Browsing Department of Political Science by Title
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Legislative Bargaining Under Weighted Voting
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Lessons and Trends in E-Voting: Initiatives in the U.S. and Abroad
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-09-01)Since the 2000 election, there has been a debate over the role of voting technology in the election process. In 2000 and 2001, this debate focused on the deficiencies associated with paper ballots—especially the punch ... -
Lessons from the 2012 Election Administration and Voting Survey
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-08-03)Since our country’s inception, collecting appropriate data on elections and the administration of elections has been somewhat problematic, due to the fact that multiple levels of government are involved in running elections ... -
LIGHTS: Laboratory for information globalization and harmonization technologies and studies
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003-02)Three important trends – unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic activity – are creating new opportunities for global politics, with challenging ... -
Lost in cyberspace: Harnessing the Internet, international relations, and global security
(Sage Journals/© 2012 Nazli Choucri, & Daniel Goldsmith, 2012-03-01)Early in the twenty-first century, new, cyber-based threats to the well-being of individuals, economies, and societies added a new dimension to the well-understood threats of the twentieth century. For the first time in ... -
Machines Versus Humans: The Counting and Recounting of Pre-Scored Punchcard Ballots
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-09-20)The counting of ballots, especially punchcard ballots, has received a great deal of attention in the years following the 2000 presidential election in Florida. Much of the research literature has focused on various measures ... -
Making Voting Easier: Convenience Voting in the 2008 Presidential Election
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2010-03-15)In this study we analyze the choice of voting mode in the 2008 presidential election. We use a large-sample survey with national coverage that allows us to overcome limitations of previous studies. Our analysis provides a ... -
Mapping sustainability: Knowledge e-networking and the value chain
(© Springer, 2007)The focus is on three interdependent research initiatives designed to facilitate the management of transitions toward sustainable development. First, mapping sustainability as a knowledge domain, second, contributing to ... -
A matrix based integrated framework for multi disciplinary exploration of cyber-international relations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Cyberspace is the most pervasive and rapidly adopted communication media and the most disruptive until date. It is now indispensable for almost every facet of modern society and touches, practically, everyone by providing ... -
"Maximizing Social Welfare or Institutionalizing Democratic Ideals?"
(Politics and Society, 1991) -
Measuring Election Performance
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2009-12-11)The 2000 presidential election was one of the closest elections in American history. A margin of about 550,000 votes separated Al Gore from George Bush, only about 0.52% of votes cast. And despite the fact that Gore received ... -
Measuring the Effects of Voter Confidence on Political Participation: An Application to the 2006 Mexican Election
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2009-06-20)In this paper we study the causal effect of voter confidence on participation decisions in the 2006 Mexican Election. Previous research has shown that voter confidence was a relevant factor in explaining participation ... -
Measuring the Impact of Voting Technology on Residual Vote Rates
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-08)In the wake of the 2000 election, the importance of knowing the impact of voting equipment on the number of uncounted ballots became evident. Using data from the 1988-2004 presidential elections, this paper estimates the ... -
Measuring the Improvement (Or Lack of Improvement) in Voting Since 2000 in the U.S.
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-09-04)This paper summarizes what systematic evidence exists about the performance of the American voting process in 2004 and proposes a comprehensive system of performance measures that would allow citizens and officials to ... -
Megacities and global accord
(© Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002) -
Methodological perspectives and research implications
(© Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974-11)This study is one of a number done by academic and other research institutions for the Department of State as part of its external research program. The program is planned and coordinated by the Department of State Research ... -
Migration and employment in the construction sector: Critical factors in Egyptian development
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979-01)The migration of construction workers is having a strong effect on the construction sector and on the economy as a whole. There are costs and benefits to this migration. And there are policy implications that must be clearly ... -
Migration and security: Some key linkages
(© Gale Academic OneFile, 2002)As migration is defined as the movement of people across national boundaries--an inter-state phenomenon--we would expect it to be addressed by students of international relations.... It is ... glaring to note the absence ...