Author: Dennis F. Thompson

The 2000 election showed that the mechanies of voting, such as ballot design, can make a critical difference in the accuracy and fairness of our el...

The most widely debated conception of democracy in recent years is deliberative democracy--the idea that citizens or their representatives owe each...

Are public officials morally justified in threatening violence, engaging in deception, or forcing citizens to act for their own good? Can individua...

The 2000 election showed that the mechanies of voting, such as ballot design, can make a critical difference in the accuracy and fairness of our el...

To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis--dramatically demonstrated by t...