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How a Papal Ban Reshaped the French Right
Read more: How a Papal Ban Reshaped the French RightPolitical extremism is often attributed to voter anger and broader structural socioeconomic conditions. From this perspective, efforts to counter extremist movements may appear futile, since such groups are seen as deeply embedded in the contexts from which they arise. But is this necessarily the case? To address this question, we examine the Papal condemnation of…
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Can Awareness Disrupt Partisan Bias In Policy Evaluation?
Read more: Can Awareness Disrupt Partisan Bias In Policy Evaluation?One of the strongest findings in political behavior research is that people often take cues from their party when forming opinions. If their party supports a proposal, they are more likely to support it too. If the opposing party supports it, they often move the other way. In a polarized age, that pattern matters. It…
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How the Supreme Court Exploded the Racial Turnout Gap
Read more: How the Supreme Court Exploded the Racial Turnout GapAs the Court again weighs the fate of the Voting Rights Act, new research shows that 2013’s Shelby County v. Holder (an earlier decision that hollowed out the law’s protections) dramatically increased the racial turnout gap.Continue readingHow the Supreme Court Exploded the Racial Turnout Gap
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Elections, AI, and Influence Campaigns
Read more: Elections, AI, and Influence CampaignsBy Ori Swed, Texas Tech University, and Bryan Giemza, Texas Tech University In 2014, Russia changed the information landscape by utilizing mass production tactics and building on surveillance capitalism tools to flood Ukraine with disinformation. Similar campaigns, on a larger scale, aimed at influencing the 2016 US Presidential elections brought these tactics into the light.…
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Can the International Criminal Court restore its image?
Read more: Can the International Criminal Court restore its image?An image problem For international courts to function effectively, they require the support of citizens in the countries they investigate. Sometimes, this support is easily attained, as seen when Ukrainians…Continue readingCan the International Criminal Court restore its image?
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Legislative Studies in the Time of AI-Powered Parliaments
Read more: Legislative Studies in the Time of AI-Powered ParliamentsBy Francesco Bromo, University of Oxford, and Paolo Gambacciani, University of Bologna In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to reshape nearly every aspect of modern life, including the very fabric of representative democracy. From machine learning tools that classify legislative documents to natural language processing systems capable of summarizing plenary debates, AI is…
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How Africans Weigh the Benefits and Risks of Media Freedom
Read more: How Africans Weigh the Benefits and Risks of Media FreedomIn the early 1990s, the growth of independent media played a vital role in Africa’s democratic transitions. New outlets broke state monopolies, promoting accountability and pluralism. But media freedom has…Continue readingHow Africans Weigh the Benefits and Risks of Media Freedom
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The Tax Break That Broke the Habit
Read more: The Tax Break That Broke the HabitMontevideo’s Lottery for Good TaxpayersIn 2004, Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, launched a pioneering program to reward punctual taxpayers by entering them into a lottery. The winners got a “tax…Continue readingThe Tax Break That Broke the Habit
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How Race Shapes Climate Attitudes
Read more: How Race Shapes Climate AttitudesClimate change is an issue of economic transformation. As societies decarbonize, the focus of economic activity will shift from greenhouse gas-intensive industries to clean alternatives. As they are forced to…Continue readingHow Race Shapes Climate Attitudes
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When the Polls Turn Sour: How Politicians Shift Their Facebook Game
Read more: When the Polls Turn Sour: How Politicians Shift Their Facebook GameImagine you’re a politician enjoying a decent run in the opinion polls. You post on Facebook about the issues you care about most—your party’s core themes, the things you think…Continue readingWhen the Polls Turn Sour: How Politicians Shift Their Facebook Game
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