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Richard Rorty and the Demands of Liberalism

Richard Rorty and the Demands of Liberalism By Robert Lamb, University of Exeter In this article, I show that Richard Rorty’s unduly neglected normative political theory advances a far more distinct and demanding form of […]

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Reframing the Guardianship Dilemma: How the Military’s Dual Disloyalty Options Imperil Dictators

Reframing the Guardianship Dilemma: How the Military’s Dual Disloyalty Options Imperil Dictators By Jack Paine, University Of Rochester Dictators confront a guardianship dilemma: military agents are needed to defeat mass outsider movements, but these agents […]

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Preventing Rebel Resurgence after Civil War: A Field Experiment in Security and Justice Provision in Rural Colombia

Preventing Rebel Resurgence after Civil War: A Field Experiment in Security and Justice Provision in Rural Colombia By Robert A. Blair, Brown University, Manuel Moscoso-Rojas, Brown University, Andrés Vargas Castillo, Comparativa and Michael Weintraub, Universidad […]

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Power Sharing and Authoritarian Stability: How Rebel Regimes Solve the Guardianship Dilemma

Power Sharing and Authoritarian Stability: How Rebel Regimes Solve the Guardianship Dilemma By Anne Meng, University of Virginia and Jack Paine, University of Rochester Regimes founded in rebellion are, typically, extremely durable. We propose that […]

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Migration and the Demand for Transnational Justice

Migration and the Demand for Transnational Justice By Leslie Johns, Máximo Langer and Margaret E. Peters, University of California, Los Angeles Domestic courts sometimes prosecute foreign nationals for severe crimes—like crimes against humanity, genocide, torture, […]

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Informing the Leader: Bureaucracies and International Crises

Informing the Leader: Bureaucracies and International Crises By Robert Schub, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Whether international crises end in conflict frequently depends on the information that leaders possess. To better explain how leaders acquire information, I develop […]

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Feminist Demands and the Problem of Housework

Feminist Demands and the Problem of Housework By Katrina Forrester, Harvard University This article develops an account of demand-making and provides a novel framework for evaluating the demands and strategies of social movements. It explores […]