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Political Science

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The New Books in Political Science podcast provides lively discussions of politics based on the work of political scientists (and scholars concerned with politics in other disciplines). The podcast thinks holistically about politics – from global to local.

Our hosts! Lilly Goren is professor of Political Science at Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Susan Liebell is professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Lamis Abdelaaty is associate professor of Political Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs.

Tom Theuns, "Protecting Democracy in Europe: Pluralism, Autocracy and the Future of the EU" (Hurst, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Protecting Democracy in Europe

Tom Theuns
Hosted by Tim Jones

The European Union has a big problem—a potentially fatal one. How should it deal with a member state or states that reject democracy and the rule of l…

Lizhi Liu, "From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China" (Princeton UP, 2024)

November 16, 2024

From Click to Boom

Lizhi Liu
Hosted by Peter Lorentzen

How do states build vital institutions for market development? Too often, governments confront technical or political barriers to providing the rule o…

Samuel Fury Childs Daly, "Soldier's Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire" (Duke UP, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Soldier's Paradise

Samuel Fury Childs Daly

In Soldier's Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire (Duke UP, 2024), Samuel Fury Childs Daly tells the story of how Africa’s military dictators t…

How Can Going Inside the Political Mind Help Us to Better Understand Development?

November 15, 2024

How Can Going Inside the Political Mind Help Us to Better Understand Development?

Greg Power
Hosted by Nic Cheeseman

Why do efforts to build effective states and deliver services to citizens so often go wrong? And how can understanding the inside of the political min…

Postscript: Reflections on the 2024 American Presidential Election

November 14, 2024

Postscript: Reflections on the 2024 American Presidential Election

Julia Azari, Jonathan Bernstein, Meena Bose, Daniel E. Ponder
Hosted by Susan Liebell

Many pundits are rushing to judgement – claiming to identify the “one” reason that Donald Trump won or Kamala Harris lost the 2024 Presidential Electi…

Scott J. Weiner, "Kinship, State Formation and Governance in the Arab Gulf States" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)

November 13, 2024

Kinship, State Formation and Governance in the Arab Gulf States

Scott J. Weiner
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Tribe-state relations are a foundational element of authoritarian bargains in the Middle East, and in particular in the Gulf States. However, the stru…

Anthony Grasso, "Dual Justice: America's Divergent Approaches to Street and Corporate Crime" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

November 11, 2024

Dual Justice

Anthony Grasso
Hosted by Susan Liebell

The United States incarcerates its citizens for property crime, drug use, and violent crime at a rate that exceeds any other developed nation – and di…

Tak Bai and Beyond, Thailand’s Southern Insurgency

November 8, 2024

Tak Bai and Beyond, Thailand’s Southern Insurgency

Chayata Sripanich
Hosted by Duncan McCargo

In the wake of the twentieth anniversary of the dreadful Tak Bai massacre, what are the prospects for a resolution of the long-standing insurgency in …

Todd Stern, "Landing the Paris Climate Agreement: How It Happened, Why It Matters, and What Comes Next" (MIT Press, 2024)

November 8, 2024

Landing the Paris Climate Agreement

Todd Stern
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

From the U.S. lead negotiator on climate change, an inside account of the seven-year negotiation that culminated in the Paris Climate Agreement in 201…

Andrew Stravers et al., "Beyond the Wire: US Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion" (Oxford UP, 2022)

November 7, 2024

Beyond the Wire

Andrew Stravers, Michael A. Allen, Carla Martinez Machain, and Michael E. Flynn

The United States stands at a crossroads in international security. The backbone of its international position for the last 70 years has been the mass…

Why Can’t the US Compete with China in Infrastructure?

November 7, 2024

Why Can’t the US Compete with China in Infrastructure?

Lee Jones and Shahar Hameiri

In this episode, Dr. Shahar Hameiri and Dr. Lee Jones discuss the political economy and financing behind global infrastructure development, with a foc…

The Impeachment Power: A Conversation with Keith Whittington

November 6, 2024

The Impeachment Power

Keith E. Whittington
Hosted by Laura Laurent

In this week’s episode we step into conversation with Keith Whittington about his new book, The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of a…

The Failed Concepts That Brought Israel to October 7

November 5, 2024

The Failed Concepts That Brought Israel to October 7

Shany Mor
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel

The essay "The Failed Concepts That Brought Israel to October 7" (Mosaic Magazine) by Shany Mor, dated October 7, 2024, examines the intellectual and …

Unpacking Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia with Dan Slater

November 5, 2024

Unpacking Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia

Dan Slater

Today’s episode focuses on a major issue of enduring importance in Southeast Asia and in Southeast Asian Studies: authoritarianism. Even today, variou…

Melissa Teixeira, "A Third Path: Corporatism in Brazil and Portugal" (Princeton UP, 2024)

November 5, 2024

A Third Path

Melissa Teixeira
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Following the Great Depression, as the world searched for new economic models, Brazil and Portugal experimented with corporatism as a “third path” bet…

Matthew Ferrence, "I Hate It Here, Please Vote for Me: Essays on Rural Political Decay" (West Virginia UP, 2024)

November 4, 2024

I Hate It Here, Please Vote for Me

Matthew Ferrence
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

Today I talked to Matthew Ferrence about his book I Hate It Here, Please Vote for Me: Essays on Rural Political Decay (West Virginia UP, 2024). When …

Graham Brady, "Kingmaker: Secrets, Lies, and the Truth about Five Prime Ministers" (Ithaka, 2024)

November 4, 2024

Kingmaker

Graham Brady

Kingmaker: Secrets, Lies, and the Truth about Five Prime Ministers (Ithaka, 2024) by Sir Graham Brady provides an insider’s look at the power struggle…

Robert A. Schneider, "The Return of Resentment: The Rise and Decline and Rise Again of a Political Emotion" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

November 2, 2024

The Return of Resentment

Robert A. Schneider

The term “resentment,” often casually paired with words like “hatred,” “rage,” and “fear,” has dominated US news analysis since November 2016. Despi…

From Rubinomics to Bidenomics: On the Democratic Party’s Shifting Trade & Industrial Policy

November 1, 2024

From Rubinomics to Bidenomics

Lily Geismer and Mark Blyth
Hosted by Gordon Katic

This is episode two Cited Podcast’s new season, the Use & Abuse of Economic Expertise. This season tells stories of the political and scholarly battle…

Kirsten Widner and Anna Gunderson, "The Haves and Have-Nots in Supreme Court Representation and Participation, 2016 to 2021" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

October 31, 2024

The Haves and Have-Nots in Supreme Court Representation and Participation, 2016 to 2021

Kirsten Widner and Anna Gunderson
Hosted by Susan Liebell

There has been a lot of commentary from scholars and journalists as to the meaning of Donald Trump’s three appointments to the United States Supreme …