▪ Abstract The growing literature on deliberative democratic practice finds that deliberation is
a difficult and relatively rare form of communication. Each moment of a deliberative …

Women's political participation and representation vary dramatically within and between
countries. We selectively review the literature on gender in politics, focusing on women's …

Congress is crippled by ideological conflict. The political parties are more polarized today
than at any time since the Civil War. Americans disagree, fiercely, about just about …

There is little doubt that increasing polarization over the last decade has transformed the
American political landscape. In The Other Divide, Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan …

Social role theory provides a framework to help understand the complexity of gender in the
political sphere. We demonstrate how SRT both helps to explain extant research findings …

Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more
frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be …

" 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 …

The current debate on political participation is bound to a discussion about whether citizens
are active or passive. This dichotomous notion is nurtured by an extensive normative debate …

Crime victimization is an important cause of political participation. Analysis of survey data
from five continents shows that individuals who report recent crime victimization participate …

" As the number of women candidates for office in the US increases each election cycle,
scholars are confronted with questions about the impact of their sex on their chances of …