Assessing the New Federalism

Multi-year Urban Institute research project to analyze the devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states, focusing primarily on health care at more.

Center for the Study of Democratic Societies

Global research and educational network dedicated to examination and explanation of the properties and possibilities of democratic society.

Federalism Project, The

Explores opportunities to restore a federalism that limits the national government's power and compels states to compete for their citizens' assets, talents, and business.

Global Complexity

Promotes a viewpoint of social, political, and economic events as uncertain evolving outcomes arising from complex interactions between numerous local actors.

Global Supranationalism

Develops and promotes an ideology of global society taking over global capitalism.

Harmonizing Motives with Natural Government

Puts forth a theory on how to harmonize the motives that are generated by political systems, thereby ending power struggles and inducing peaceful voluntary cooperation.

Historical Foundations of American Constitutionalism

Traces development from Aristotle's Politics to the Defensor Pacis of Marsilius of Padua.

Panarchy

Selection of texts and documents on panarchy, polyarchy, and anarchy.

Philosophy & Civil Society

Devoted to the philosophical examination of the nature of civil society and civic culture in general. More specifically, it addresses the contemporary crisis of liberal democratic civic culture in the postmodern period.

PoliticalThought.com

Resource for the history of political thought. Includes news, reviews, opinions, and articles.

Theory of Greed

Essay on the origins, nature, extent, and morality of this destructive force. Offers a simple game that illustrates greed vs. cooperation in small groups.