Essays

On Promoting Democracy [Full Text] | Michael Walzer | 12/30/2008
The first question that we have to ask about promoting democracy is the question of agency: Who are the promoters? Most recent arguments have focused on the state, but states are not the only or the most important agents of regime change.
Norms, Minorities, and Collective Choice Online [Full Text] | Henry Farrell, Melissa Schwartzberg | 12/30/2008
Building on case studies of Wikipedia and the Daily Kos, this essay argues that different kinds of rules shape relations between members of the majority and of the minority in these communities in important and consequential ways.