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When do people support taxing the rich?
Read more: When do people support taxing the rich?According to the compensatory theory of tax fairness, people support raising taxes on the rich when they perceive them to have benefited from unequal state action. This idea has been used to explain the historically high top marginal tax rates following the two world wars. In this context, while the poor were risking their lives…
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The Multidimensional Economic Voter: Lessons from the 2019 Belgian Election Study
Read more: The Multidimensional Economic Voter: Lessons from the 2019 Belgian Election StudyThe conventional story of economic voting is simple: when the economy does well, incumbent governments get re-elected; when it is in decline, they get punished. But advancements in the economic voting literature suggest that the compleat economic voter is multidimensional, with valence (i.e., the assessment of economic performance) as only one dimension, alongside economic policy…
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Does political distrust cause political disengagement? Maybe not.
Read more: Does political distrust cause political disengagement? Maybe not.People are interested in political distrust because we normally assume that it is caused by poor government performance and that it has negative consequences, especially for political participation. In this paper, we challenge these two assumptions.Continue readingDoes political distrust cause political disengagement? Maybe not.
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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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