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New Books in Political Science

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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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Robert Howse
Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law at NYU School of Law
NYU School of Law
Episode: Trump, the UN Charter, and the Strange Politics of International Law
Lisa Björkman
Associate professor at the University of Louisville
University of Louisville
Episode: Lisa Björkman, "Drama of Democracy: Political Representation in Mumbai" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Dr. Alexis Lerner
Assistant Professor at the United States Naval Academy in the Department of Political Science
United States Naval Academy
Episode: Alexis Lerner, "Post-Soviet Graffiti: Free Speech in Authoritarian States" (U Toronto Press, 2025)
Yogendra Yadav
A prominent political analyst and activist involved in significant social movements in India.
Aam Aadmi Party, Center for the Study of Developing Societies
Episode: India’s Democratic Republic in Flux
Laura Field
Author of 'Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right'
Princeton University Press
Episode: Laura K. Field, "Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Mark Stout
Author and former historian at the International Spy Museum
Johns Hopkins University and former member of the US National Security Community
Episode: Mark Stout, "World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence" (UP of Kansas, 2023)
Caillan Davenport
Roman historian at the Australian National University
Australian National University
Episode: Caillan Davenport, "Behind Caesar's Back: Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman Emperors" (Yale UP, 2026)
Alex Prichard
Associate Professor of International Political History in the Department of Politics at Exeter University
Exeter University
Episode: Alex Prichard, "Anarchism: a Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Jon Lindsay
Associate Professor at the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech
Episode: Jon R. Lindsay "Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft" (Cornell UP, 2025)

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Morteza Hajizadeh
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Caleb Zakarin
Editor of the New Books Network

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 153 ratings
  • Good selection

    Fine selection of relevant books, concise reviews and well informed discussion of conclusions.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jasper Klapwijk
    Netherlands2 years ago
  • Expands your horizons. Interviews of authors. They cover a lot of good books that don't get attention from the more popular podcasts or book reviews.

    Podcast Addict
    5
    curious
    4 years ago
  • John Yoo?

    No.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Concerned Political Scientist
    United States5 years ago
  • Syrian

    Big thank you Political Science.

    To Blumenthal’s critics:

    Keep your dirty petrodollars, your crazed Takfiri radical militants from China, Chechnya, and from all over the world, keep the mountains of media campaigns of deception, cynicism, and lies. Keep those maniac sectarian psychos who deny the river of blood shed at the hands of your “Moderate Rebels.”

    But give us “Management of Savagery.”

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    A Syrian NoOne
    United States6 years ago
  • Brilliant

    excellent resource for new academic pol-sci books and ideas

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Nipsey_Russell_
    United Kingdom6 years ago

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Critics occasionally point out a perceived bias towards progressive viewpoints and concern over sound quality, occasionally leading to polarized feedback on specific episodes.

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Q: What can be done by organizations, politicians, and citizens against this deregulation agenda?
Organizations are building networks to counter the agenda and push for reducing interactions with corporate lobbyists, aiming to increase democratic practices.
How Corporate Lobbyists are Capturing EU Institutions
Q: What do lobbyists want, and are they getting it?
Lobbyists want to prevent regulations that could curb their profits; they are actively engaged in a power struggle over their influence in policymaking.
How Corporate Lobbyists are Capturing EU Institutions
Q: How do expert groups work?
Expert groups are established by the European Commission to help develop proposals for new European laws, often dominated by industry representatives.
Lisa Björkman, "Drama of Democracy: Political Representation in Mumbai" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Q: Could we potentially also see the violence of democracy that we know to be so endemic as a way of staging?
Absolutely, political violence can be seen as a performance of authority and a way to show power.
Lisa Björkman, "Drama of Democracy: Political Representation in Mumbai" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Q: Could you take us through the history of why it was that the representation as a concept became fixated to the disembodied form?
This fixation on absence in representation originates from Western European historical contexts and the transition from royal to popular sovereignty.

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