The financing of political campaigns is an area of active scholarly study. I review some of the
recent literature and discuss important methodological issues that arise in empirical …

▪ Abstract Until recently, direct democracy scholarship was primarily descriptive or
normative. Much of it sought to highlight the processes' shortcomings. We describe new …

As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the price Over
the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally …

" The book's combined focus on parties as institutions and systems, alongside political
attitudes and behaviors, is why I use it... I have yet to find another text that accomplishes …

Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political
decision making process? At a time when there is growing disillusionment with the …

Political scientists have long classified systems of government as parliamentary or
presidential, two-party or multiparty, and so on. But such distinctions often fail to provide …

Challenging the common assumption that models of direct democracy and representative
democracy are necessarily at odds, Direct Democracy Worldwide demonstrates how …

People categorize themselves and others, creating ingroup and outgroup distinctions. In
American politics, parties constitute the in‐and outgroups, and party leaders hold sway in …

That there is a" digital divide"—which falls between those who have and can afford the latest
in technological tools and those who have neither in our society—is indisputable. Virtual …

This text is the most comprehensive account of these various democratic innovations.
Written by an outstanding team of international experts it examines the theories behind …