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Fine selection of relevant books, concise reviews and well informed discussion of conclusions.
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.
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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.”
excellent resource for new academic pol-sci books and ideas
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The show curates scholarly conversations around recently published political science books, featuring authors or researchers discussing their work with established experts. Episodes cover definitional debates in the field, international relations dynamics, elections, nationalism, climate politics, constitutional history, and peacebuilding, with a steady emphasis on how new research reframes old questions. Listeners can expect rigorous, book-centered discussions that balance theory with concrete case studies, often drawing on cross-disciplinary methods and contemporary global issues. A notable strength is its ability to translate specialized scholarship into accessible, idea-forward conversations for educated audiences and students alike, wh... more
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