Are people happier if they experience freedom from regulation, and how do individual attitudes towards liberalisation influence personal life satisfaction? Based on data from European and World Values Surveys and the Economic Freedom of the World project we find evidence for positive effects of...

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction: The study of political elites, by H. D. Lasswell.--The world revolution of our time: A framework for basic policy research, by H. D. Lasswell.--The Politburo, by G. K. Schueller.--The Fascists: the changing elite, by H. D. Lasswell with R. Sereno.--The Nazi...

We investigate voting behavior on human rights in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Our central question is whether countries with a low human rights record systematically oppose human rights resolutions. An instrumental account of voting would suggest that these countries aim to...