"Exile," as a concept, remains largely neglected by political theory. Of the few pieces addressing it, most approach exile as a phenomenon peculiar to ancient cultures, or as a tool of the illiberal, even authoritarian, ...

Why would a state export warships that could be used against it? Strategic logic suggests that increasing another state's combat power is bad policy, as the United Kingdom discovered when it faced British-built destroyers ...

For much of the Cold War period, a significant majority of legislators were veterans. These Americans provided a bridge between civilian and military leadership. Today, that bridge is disappearing. Scholars now provide ...

What explains differences in electoral authoritarian outcomes? Why are some regimes able to utterly dominate elections with comparatively lower levels of fraud and coercion, while in other cases regimes can only muster ...

Latin American political systems are characterized by powerful presidential institutions vis à vis legislatures. Presidents hold significant power resources to control the budget process, leaving the congress as a mere ...

Political scientists have failed to recognize the political importance of the president's spouse. While the evolving role of the first lady over time from White House hostess to presidential advisor has been documented ...

Exploro los determinantes del desarrollo politico y economico que ayudan a que mas mujeres sean electas en los congresos

Traditionally a responsibility of the federal government, immigration policymaking has become more common in state legislatures. The majority of new state laws addressing immigration have been restrictive in the sense that ...

Do reforms to campaign finance laws affect citizens' views toward government responsiveness? The bedrock of all campaign finance laws in the United States is the government's compelling interest in preventing "corruption ...

In this thesis, I try to find a state legislature's most efficient point between the length of its legislative session and its price per bill. Unlike previous studies of legislative productivity and efficiency, I attempt ...