Institutions, Ideologies, and Comparative Political Theory by Joshua Simon, Columbia University Political theorists are often concerned to explain how prominent intellectuals’ ideas relate to the circumstances within which they lived and worked, but there are cases […]
Who Rules the World? A Portrait of the Global Leadership Class by John Gerring, The University of Texas at Austin, Erzen Oncel, Wilson Center and Kevin Morrison, University of Pittsburgh It goes without saying that “leaders rule.” And […]
Peace as a Minor, Grounded Utopia: On Prefigurative and Testimonial Pacifism by Mathias Thaler, University of Edinburgh A common complaint about pacifism says that it is utopian, in a pejorative sense. The worry can take various […]
Accountability by Numbers: A New Global Transitional Justice Dataset (1946-2016) by Genevieve Bates, Ipek Cinar, and Monika Nalepa, The University of Chicago Transitional justice—how democracies recovering from authoritarianism or civil war deal with members and […]
The Electoral Politics of Growth Regimes by Peter A. Hall, Harvard University This article explores the role played by electoral politics in the evolution of postwar growth regimes, understood as the economic and social policies used […]
Populism and Backlashes against International Courts by Erik Voeten, Georgetown University Why do some governments start backlashes against international courts whereas others continue to accept or avoid adverse judgments? Existing theories point to rising implementation costs […]
Partisan Polarization on Black Suffrage, 1785-1868 by David Alexander Bateman, Cornell University The politics of black voting rights is often dated to the immediate post-Civil War era. This paper analyzes an earlier period of contestation over […]
Against Bot Democracy: The Dangers of Epistemic Double-Counting by Ana Tanasoca, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance The article focuses on the question of how each of us should deliberate internally when forming judgements. That […]
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