This paper draws on research in geography, linguistics, and political science to explain the
incidence of language regions and their effect on regional authority. It conjectures a chain of …

Scholars of distributive politics often emphasize partisanship and clientelism. However, as
Jennifer Bussell demonstrates in Clients and Constituents, legislators in" patronage …

Populist rule is bad for democracy, yet in country after country, populists are being voted into
office. Populism and Patronage shows that the populists such as Indira Gandhi and …

Within seemingly weak states, exceptionally effective subunits lie hidden. These high-
performing niches exhibit organizational characteristics distinct from poor-performing peer …

Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing
countries. However, some groups within these states are distinctly more effective and public …

Community actions have a significant role in disaster response. This study analyses the
socio-demographic and satisfaction variables within community resilience in the context of …

This article revisits and seeks to challenge one of the most powerful hypotheses in the
political economy scholarship: the supposedly negative relationship between ethnic …

While there is a cumulative research programme on the causes of decentralization to
regional and local governments, research on its policy consequences is less integrated. This …

Experimental Governance and Territorial Development Page 1 EXPERIMENTAL
GOVERNANCE AND TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT Page 2 Broadening innovation policy …

Does the enumeration of ethnic, racial, and/or religious categories on national household
censuses increase the likelihood of conflict? The authors propose a theory of intergroup …