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Quality of Government: What You Get
(2008-09)
Creating Political Legitimacy: Electoral Democracy versus Quality of Government
(2008-03)
It is often held that the establishment of electoral democracy is key to the creation of political legitimacy. This article challenges this idea and presents an alternative. A large number of empirical studies reveals that ...
Minorities and Mistrust: The Cushioning Impact of Social Contacts and Institutional Fairness
(2008-08)
Previous research concludes that immigrants and minority members, as well as all residents of more diverse contexts, display less generalized trust. Such findings suggest a harsh trade-off between diversity on the one hand ...