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Power operates in every domain of human life: in families and communities; in social, civic, and economic organizations; and in political states and regimes. Reclaiming democracy means contending with power. Fixing Democracy Demands the Building and Aligning of People’s Motivation and Authority to Act
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A first wave of sociological research on the 2016 presidential election has now been published, and a prominent theme of this research is the appeal of Trump’s campaign to white, working-class voters. Status Threat, Material Interests, and the 2016 Presidential Vote
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Last summer, the killings of two unarmed African American men-Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York, and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri-by white police officers reignited the national conversation about racial inequality in the United States. Racial Inequality After Racism
Robert Lieberman
Fredrick C. Harris
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Political scientists have long used agriculture to study interest group politics. For pluralists like Truman, farmers were typical of ‘pressure groups’ that formed and pursued their interests through politics. Post-exceptionalism and corporate interests in US agricultural policy
Adam Sheingate
Allysan Scatterday
Bob Martin
Keeve Nachman
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At the heart of most theories of democratic accountability is the idea that voters retrospectively evaluate politicians and their actions. How do voters perceive changes to the rules of the game? Evidence from the 2014 Hungarian elections
Daniel Ziblatt
John S. Ahlquist
Nahomi Ichino
Jason Wittenberg
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Russia, Churchill one said, is a "riddle wrapped in an enigma." Nowadays, we need not use such mysterious language, for we know far more about today's Kremlin than we ever knew about the Soviet Union and its secretive elite. Putin’s Grand Strategy
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Although robust citizen participation is fundamental to a healthy democracy, we still lack a clear sense of how to motivate participation. Does the Content of Political Appeals Matter in Motivating Participation? A Field Experiment on Self Disclosure in Political Appeals
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The Organizational Roots of Political Activism: Field Experiments on Creating a Relational Context
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At the height of World War II, Henry Luce, the founder of Time magazine, argued that the United States had amassed such wealth and power that the twentieth century would come to be known simply as “the American Century.” The End of the Democratic Century
Yascha Mounk
Roberto Stefan Foa
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The citizens of wealthy, established democracies are less satisfied with their governments than they have been at any time since opinion polling began. The Danger of Deconsolidation: The Democratic Disconnect
Yascha Mounk
Roberto Stefan Foa
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