses on the effects of legislative professionalism on democratic theory. Divided government is most likely to occur …

. In that paper, we argue that there are four possible mechanisms related to direct democracy that could lead to this …

of his work are enhanced. Among other things, we stand to learn much about his contributions to the democracy theory of … that he is the Philosopher of Democracy.ﾔ I will highlight Emersonﾒs early and late religiosity, mainly focusing on the … relation to democracy, or what I will call Emerson's spiritual democracy. I will identify two central and interrelated …

initiative be used as an end-run around voting rights for minorities in local government settings? I argue that municipal …

what way economic inequality and welfare spending have been affected by government partisanship in South Korea and Taiwan … persuasion of the government on inequality and the welfare state, systematic studies in new democracies have been rare. Applying … power resource theory, we test the effect of government partisanship on economic inequality and social policy in the two …