The quest for a common collective identity has become a challenge for modern democracy: Liberal demands for greater inclusion and individual freedom, aspirations for a strong and solidaric political community, as well as nationalist or right-wing populist calls for exclusion and a preservation...

We provide the first systematic research into the origins of subjective freedom of speech in Germany. Relying on the GLES 2021 Cross-Section Pre-Election Survey, which includes a newly designed survey item on subjective freedom of speech, we evaluate a whole range of plausible candidate...

Neben einem populistischen Demokratieverständnis bildet auch ein majoritärer Relativismus Teil der deutschen politischen Kultur. Dieser Aufsatz argumentiert und liefert Evidenz dafür, dass es sich um zwei unterschiedliche, aber zugleich teils miteinander verwandte Demokratieauffassungen...

Using large-scale survey data covering more than 110 countries and exploiting within-country variation across cohorts and surveys, we show that individuals with longer exposure to democracy display stronger support for democratic institutions. We bolster these baseline findings using an...

This paper develops a theory of political behavior in which moral values are a luxury good: the relative weight that voters place on moral rather than material considerations increases in income. This idea both generates new testable implications and ties together a broad set of empirical...

"It seems clear that many formerly stable societies in wealthy developed countries appear to be falling into an apparent state of 'permacrisis' accompanied by an increasingly angry and irrational social and political culture that is undermining the peace and stability of our societies and...

Using large-scale survey data covering more than 110 countries and exploiting within-country variation across cohorts and surveys, we show that individuals with longer exposure to democracy display stronger support for democratic institutions. We bolster these baseline findings using an...

Using large-scale survey data covering more than 110 countries and exploiting within-country variation across cohorts and surveys, we show that individuals with longer exposure to democracy display stronger support for democratic institutions. We bolster these baseline findings using an...

The critical role of governance in the promotion of economic development has created intense interest in the manner in which the United States eliminated corruption. This paper examines the concept of corruption in American history; tracing the term corruption to its roots in British political...

The division of America into red states and blue states misleadingly suggests that states are split into two camps, but along most dimensions, like political orientation, states are on a continuum. By historical standards, the number of swing states is not particularly low, and America's...

In this paper we present a model of endogenous trade-policy formation which captures crucial aspects of the Japanese commercial and political culture. We analyze the influence of the portrayed cultural traits and show that cultural idiosyncrasies are important determinants of trade policy...

In this paper we study the endogenous determination of minimum wage employing a political-economic approach. A major objective of the paper is to clarify the crucial role of the strength of the workers' union and if political culture on the determination of the minimum wage. In general, the...

In this paper we study the endogenous determination of monopoly price. Our proposed game of endogenous monopoly-price setting extends the literature on monopoly-price, monopoly rent-seeking contests and monopoly rent-seeking rent-avoidance contests by: (i) Determining the monopoly price such...

We study electoral competition among politicians who are heterogeneous both in competence and in how much they care about (what they perceive as) the public interest relative to the private rents from being in office. We show that politicians' incentives to behave opportunistically increase with...

Using large-scale survey data covering more than 110 countries and exploiting within country variation across cohorts and surveys, we show that individuals with longer exposure to democracy display stronger support for democratic institutions. We bolster these baseline findings using an...

"From popular radio host and social media star Jesse Kelly comes a powerful rallying cry for Americans to recognize the roots of the dangerous communist mentality encroaching on our country today, with Kelly's trademark combination of bombast, intelligence, and humor."

"Canada and the United States explains, across fifteen diverse areas, why and how Canada and the United States are still so different. The book discusses whether or not these differences are growing, the key results of such differences, and the major challenges to be faced in each system....

In New Zealand, the government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis is considered effective as it protected people’s lives with limited disruption to society and the economy. A key factor in achieving these results was a focus on collective goals, grounded in the high-trust relationship that...

"The left is waging a deliberate, relentless attack on our children. The left is waging a deliberate, relentless attack on our children. It's hard to understand that we are fighting actual Marxists, but if we fail to know the enemy, we will lose. In this shocking book, Liz Wheeler exposes the...

Diese Dissertation präsentiert drei Aufsätze, die sich mit politischen, sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Aspekten der internationalen Migration befassen. Das zweite Kapitel untersucht die Beziehung zwischen dem steigenden Anteil der Einwanderer an der Bevölkerung (IPS) und dem Erfolg der...

This study x-rayed the significance of civic political culture on participatory governance and its potentialities on political development. It adopted theoretical postulations in analyzing the subject matter. The analytical model showed a diagrammatic presentation of the relationship among...

Die Forschung zum Thema Konsum hat in den letzten Jahren ihren Fokus erweitert. Aktuelle soziologische Studien wiederum weisen vorwiegend zwei raumzeitliche und thematische Foki auf. Ersterer beleuchtet die sozialen und politischen Veränderungen in den nordamerikanischen und europäischen...

In seinem aktuellen Buch erstellt Thiemo Schiele eine Small-n-Studie die die Governance, Staatlichkeit und Entwicklung der 22 Mitgliedsländer der Arabischen Liga in der Dekade nach dem "Arabischen Frühling" zum Gegenstand hat.Er führt an, dass der Erfolg entwicklungspolitischer Ziele...