Historical institutionalist theories of endogenous change have enhanced our understanding
of institutional development by providing a theoretical vocabulary for analyzing how …

Increasingly, cultural diversity is being paid attention to by economists, signifying the
importance of international allocation of human capital to world economic wellbeing. This …

The study of contagion offers important but underexplored opportunities to rethink and
advance our understanding of key concepts in political science. These include notably state …

Alongside the spread of democracy in the develo** world, vote buying has emerged as an
integral part of election campaigns. Yet, we know little about the causes of vote buying in …

Military coups have posed a persistent threat to political stability in Africa, undermining
democratization efforts, igniting insurgencies, and leading to years of devastating military …

At the psychological level, ethnic conflict can be seen as an extreme result of normal group
identification processes. Bridging perceived intergroup boundaries is therefore key to …

Do politicians engage in ethnic and racial favoritism when conducting constituency service?
This article presents results from a replication field experiment with local South African …

Race is arguably the single most troublesome and volatile concept of the social sciences in
the early 21st century. It is invoked to explain all manner of historical phenomena and …

Examining a key puzzle in the study of electoral violence, this study asks how elites organize
violence and why ordinary citizens participate. While existing theories of electoral violence …

In this theory generating article, we take up the question of what shapes the role of host
governments in social service provision for refugees, using the case of education. We …