Political Science

Are independent central banks better at controlling inflation than central banks under political control?

Harvard University

Economics Social Sciences

Alberto Alesina elaborates upon his 1993 paper and recent criticisms that independent central banks are too secretive and put the […]

Leif Wenar on Blood Oil

Kings College London

Political Science Social Sciences

Natural resources like oil and minerals are the largest source of unaccountable power in the world. Leif Wenar holds the […]

What is Your Race? The Flawed Effort of the Census to Classify Americans

Columbia University

Law Professional

Kenneth Prewitt, Columbia University, discusses the racial classification system used in the 2000 Census was not well designed to help our […]

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Joseph Nye on Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era

Harvard University

Political Science Social Sciences

Joseph Nye, Harvard University. Nye, Jr., Joseph S. Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era. Princeton University Press

The Struggle for Pakistan

Tufts University

History Arts and Humanities

Established as a homeland for India’s Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has had a tumultuous history that has unfolded in the […]

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Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics

Harvard University

Political Science Social Sciences

In 2005 Michael Ignatieff left his life as a writer and professor at Harvard University to enter the combative world […]

Jeremy Bentham, the Bentham Project and Sexual Liberty

University College London

History Arts and Humanities

The aim of the Bentham Project is to produce a new scholarly edition of the works and correspondence of Jeremy […]

Five Year Mission: The Labour Party under Ed Miliband

Queen Mary University London

Political Science Social Sciences

In May 2010, Labour suffered one of its worst ever election defeats. A few months later it chose Ed Miliband […]

Democratic Justice and the Social Contract

University College London

Political Science Social Sciences

Professor Albert Weale, University College London. Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy

Popular Sovereignty and Political Representation

Queen Mary University of London

Political Science Social Sciences

Richard Bourke, ‘Popular Sovereignty and Political Representation’