Stephen Saideman received a 2015 Abe Fellowship to conduct a research project in Japan titled "The Role of Parliamentarians in Overseeing Armed Forces." In this essay, Saideman reflects on the current status…
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Democracy Papers
Closed-Door Compromise—If Politicians Will Show Up
by Sarah Anderson, Daniel M. Butler and Laurel Harbridge-Yong
In the latest contribution to the Democracy Papers, Sarah E. Anderson, Daniel Butler, and Laurel Harbridge-Yong discuss the importance of closed-door negotiations for successful legislative compromise. Using experimental data collected from state legislators, the authors demonstrate that lawmakers expect private negotiations to result in successful compromises more often than public negotiations. These results are part of a project funded through the Anxieties of Democracy “Negotiating Agreement in Congress” grants program.
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Pursuing an Integrative Approach to Ending Gender-Based Violence: A Conversation with Ruth Lekakeny
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How Do the Social Sciences Inform Digital User Experience? A Conversation with UX Researcher David Platzer
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Moving the Battlefields: Foreign Jurisdictions and Environmental Justice in Nigeria
by Ebunoluwa O. Popoola
In this “Just Environments” essay, Ebunoluwa Popoola examines the transfer of environmental lawsuits from Nigerian courts to European ones as a means of circumventing legal obstacles at the national level. Communities in the Niger Delta face multiple barriers when suing multinational oil companies in Nigerian courts, in part because of high costs, delays, and a restrictive interpretation of legal standing. Moving these cases to foreign jurisdictions, where the multinational companies are based, has been one avenue through which environmental justice has been achieved.
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Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: A Stepping Stone for Emerging Scholars in Africa