Tag: Politics

August 29, 2012

Political Science Titles on Sale!

Unfortunately, due to Hurricane Isaac, the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, which was to be held in New Orleans, has been cancelled. Not only does this mean that a series of great panels and talks will not...

July 19, 2012

New inquiry into the 1961 death of Dag Hammarskjöld

A new inquiry into the death of Swedish UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld has been commissioned.

June 25, 2012

Jacqueline Stevens: Political Scientists Are Lousy Forecasters

Jacqueline Stevens argues that political scientists should not receive National Science Foundation grants, as political science is not a generally successful predictor of important events.

April 25, 2012

Bryan Tilt: China's Path to Sustainable Development

April 22 was Earth Day, and in honor of the occasion, we will be running a series of posts over the course of this week by authors of our environmental studies titles. This post concerns sustainable development in China and is written by anthropologist Bryan Tilt.

April 4, 2012

Political Philosophy and Real Politics: Part III of an interview with Albena Azmanova, author of “The Scandal of Reason”

“[Through public discussion,] we can learn how we are all complicit in the production of social injustice, even when we appear to be victims. ” – Albena Azmanova Albena Azmanova is the author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical...

April 3, 2012

Political Philosophy and Real Politics: Part II of an interview with Albena Azmanova, author of “The Scandal of Reason”

“Preoccupation with economic redistribution, gender equality, cultural diversity, and action against sexual harassment appeared all too smug to me when set against the evils of life under political oppression and bankrupt economic systems” – Albena Azmanova Albena Azmanova is the...

April 2, 2012

Political Philosophy and Real Politics: An interview with Albena Azmanova, author of "The Scandal of Reason"

“Ideal theories of justice only stand in the way of sound judgment.” –Albena Azmanova Albena Azmanova is the author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical Theory of Political Judgment. This post is the first of a three-part series we...