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Women Thinkers and the Canon of International Thought: Recovery, Rejection, and Reconstitution

Women Thinkers and the Canon of International Thought: Recovery, Rejection, and Reconstitution By Kimberly Hutchings, Queen Mary University of London and Patricia Owens, University of Oxford Canons of intellectual “greats” anchor the history and scope […]

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Universal Suffrage as Decolonization

Universal Suffrage as Decolonization By Kevin Duong, University of Virginia This essay reconstructs an important but forgotten dream of twentieth-century political thought: universal suffrage as decolonization. The dream emerged from efforts by Black Atlantic radicals […]

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Family Matters: How Immigrant Histories Can Promote Inclusion

Family Matters: How Immigrant Histories Can Promote Inclusion By Scott Williamson, New York University Abu Dhabi, Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego, Adeline Lo, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Melina R. Platas, New York University […]

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How Do Campaign Spending Limits Affect Elections? Evidence from the United Kingdom 1885–2019

How Do Campaign Spending Limits Affect Elections? Evidence from the United Kingdom 1885–2019 By Alexander Fouirnaies, University of Chicago In more than half of the democratic countries in the world, candidates face legal constraints on […]

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Platonic Theocracy, Liberalism, and Authoritarianism in Leo Strauss’s Philosophy and Law

Platonic Theocracy, Liberalism, and Authoritarianism in Leo Strauss’s Philosophy and Law By John P. Mccormick, University of Chicago Leo Strauss, in Philosophy and Law (1935), offers Platonic theocracy as a more just and stable political alternative to […]

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Slavery, Reconstruction, and Bureaucratic Capacity in the American South

Slavery, Reconstruction, and Bureaucratic Capacity in the American South By Pavithra Suryanarayan, Johns Hopkins University and Steven White, Syracuse University Conventional political economy models predict taxation will increase after franchise expansion to low-income voters. Yet, […]

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To Emerge? Breadwinning, Motherhood, and Women’s Decisions to Run for Office

To Emerge? Breadwinning, Motherhood, and Women’s Decisions to Run for Office By Rachel Bernhard, University of California, Davis, Shauna Shames, Rutgers University, Camden and Dawn Langan Teele, University of Pennsylvania Women’s underrepresentation in American politics […]