ST. AIDAN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, built in 1911, sat in the middle of a relatively dense and
highly desirable residential area in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was, among other things …

Scholars and policymakers have highlighted institutions that enable community participation
as a potential buffer against existing political inequalities. Yet these venues may bias policy …

Decisions about how to organize and run an election can shape political participation. Policy
choices may distribute election resources unequally, skewing voting outcomes. In low-and …

In new democracies, political parties often use clientelist strategies to mobilize voters during
elections. In this article, we show that political machines systematically use vote buying to …

Why do some countries hold elections that meet global democratic standards, while other
countries do not? Electoral Commissions and Democratization in Africa makes a novel …

We examine the effects of national voter registration policies on voting and registration
patterns with a large-scale experimental study. Together with Kenya's electoral commission …

Little is known about the political consequences of immigration in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this
paper, we estimate the effect of exposure to immigration on election outcomes in South …

Democratic states often wield coercive force against ordinary people, yet little is known
about the electoral consequences thereof. We analyze how incumbent electoral support in …

This chapter turns to questions about how the institutional context influences voter turnout
and how these effects might vary across rich and poor voters. The chapter contends that two …

Governments in several countries create separate-gender polling stations to encourage
female voting. Yet, little is known about the effectiveness of this policy. We estimate the …