Browsing Department of Political Science by Title
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The reality of theory: reflections and reassessment
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Reapportionment and Party Realignment in the American States
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the Recruitment and Training of Poll Workers: What We Know from Scholarly Research
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-09-06)In every election an army of temporary poll workers must be recruited and trained to both assist the public in exercising the right to vote and to enforce the rules governing the voting process. These poll workers are ... -
Reducing Obstacles to Voting for People with Disabilities
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-06-22)The Presidential Commission on Election Administration’s mission includes identifying best practices and making recommendations to promote voting accessibility and improve the experiences of voters with disabilities. This ... -
"Reflections on Habermas on Democracy"
(Ratio Juris, 1999-12) -
Reflections on the VTP's contributions to science, policymaking and education
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2010-09)In the immediate wake of the 2000 presidential election, the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project was initiated. The initial and primary concern of the VTP at that moment was to understand the problems that arose in the ... -
Regional integration in the developing world : ASEAN in a new perspective
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982) -
The Reliability of Electronic Voting Machines in Georgia
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2004-10-08)Following the 2000 presidential election, the state of Georgia instituted the most comprehensive overhaul of voting technology in the country. Georgia’s actions, led by Secretary of State Cathy Cox, were precipitated by ... -
Renewable energy in Abu Dhabi: Opportunities and challenges
(© American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an oil-rich country located in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Abu Dhabi is the largest emirate in the country, and Abu Dhabi is the capital of the UAE. The country has the one ... -
A report on Bucharest. The World Population Conference and the Population Tribune, August 1974
(© 1974 Population Council Inc., 1974-12)The United Nations World Population Conference in Bucharest, Romania, in August 1974, was the first international conference of governments to discuss population and development. It represented a breakthrough in a field ... -
Report on Provisional Ballots and American Elections
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-06-21)Both empirical and anecdotal data indicate that the use of provisional ballots in U.S. elections is a mixed bag. On the one hand, providing voters whose eligibility is unclear with an opportunity to cast a provisional ... -
Report on Registration Systems in American Elections
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-06-26)Voter registration systems are the backbone of election administration in the United States today. These lists facilitate the operation of elections at the precinct level, communications by election officials and candidates ... -
Research initiative to understand & model state stability: Exploiting system dynamics.
(© The System Dynamics Society, 2005)The 9/11 Commission Report states: “We learned that the institutions charted with protecting ...national security did not understand how grave this threat can be, and did not adjust their policies, plans, and practices to ... -
Research Note on Footnote 24 of the 6th Circuit Hunter Decision
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2011-02-03)The decision issued by the three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in the matter of Hunter v. Hamilton County Board of Elections contains a very interesting analysis of problems with Ohio’s law about counting ... -
Residual Vote in the 2004 Election
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-02-07)In 2000 Americans learned that their elections are not always run according to the highest standards. This revelation led to two major developments. The first was a flurry of election reform activity at the state and ... -
Residual Votes Attributable to Technology: An Assessment of the Reliability of Existing Voting Equipment
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2001-03-30)American elections are conducted using a hodge-podge of different voting technologies: paper ballots, lever machines, punch cards, optically scanned ballots, and electronic machines. And the technologies we use change ... -
Resilient mechanism design foundations for governance of cyberspace: Exploration in theory, strategy, and policy
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-09)Three related trends in world politics – shifting in power relations, increased diversity of actors and entities, and the growing mobilization and politicization of global constituencies are contributing to a global “tussle” ... -
Resolving Voter Registration Problems: Making Registration Easier, Less Costly and More Accurate
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2009-08)The practice of voter registration has a long history in the United States. In 1800, Massachusetts was the first state to impose a voter registration requirement. By Reconstruction, voter registration was used in a handful ... -
Resource constraints as causes of conflict
(© Environment and Policy Society, 1991)There is a crucial connection between resource constraints and Conflict among nations. As yet, however, the international community has paid little attention to that link. It is thereby missing the opportunity to develop ... -
Resource scarcity and foreign policy: A simulation model of international conflict
(© Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972)This paper describes the initial stages of an interdisciplinary research project designed to trace the effects of domestic resource needs and scarcities in advanced technological societies upon international behavior. Our ...