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The primary value of participation is the positive sense of self that comes from personal and public action.

The Internet allows the adults of the developed world to collectively pool their trillion hours per year of free time.

A conversation with the writer and NYU Interactive Telecommunications Professor.

Removing obstacles to majority rule in the Senate, such as the filibuster, may be necessary as American politics continue to fracture into increasingly opposed parties according to Emory University political […]

Personal attacks and overheated rehtoric are nothing new across the spectrum of American political history. Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz discusses the mud slung at Jefferson, Roosevelt and other […]

Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz says that having clear differences between Democrats and Republicans can be good for America’s democratic system, but can lead to higher levels of animosity […]

Changing demographics will continue to reinforce a move toward polarization across American politics according to Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz.

Alan Abramowitz is the Barkley Professor of Political Science at Emory, and a renowned expert on national politics and elections. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the […]

Political scientist Alan Abramowitz says calls to “heal the divide” across political parties and bring back the center are unlikely to materialize into real action. Bipartisanship today is difficult due […]

Alan Abramowitz is the Barkley Professor of Political Science at Emory, and a renowned expert on national politics and elections. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the […]

Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz profiles citizen driven to action when their political party is not currently in power.

We are a moving toward an inclusive, empowered, engaged, interactive model of leadership where employees are encouraged to participate.

Collaboration between businesses isn’t rocket science. So why are so many companies missing the boat on creating alliances?

Companies have a much harder time being “customer-centric” than they are willing to admit.

A conversation with the Harvard Business School professor.

From falling prey to expectations to taking advice from friends, an understanding of our cognitive evolution helps us avoid misperceiving the limits of our knowledge.

Cognitive science reveals that policymakers should better understand how deeply our decisions are influenced by the presentation of choices.

From elaborate dancing displays to incredibly attractive armpits, the animal kingdom is full of colorful ways for males to woo mates.

There are morphological indications that we’re somewhere between a species meant to pair bond and our polygamist evolutionary relatives.

Our two closest living primate relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, leave scientists puzzled over the origins of human sexual behavior.