Can International Election Monitoring Harm Governance?
In a new paper in the Journal of Politics, Alberto Simpser and Daniela Donno argue that high-quality election monitoring, by preventing certain forms of election fraud, can cause incumbent leaders to resort to tactics that have a negative effect on overall governance in the country.
Public Funding, Parties, and Polarization in Maine and Arizona
Seth Masket and Michael G. Miller explore the impact of public campaign funding on the ideology of legislators. The authors find that clean-funded legislators were more ” ideologically extreme relative to their districts and parties than traditionally-funded legislators were.”
Can We Trust Shoestring Evaluations?
The World Bank Development Research Group has published a new paper examining the effectiveness of “shoestring” methods of impact evaluation.
The Impact of Ballot Type on Voter Errors
Writing in the American Journal of Political Science, Paul Herrson, Michael Hamner and Richard Niemi have published a new paper, “The Impact of Ballot Type on Voter Errors.”
Larry Diamond: The Coming Wave
In an article in the Journal of Democracy, Larry Diamond argues that if there is going to be a great advance of democracy in this decade, it is most likely going to emanate from East Asia.
The congressional politics of U.S. aid to Egypt
In a paper published by the University of Salford, Manchester, Lars Berger argues that shows that contributions from defense interests have a large influence on the willingness of Congressmen to defeat attempts to reduce military aid to Egypt during the Mubarak era.
Quid Pro Quo: Builders, Politicians, and Election Finance in India
Devesh Kapur and Milan Vaishnav published a paper for the Center for Global Development exploring the use of illegal funding from the construction sector for elections in India.
Authoritarian Informationalism: China’s Approach to Internet Sovereignty
Min Jiang has published an article in the SAIS Review entitled, Authoritarian Informationalism: China’s Approach to Internet Sovereignty.
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