This is the latest in the At the Polls series, in which Duke University Press has joined with the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research to pu

It is increasingly argued that bargaining between citizens and governments over tax collection can provide a foundation for the development of responsive and ac

How do developing states decide who gets access to public goods like electricity, water, and education? Power and the Vote breaks new ground by showing that the

Despite significant evidence of 'political budget cycles' affecting public expenditure, studies of the impact of elections on tax collection have reached mixed

This book is investigates elections and protest in developing countries, and what those protests mean for democracy. Unlike much work on elections and democracy