Much of the scholarship on democratization has a myopic focus on economic conditions. Using Afrobarometer, Asianbarometer and the Latinobarometer survey data, the authors examine how crime victimization and perceptions of crime influence citizens' trust in political institutions and attitudes...

This paper presents data and analysis suggesting that immigration as an issue has ramified on to a broader policy agenda than "just" immigration. We show that, controlling for a wide range of political and demographic variables, those who say that immigration is the most important problem facing...

Abstract Voters in California counties have been asked to approve transportation sales taxes on over 75 different occasions, and according to the Legislative Analyst, revenues from local option transportation sales taxes accounted for 15% of all revenues raised statewide for transportation...

There is a longstanding academic debate regarding whether local governments can meaningfully shape their long run fortunes through their own policymaking, or whether the autonomy of localities is swamped by larger macroeconomic forces. In the arena of development policy, specifically, some...