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Blog: The Duck of Minerva
Current trends in the academic job market paint a bleak picture. Data from U.S. universities reveal a drop in job postings in the Politics field over the past three years and a decline in tenure-track positions over the last decade. For 2021-22, APSA reported that 53.12% of job listings were non-tenure track. Meanwhile, in the […]
Blog: Global Voices
Among them, there are nine women and only two men, two songs called "Fever," and 10 out of 11 compositions are in English.
Blog: Global Voices
One Weiboer put the water channeling politics in China in a nutshell: "Whether a place is submerged or not relies not on its altitude but on its political status."
Blog: PolitiFact - Rulings and Stories
Former President Donald Trump made several misleading comments as his criminal trial began in New York, including that he had been denied a request to attend his son's graduation, and that his lawyers could reject as many jurors as they wished.
Blog: Impact of Social Sciences
Research Impact is the ‘raison d’etre’ of the LSE Impact Blog. This review brings together a selection of posts exploring different aspects of impactful research featured on the LSE Impact Blog over the past year. Want to find even more? You can read a selection of posts on research impact and evidence based policy via the links … Continued
Blog: ROAPE
ROAPE's Mike Powell introduces a selection of Amílcar Cabral's writings, speeches, and interviews. Cabral was one of the most important revolutionaries of the 20th century who led and founded a movement which not only led to the liberation of Guinea Bissau but prepared the ground for a revolution in the colonial power itself. This selection of Cabral's speeches and interviews, and other writings, is provided in the hope that some readers will find in them inspiration and hope for the revolutionary struggles to come.
The post Amilcar Cabral Speaks appeared first on ROAPE.
Blog: Legal Theory Blog
Anna Effenberger (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York), John H. Blume (Cornell Law School), & Martin T. Wells (Cornell University - Law School) have posted Quantifying Disparate Questioning of Black and White Jurors in Capital Jury Selection (Journal of Empirical Legal...
Blog: Australian Institute of International Affairs
Recent strikes by Israel, the United States, and Iran have prompted concerns that an escalation of conflict to broader regional proportions may be close at hand. Closer examination reveals a more careful selection of strikes, demonstrating deterrence and resolve.
Blog: APHA Science Blog
On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we hear from Dr Jenny Stewart, APHA's Director of Science and Transformation, as she shares some personal thoughts to accompany a video from a small selection of our female science staff.
Blog: Legal Theory Blog
Samuel Bagg (University of South Carolina - Department of Political Science) has posted Sortition as Anti-Corruption: Popular Oversight Against Elite Capture (American Journal of Political Science, 2022) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Random selection for political office—or "sortition"—is increasingly...
Blog: Verfassungsblog
Last week, the Indian government introduced a bill in Parliament providing for, inter alia, the mechanism for appointing Election Commissioners in India. The bill proposes the creation of a three-member Selection Committee composed of the Prime Minister, a Union Minister nominated by the Prime Minister, and the Leader of the Opposition to make recommendations to the President in this regard. The proposed Executive-dominated Selection Committee raises several questions about the conduct of free and fair elections in India. In the paragraphs to follow, I first discuss a recent Supreme Court decision that preceded the introduction of this bill and how this bill, as a response to the Court decision, is instructive to constitutional drafters. I then discuss the possible approaches the Supreme Court of India could adopt when the new legislation is challenged to push back against the Executive's undemocratic maneuvers.
Blog: Reason.com
An investigation by the University of Washington found that "race was used as a substantial factor in the selection of the final candidate and the hiring process" of a professor by the school's psychology department, violating a university executive order that bans the consideration of race in hiring. The report found that a white applicant…
Blog: Reason.com
Professor Arthur Hellman of the University of Pittsburgh is one of the great academic experts on the Supreme Court's case selection process. He recently wrote to me with a very interesting insight about the Supreme Court's "discuss list," which I asked him to elaborate on for readers of the blog. His thoughts are below: The…
Blog: Australian Institute of International Affairs
The Australian Institute of International Affairs is pleased to announce the selection of its fellows for 2023. The AIIA bestows the title of fellow each year to those with a connection to Australia who have made a significant contribution to international affairs. This year's fellows are: Professor Pal Ahluwalia, for contributions to international academic freedom […]
Blog: Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
The selection committee for the Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Richard Higgott Journal Article Prize is pleased to announce the articles nominated by AIPEN members for the longlist for the 2023 prize.
The post Longlist for the 2023 Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Journal Article Prize appeared first on Progress in Political Economy (PPE).