Rui J P De Figueiredo
Biographic Data
| ID | 245357 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rui J P De Figueiredo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rui J P |
| FAMILY NAME | De Figueiredo |
| SIGNATURE | DE FIGUEIREDO R J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 287 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The New Separation‐of‐Powers Approach to American Politics
This article aims to elaborate on the logic of the new separation-of-powers approach and draw its implications for American politics. The first three sections in the article discuss the new separation of powers as it applies to the bureaucracy, the courts, and the presidency. A survey of a series of works that emphasize the new separation-of-powers approach to American politics is provided in the article as well.
Constructing Self-Enforcing Federalism in the Early United States and Modern Russia
All federal systems face the two fundamental dilemmas of federalism: too strong a center risks overawing the subnational units; and too weak a center risks free-riding that makes the system fall apart. Resolving the two dilemmas is problematic because mitigating one dilemma exacerbates the other. We develop a model of federal institutions that shows the circumstances under which both dilemmas can be solved so that federal institutions are self-en…
Rationality, Inaccurate Mental Models, and Self-confirming Equilibrium: A New Understanding of the American Revolution
Rational choice theorists have long been ambivalent about the rationality postulate. Although many agree that humans have imperfect foresight and inaccurate understandings of the world within which they act, no satisfactory approach relaxing the rationality postulates exists. In this article, we apply a new method that allows us to model directly rational action when agents have incomplete or inaccurate mental models of their world. In particular…
Are Patriots Bigots? An Inquiry into the Vices of In‐Group Pride
One view in the study of intergroup conflict is that pride implies prejudice. However, an increasing number of scholars have come to view in‐group pride more benignly, suggesting that such pride can be accompanied by a full range of feelings toward the out‐group. In this article, we focus on a substantively interesting case of in‐group/out‐group attitudes—national pride and hostility toward immigrants. We explore the relationship in two fundament…
Are Patriots Bigots? An Inquiry into the Vices of In-Group Pride
One view in the study of intergroup conflict is that pride implies prejudice. \nHowever, an increasing number of scholars have come to view in-group pride more \nbenignly, suggesting that pride can be accompanied by a full range of feelings toward \nthe out-group. In this paper, we focus on a substantively interesting case of ingroup/ \nout-group attitudes – national pride and hostility towards immigrants. We \nexplore the relationship in two fun…
The Outsider: Prejudice and Politics in Italy
Electoral Competition, Political Uncertainty, and Policy Insulation
Why are government bureaus not necessarily organized to implement policy effectively? One view holds that a main culprit is political uncertainty. Elected officials know that they will not hold office forever, so they use "insulating" structures that constrain bureaucratic discretion, making bureaus less subject to sabotage but also less effective. I revise this theory by modeling how public officials choose administrative structures. I show that…
The Outsider: Prejudice and Politics in Italy
One of the most wide-ranging studies of prejudice undertaken in a decade, The Outsider combines new research methods and rich analysis to upend many of our assumptions about prejudice. Noting that hostility toward immigrants has been on the rise throughout Western Europe, Paul Sniderman and his team conduct the first study of prejudice in Italy and offer insights applicable to nearly all countries worldwide. The study of prejudice, they argue, ha…
The Politics of Interpretation: Rationality, Culture, and Transition
The Politics of Interpretation: Rationality, Culture, and Transition
Are Patriots Bigots? An Inquiry into the Vices of In‐Group Pride
One view in the study of intergroup conflict is that pride implies prejudice. However, an increasing number of scholars have come to view in‐group pride more benignly, suggesting that such pride can be accompanied by a full range of feelings toward the out‐group. In this article, we focus on a substantively interesting case of in‐group/out‐group attitudes—national pride and hostility toward immigrants. We explore the relationship in two fundament…
Electoral Competition, Political Uncertainty, and Policy Insulation
Why are government bureaus not necessarily organized to implement policy effectively? One view holds that a main culprit is political uncertainty. Elected officials know that they will not hold office forever, so they use "insulating" structures that constrain bureaucratic discretion, making bureaus less subject to sabotage but also less effective. I revise this theory by modeling how public officials choose administrative structures. I show that…
Are Patriots Bigots? An Inquiry into the Vices of In-Group Pride
