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E. M. Levintova and A. K. Staudinger, "Gender i...
Ekaterina M. Levintova and Alison K. Staudinger have brought together, into this volume, a variety of fascinating and important perspectives on political science as a discipline and how it is taught, studied, pursued and understood...
48 min
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Gregory V. Raymond, "Thai Military Power: A Cul...
Thailand is one of the world’s last remaining military dictatorships, and the last in Asia.
43 min
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Ernest McGowen III, "African Americans in White...
Relative wealth has given suburban African Americans employment opportunities and political resources--but not necessarily neighbors, coworkers, or elected officials who share their concerns....
21 min
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Erin M. Kempker, "Big Sister: Feminism, Conserv...
The author examines how 1970s right-wing women activists in the state of Indiana combined earlier political conspiracy theories, Cold War anti-communism and anti-ERA sentiment to cast feminism as threat to American democracy, free enterprise, and the family.
51 min
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Jessica A. J. Rich, "State-Sponsored Activism: ...
Rich's book is a fascinating and important examination of civil-state relations, social movements, and bureaucracies all centering around AIDS/HIV policy as the nexus of analysis.
49 min
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Jonathan Marks, "The Perils of Partnership: Ind...
22 min
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Abraham A. Singer, "The Form of the Firm: A Nor...
Abraham Singer essentially marries together two disciplinary schools of thought and approaches to understand and consider the corporate firm...
43 min
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Eric T. Kasper and Quentin D. Vieregge, "The Un...
The U.S. Constitution is often depicted in popular films, teaching lessons about what this founding document means and what it requires...
64 min
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Michael J. Mazarr, "Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negl...
Michael J. Mazarr has written a history of the policy planning process leading up to the Iraq War in 2003...
82 min
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Wendy Pearlman and Boaz Atzili, "Triadic Coerci...
In the post–Cold War era, states increasingly find themselves in conflicts with nonstate actors...
56 min
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Ariel I. Ahram, "Break all the Borders: Separat...
47 min
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Andra Gillespie, "Race and the Obama Administra...
Scholars and pundits have been busy trying to assess the legacy of President Barack Obama...
23 min
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Sally Nuamah, "How Girls Achieve" (Harvard UP, ...
What does it take for all girls to achieve?
24 min
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Hennie van Vuuren, "Apartheid Guns and Money: A...
This war machine, as van Vuuren describes it, remains a largely hidden aspect of South Africa’s past – until now...
41 min
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Anthony Nownes, "Organizing for Transgender Rig...
Hard won transgender rights have been under attack by the Trump administration...
21 min
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The Conviction Workshop
Humility & Conviction in Public Life's Conviction Workshop
27 min
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Sarah Reckhow, "Outside Money in School Board E...
Who funds local school board elections?
24 min
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Racquel J. Gates, "Double Negative: The Black I...
Gates interrogates understandings of African-American representations on screen...
43 min
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Ronald J. Schmidt, Jr., "Reading Politics with ...
Schmidt puts himself and the reader into conversation with Machiavelli, exploring Machiavelli’s thinking and how Machiavelli explains his theories...
42 min
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Candis Watts Smith, "Black Politics in Transiti...
Black Politics in Transition examines the role of three themes—immigration, suburbanization, and gentrification—in Black politics today...
20 min
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Controversial Ideas and “No Platforming” with J...
An interview with Jeff McMahan
31 min
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Serene J. Khader, "Decolonizing Universalism: A...
Transnational feminist theory and practice is faced with a dilemma: how should we contest and resist gender-based oppression, while at the same time respecting cultural difference?
45 min
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Michael C. Desch, "Cult of the Irrelevant: The ...
In Cult of the Irrelevant, Desch traces the history of the relationship between the Washington and the academy across the 20th century...
24 min
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Discussion of Massive Online Peer Review and Op...
In the information age, knowledge is power. Hence, facilitating the access to knowledge to wider publics empowers citizens and makes societies more democratic...
29 min
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S. M. Milkis and D. J. Tichenor, "Rivalry and R...
Rivalry and Reform explores the historical relationships between presidents and social movements.
25 min