#polisky Democracy and Empire is a great book that deserves a wide readership in political theory and comparative politics. Provides really interesting ideas about how to think about imperialism in historical democratization research, where it is largely an absent presence
Absolutely heartbroken to learn of Dikembe Mutombo's untimely passing. A story: one day in 2010, I got the most random phone call to my office at Morehouse. It was Dikembe's personal assistant, asking if I'd be willing to meet at his office to talk about the D.R. Congo. Obviously I said yes. (1/n)
Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, the "larger than life" center who played 18 NBA seasons, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the league announced Monday.
I had a great conversation with Inés Valdez about her new book Democracy and Empire for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.socialnewbooksnetwork.com/democracy-an...
Just conducted a great interview with Inés Valdez about her book Democracy and Empire (Cambridge 2023) for the New Books Network. I can't wait to share it with everyone in a couple of days!
All I have been able to think since the debate has been, why did anyone think that Biden was a good choice in the first place? I didn't buy any of the strategic arguments for nominating him in the first place. Ppl were like, "he'll just serve one term." And then what??? Nobody has any answers
As a grad student I grew frustrated with trying to squeeze my comparative-historical research into the quasi-experimental straightjacket. Turns out I wasn't alone. I interviewed Damon Mayrl and Nick Wilson about their new edited volume After Positivism, which rethinks why and how to do CHA
So much state capacity research is about trying to find *the indicator* that measures *what the state really is (and absolutely nothing else).* This just strikes me as kind of silly now. Like, you don't encounter *just states* in the wild, you encounter complex social formations w/ porous boundaries