Hey all, Assuming that the APSA conference goes forward and that the city isn’t substantially damaged by the storm, three members of LGM (Farley, Watkins, and Brockington) will be holding a “meet and greet” on Thursday evening, 7pm at the Crescent City Brewhouse. Hope to see you there! The Management
Tag: political science
Excellent article on the development of Japanese carrier aviation in the months before Pearl Harbor: The picture that emerges is of an enemy carrier force whose capabilities in late 1941 were mutating
Bobo’s fantasies about elites and bipartisanship notwithstanding, to the extent that the British system is “functional” where the American system isn’t, it’s because the
Interesting article on junior faculty and exercise: In the quest for tenure, physical activity is the first casualty, according to a recent study of Canadian assistant professors that its authors believe applies to junior faculty at institutions in the United States as well. The analysis, “Are New Faculty At-Risk of ‘Letting Themselves Go’ due to […]
Congrats to John Sides! I should say that I have some substantive (and substantial) disagreements with John’s characterization of the role that blogging should play in political science, but tha
If the methodology shows JFK as being substantially to the left of LBJ or FDR, it’s pretty limited. Or, really, it works better for members of Congress than presidents — as you can see wit
On perverse incentives in the Great Leap Forward: Here is what Kung and Chen argue happened in China. In the hierarchy of the CCP, the three highest levels are politburo members, full members of the central committee, and alternate members of the central committee. The politburo is tiny – about 20 people. (This is, we […]
This has inspired me to work on a hill giant professor build. …and we should never neglect the Cylons, of course.
The recent Sheen-stravaganza brings these thoughts to mind. Bernstein: Remember: if you’re reading this blog, odds are good that you’re at least in the top 10% of all Americans in politica
This is academic inside baseball, but since that’s obviously a disproportionate percentage of our audience, I’d thought I’d give some publicity to the issue here. The political science journal Gender and Politics has apparently decided to reject without external review any manuscript dealing with research on questions related to LBGT community. Because…gender is something that […]
I’ve said this before, but I think it’s worth adding a few caveats to Dylan Matthews’s roundup of political science literature on the Supreme Courts. Particularly when the attitudina
You might think it’s laziness, but actually it’s science. And as for the otherwise even-more-irrelevant response, all you can say is that Paul Ryan is a complete fraud.