Help Support H-Net! | Visit New Books Network en Español!

New Books Network

About Lilly Goren

Lilly J. Goren is professor of political science at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI.

NBN Episodes hosted by Lilly:

Political Science March 23, 2023

Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters

Reflections of Political Theory from Antiquity to the Age of COVID

Lee Trepanier

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Theorist Lee Trepanier has a new edited volume focusing on thinking about human responses to disasters and diseases. Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters: Reflections of Political Theory from …
Political Science March 16, 2023

The Informal Regulation of Criminal Markets in Latin America

Hernán Flom

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Hernán Flom has written a fascinating and nuanced analysis of how the criminal drug markets operate in Argentina and Brazil. Instead of tracking the path that illegal drugs …
Political Science March 14, 2023

Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond

Kevin G. Lorentz, Daniel J. Mallinson, and Julia Marin Hellwege

Hosted by Lilly Goren
This new compendium, Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, is a true asset to the discipline of Political Science (and other graduate programs as well) in the myriad ways …
Political Science February 23, 2023

Infected Empires

Decolonizing Zombies

Patricia Saldarriaga and Emy Manini

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Let’s talk about zombies! Scholars Patricia Saldarriaga and Emy Manini have produced an engaging and important analysis of the idea of zombies, and how and why these particular monsters are …
Political Science February 16, 2023

Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy

Stephen F. Knott

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist and presidential scholar Stephen Knott has a new book specifically focusing on the 35th president, John F. Kennedy. This book is not exactly a biography, since it is …
Postscript January 26, 2023

Postscript: Narrative and Influence Activities in the Russo-Ukraine War

Jordan Miller

Hosted by Lilly Goren
For almost a year now, we have been absorbing news and information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There are a variety of different, or competing, narratives to explain and …
Political Science January 19, 2023

Designing for Democracy

How to Build Community in Digital Environments

Jennifer Forestal

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Theorist Jennifer Forestal’s new book is a fascinating exploration of contemporary democracy and how it operates in different spaces. Forestal’s avenue into the question of democracy and the space …
Political Science December 15, 2022

Democracy's Child

Young People and the Politics of Control, Leverage, and Agency

Alison L. Gash and Daniel J. Tichenor

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientists Alison Gash and Dan Tichenor have a new book, Democracy's Child: Young People and the Politics of Control, Leverage, and Agency (Oxford UP, 2022), that centers children and …
Political Science November 28, 2022

Pandemic Politics

The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVID

Shana Kushner Gadarian, Sara Wallace Goodman, and Thomas B. Pepinsky

Hosted by Lilly Goren
None of us really want to relive our first encounters with COVID-19 and the disruptions to our lives, to say nothing of the anxiety and concern about the life-threatening nature …
Political Science October 13, 2022

Queer Forms

Ramzi Fawaz

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Ramzi Fawaz, Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has a new book that weaves together the more contemporary history of feminism and women’s liberation, the gay liberation movement …
Political Science August 25, 2022

Polarization and Political Party Factions in the 2020 Election

Jennifer C. Lucas and Christopher J. Galdieri

Hosted by Lilly Goren
The 2020 presidential election has cast a long shadow over American politics. Much of the decorum, propriety, and cordiality of the political world was replaced by even more polarization, and …
Political Science August 11, 2022

Stars and Shadows

The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama

Saladin Ambar

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Slavery and its lingering remnants remain a plague on the United States, continuing to foster animosity between races that hinders the understanding and connection conducive to dismantling the remains of …
Political Science August 4, 2022

The Knowledge Polity

Teaching and Research in the Social Sciences

Paul A. Djupe, Anand Edward Sokhey, and Amy Erica Smith

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Paul A. Djupe, Anand Edward Sokhey, and Amy Erica Smith, The Knowledge Polity: Teaching and Research in the Social Sciences (Oxford UP, 2022) explores a more holistic understanding of knowledge production in …
Political Science July 28, 2022

Ugly Freedoms

Elisabeth R. Anker

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Freedom is often considered the cornerstone of the American political project. The 1776 revolutionaries declared it an inalienable right that could neither be taken nor granted, a sacred concept upon …
Political Science July 14, 2022

The Senate

From White Supremacy to Governmental Gridlock

Daniel Wirls

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Daniel Wirls, Professor of Politics at the University of California-Santa Cruz, has a new book that continues his research stream on the United States’ Senate. Wirls’ previous book on the …
Political Science July 7, 2022

Promoting Justice Across Borders

The Ethics of Reform Intervention

Lucia M. Rafanelli

Hosted by Lilly Goren
In her new book, Promoting Justice Across Borders: The Ethics of Reform Intervention (Oxford UP, 2021) political scientist Lucia M. Rafanelli develops an ethical theory of global reform intervention, arguing that …
Political Science June 23, 2022

Just Health

Treating Structural Racism to Heal America

Dayna Bowen Matthew

Hosted by Lilly Goren
In the United States, systemic racism is embedded in policies and practices, thereby structuring American society to perpetuate inequality and all of the symptoms and results of that inequality. Racial …
Political Science June 16, 2022

In the Street

Democratic Action, Theatricality, and Political Friendship

Çigdem Çidam

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Çigdem Çidam, Associate Professor of Political Science at Union College, has a new book titled In the Street: Democratic Action, Theatricality, and Political Friendship (Oxford UP, 2021) that examines political …
Political Science June 9, 2022

Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations

The Military, Society, Politics, and Modern War

Lionel Beehner, Risa Brooks, and Daniel Maurer

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Most existing literature regarding civil-military relations in the United States references either the Cold War or post-Cold War era, leaving a significant gap in understanding as our political landscape rapidly …
Political Science June 2, 2022

Watergate

A New History

Garrett M. Graff

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Award-winning journalist and editor Garrett Graff has produced a fascinating, propulsive, and captivating narrative about the Watergate scandal that rocked the United States and ultimately brought down a president. The …
Political Science May 26, 2022

Caricature and National Character

The United States at War

Christopher J. Gilbert

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Dr. Christopher Gilbert, Assistant Professor of English at Assumption College, has a new book that examines the understanding of American national character and culture through the works of caricature and …
Political Science May 19, 2022

The Big No

Kennan Ferguson

Hosted by Lilly Goren
The Big No (U Minnesota Press, 2022) is an edited volume, assembled and overseen by political theorist Kennan Ferguson, who also provides the Introduction. This group of essays came out …
Political Science April 28, 2022

The Wives of Western Philosophy

Gender Politics in Intellectual Labor

Jennifer Forestal and Menaka Philips

Hosted by Lilly Goren
The Wives of Western Philosophy: Gender Politics in Intellectual Labor (Routledge, 2020) fills in a rather large hole in the understanding and the substance of the generation of knowledge. This …
Political Science April 21, 2022

Angry Politics

Partisan Hatred and Political Polarization Among College Students

Stacy G. Ulbig

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Stacy Ulbig has a new book that dives into the political attitudes and behaviors of college students to assess how polarization and partisan antipathy in the general public …