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The Uncertain Relationship Between Open Data and Accountability

My article in response to Yu and Robinson’s recent paper on open data has just been published in the UCLA Law Review Discourse: The Uncertain Relationship Between Open Data and Accountability: A...

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Italian Politics 2.0: The Multifaceted Effect of the Internet on Political...

We investigate the impact of the diffusion of high-speed Internet on different forms of political participation, using data from Italy. We exploit differences in the availability of ADSL broadband...

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Rethinking Why People Participate

Having a refined understanding of what leads people to participate is one of the main concerns of those working with citizen engagement. But particularly when it comes to participatory democracy, that...

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Who Participates in Africa? Dispelling the Myth

picture by Britanny Danisch on flickr. Whenever discussing participation in Africa (as well as in other developing contexts) the issue of “who participates” often emerges. A constant in these...

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Education, Information Credibility, and Control of Corruption

Cartoon by Winsor McCay (1930), archived by Alan Light on Flickr. Here’s an interesting paper by Weitz-Shapiro and Winters (2014)  on the role of education in political control of corruption, which...

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A Brilliant Story of Participation, Technology and Development Outcomes

A major argument for democratic governance is that more citizen participation leads to better outcomes through an improved alignment between citizens’ preferences and policies. But how does that play...

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The Democratic Lottery*

With a newly elected President and the most fragmented Parliament in its history, Brazilian politics are likely headed for gridlock. Lottery could well be the solution. Tiago Peixoto and Guilherme...

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Survey of young adults further exposes the challenges for US democracy. But...

I just came across the recently published data from the GenForward project in the United States, a nationally representative survey of over 3,000 young adults aged 18-36 conducted by political...

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46 favorite reads on democracy, civic tech and a few other interesting things

I’ve recently been exchanging with some friends on a list of favorite reads from 2020. While I started with a short list, it quickly grew: after all, despite the pandemic, there has been lots of...

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Easter readings: new selection of articles and notes on democracy, open...

Open government’s uncertain effects and the Biden opportunity: what now?  A review of 10 years of open government research reveals: 1) “a transparency-driven focus”,  2) “methodological concerns”, and...

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