"The synergy of these four factors-voter suppression, pockets of incompetence, foreign and domestic dirty tricks, and incendiary rhetoric-undermines public trust in the fairness and accuracy of American elections and creates high risks for the 2020 elections and beyond"--
"As the 2020 presidential campaign begins to take shape, there is widespread distrust of the fairness and accuracy of American elections. In this timely and accessible book, Richard L. Hasen uses riveting stories illustrating four factors increasing the mistrust. Voter suppressi…
"Around the world, citizens have lost faith in their political and economic institutions -- leading to unprecedented levels of political instability and economic volatility. From Moscow to Brussels, from Washington to Cairo, the failure of democracies and autocracies to manage t…
The society of positivity -- The society of exhibition -- The society of evidence -- The society of pornography -- The society of acceleration -- The society of intimacy -- The society of information -- The society of unveiling -- The society of control.
Humans are weak. Lacking the claws and thick skins of other animals, we are forced to rely on members of our own species to survive and flourish in the world. The fact that the human infant is born in an utterly helpless state also makes others' protective care necessary. Attach…
Can great powers be confident that their peers have benign intentions? States that trust each other can live at peace; those that mistrust each other are doomed to compete for arms and allies and may even go to war. Sebastian Rosato explains that states routinely lack the kind o…
Scholars have long seen trust as a foundational social good. We therefore have ample studies on building trust in free markets, on cultivating trust in the state, and on rebuilding trust through civil society. The contributors to this volume, instead, take a step back. They ask:…