One view in the study of intergroup conflict is that pride implies prejudice. \nHowever, an increasing number of scholars have come to view in-group pride more \nbenignly, suggesting that pride can be accompanied by a full range of feelings toward \nthe out-group. In this paper, we focus on a substantively interesting case of ingroup/ \nout-group attitudes – national pride and hostility towards immigrants. We \nexplore the relationship in two fun…
Constructing Self-Enforcing Federalism in the Early United States and Modern Russia
All federal systems face the two fundamental dilemmas of federalism: too strong a center risks overawing the subnational units; and too weak a center risks free-riding that makes the system fall apart. Resolving the two dilemmas is problematic because mitigating one dilemma exacerbates the other. We develop a model of federal institutions that shows the circumstances under which both dilemmas can be solved so that federal institutions are self-en…
Rationality, Inaccurate Mental Models, and Self-confirming Equilibrium: A New Understanding of the American Revolution
Rational choice theorists have long been ambivalent about the rationality postulate. Although many agree that humans have imperfect foresight and inaccurate understandings of the world within which they act, no satisfactory approach relaxing the rationality postulates exists. In this article, we apply a new method that allows us to model directly rational action when agents have incomplete or inaccurate mental models of their world. In particular…
The Politics of Interpretation: Rationality, Culture, and Transition
The Politics of Interpretation: Rationality, Culture, and Transition
The Outsider: Prejudice and Politics in Italy
One of the most wide-ranging studies of prejudice undertaken in a decade, The Outsider combines new research methods and rich analysis to upend many of our assumptions about prejudice. Noting that hostility toward immigrants has been on the rise throughout Western Europe, Paul Sniderman and his team conduct the first study of prejudice in Italy and offer insights applicable to nearly all countries worldwide. The study of prejudice, they argue, ha…
The Outsider: Prejudice and Politics in Italy
Electoral Competition, Political Uncertainty, and Policy Insulation
Why are government bureaus not necessarily organized to implement policy effectively? One view holds that a main culprit is political uncertainty. Elected officials know that they will not hold office forever, so they use "insulating" structures that constrain bureaucratic discretion, making bureaus less subject to sabotage but also less effective. I revise this theory by modeling how public officials choose administrative structures. I show that…
Are Patriots Bigots? An Inquiry into the Vices of In‐Group Pride
One view in the study of intergroup conflict is that pride implies prejudice. However, an increasing number of scholars have come to view in‐group pride more benignly, suggesting that such pride can be accompanied by a full range of feelings toward the out‐group. In this article, we focus on a substantively interesting case of in‐group/out‐group attitudes—national pride and hostility toward immigrants. We explore the relationship in two fundament…
Are Patriots Bigots? An Inquiry into the Vices of In-Group Pride
One view in the study of intergroup conflict is that pride implies prejudice. \nHowever, an increasing number of scholars have come to view in-group pride more \nbenignly, suggesting that pride can be accompanied by a full range of feelings toward \nthe out-group. In this paper, we focus on a substantively interesting case of ingroup/ \nout-group attitudes – national pride and hostility towards immigrants. We \nexplore the relationship in two fun…
Rationality, Inaccurate Mental Models, and Self-confirming Equilibrium: A New Understanding of the American Revolution
Rational choice theorists have long been ambivalent about the rationality postulate. Although many agree that humans have imperfect foresight and inaccurate understandings of the world within which they act, no satisfactory approach relaxing the rationality postulates exists. In this article, we apply a new method that allows us to model directly rational action when agents have incomplete or inaccurate mental models of their world. In particular…
Constructing Self-Enforcing Federalism in the Early United States and Modern Russia
All federal systems face the two fundamental dilemmas of federalism: too strong a center risks overawing the subnational units; and too weak a center risks free-riding that makes the system fall apart. Resolving the two dilemmas is problematic because mitigating one dilemma exacerbates the other. We develop a model of federal institutions that shows the circumstances under which both dilemmas can be solved so that federal institutions are self-en…
The New Separation‐of‐Powers Approach to American Politics
This article aims to elaborate on the logic of the new separation-of-powers approach and draw its implications for American politics. The first three sections in the article discuss the new separation of powers as it applies to the bureaucracy, the courts, and the presidency. A survey of a series of works that emphasize the new separation-of-powers approach to American politics is provided in the article as well.
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