Political Science

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.

Sandipto Dasgupta, "Legalizing the Revolution: India and the Constitution of the Postcolony" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

November 26, 2024

Legalizing the Revolution

Sandipto Dasgupta
Hosted by Vatsal Naresh

Anticolonial movements of the twentieth century generated audacious ideas of freedom. Following decolonization, the challenge was to give an instituti…

Daniel S. Goldberg, "Tackle Football and Traumatic Brain Injuries: Law, Ethics, and Public Health" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)

November 25, 2024

Tackle Football and Traumatic Brain Injuries

Daniel S. Goldberg
Hosted by Susan Liebell

Football is the national game in the United States – and many families and friends bond over their love of the sport. While few people play profession…

Infrastructure, Development, and Racialization: A Conversation with Begüm Adalet

November 24, 2024

Infrastructure, Development, and Racialization

Begüm Adalet
Hosted by Geoffrey Gordon

International development projects supported by governments of wealthy countries, international financial institutions, and influential NGOs like the …

Public Healthcare Under Decentralized Governance in Indonesia and the Philippines

November 24, 2024

Public Healthcare Under Decentralized Governance in Indonesia and the Philippines

Sarah Shair-Rosenfield

Today’s episode focuses on the policy challenges and politics of public healthcare in Southeast Asia, a topic which has become increasingly visible an…

Middle East on the Brink: Escalation, Diplomacy, and the Search for Stability

November 24, 2024

Middle East on the Brink: Escalation, Diplomacy, and the Search for Stability

Win Dayton

Recent developments in the Middle East have raised concern about the potential for a wider regional war. What do escalating tensions in Gaza, Lebanon…

Jennifer Denbow, "Reproductive Labor and Innovation: Against the Tech Fix in an Era of Hype" (Duke UP, 2024)

November 24, 2024

Reproductive Labor and Innovation

Jennifer Denbow
Hosted by Sharon Yam

In Reproductive Labor and Innovation: Against the Tech Fix in an Era of Hype (Duke UP, 2024), Jennifer Denbow examines how the push toward technoscien…

Talking Thai Politics: Petra Alderman – Why Thai politics isn’t all about China  In conversation with Duncan McCargo

November 22, 2024

Why Thai Politics isn’t All About China

Petra Alderman
Hosted by Duncan McCargo

How far does geopolitics relate to domestic political leanings? Are politically progressive Thais more likely to be pro-US, and more politically conse…

Robert B. Talisse, "Civic Solitude: Why Democracy Needs Distance" (Oxford UP, 2024)

November 21, 2024

Civic Solitude

Robert B. Talisse
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

An internet search of the phrase "this is what democracy looks like" returns thousands of images of people assembled in public for the purpose of coll…

Erica Benner, "Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power" (Penguin, 2024)

November 21, 2024

Adventures in Democracy

Erica Benner
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Democracy is a living, breathing thing and Dr. Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about the role ordinary citizens play in keeping it alive: f…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…