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50 Years as the 4th Pillar of Public Administration: A Polycentric Extension of the Social Equity Framework
(Wiley, 2022-10-06)While public consideration of social equity pre-dates Minnowbrook (Blessett et al., 2019; Burnier, 2021), the field formally recognized social equity as its fourth pillar after the conference (Frederickson, 1971). The ... -
Active Solidarity: Intersectional Solidarity in Action
(Oxford University Press, 2019-10-19)While solidarity lies at the heart of collective action, it is not easily achieved. Social movements are characterized not only by difference within activist ranks but also by power asymmetries that reflect broader domination ... -
Advancing the Field of Writing Analytics: Lessons from “Text-as-Data” in the Social Sciences
The field of writing analytics is currently in a state of growth, redefinition, and refinement. In this essay, I review the trajectory of a related subfield, text-as-data in political science, as a lens through which to ... -
Agenda trees and sincere voting: a response to Schwartz
(Springer Nature, 2009-11-17)Schwartz (Public Choice 136:353–377, 2008) has identified a controversy within the voting theory literature pertaining to the representation of agenda structures and the consequent definition of sincere voting. This note ... -
AGENDAS AND SINCERITY: A SECOND RESPONSE TO SCHWARTZ
(Springer Nature, 2010-08-27)An Ordeshook-Schwartz agenda tree requires a voting theorist to assign a unique “ostensive alternative” to each node, but under some non-pairwise agendas there is no evident principle by which to do this. Therefore ... -
All Local Music Yule Log
(I Hate Politics Podcast, 2021-12-24)Christmas Special with all local music from the Washington DC region: In order of appearance, Kara Levchenko, Sic ‘Em Buster, Bad Robot Jones, Doogie Whittaker, Two Truths, Soul Witness, Premila Mistry and Laura Guli, Emily ... -
The Alternative Vote and Coombs Rule versus First-Past-the-Post: a social choice analysis of simulated data based on English elections, 1992–2010
(Springer Nature, 2013-02-07)This paper presents a social choice analysis, using simulated data based on English general elections from 1992 through 2010, of the properties of three voting rules: First-Past-the-Post, the Alternative Vote, and the ... -
American Constitutional Faith and the Politics of Hermeneutics
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-07-16)As more debates in American politics become constitutional questions, effective citizens must engage in constitutional interpretation. While most Americans venerate the Constitution as a part of a national, civil religion, ... -
The American Dream
(I Hate Politics Podcast, 2021-11-12)This week we bring you a special voice-acted episode with unfiltered words and arguments from the frontlines of the zoning wars. These are real excerpts from thousands of social media posts across several platforms including ... -
The Baltimore Uprising and the Stunted Transformation of Urban Black Politics
(Routledge, 2022-08-23)Although some scholars and observers rightly hail the 2015 Baltimore Uprising as an act of resistance against systemic oppression, the Uprising was also a moment of interrupted promise. Revolts and rebellions are often ... -
Banzhaf voting power, random elections, and the Electoral College winner’s advantage
(Elsevier, 2011-09-05)In a recent article, Riggs et al. (2009) aim to measure the ‘Electoral College winner's advantage’—in particular, the extent to which the winner’s electoral vote margin of victory is magnified as a result of (i) the ‘two ... -
Battling Infectious Diseases w/ Dr. Zoe McLaren
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Beyond Borders: Governmental Fragmentation and the Political Market for Growth in American Cities
(SAGE, 2020-04-10)Political fragmentation has been conceptualized as a phenomenon which increases competition for mobile citizens and jobs between local governments within the same region. However, the empirical basis for this nexus between ... -
Black COVID Stories w/ Dr. Kaye Whitehead
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Black Feminist Sociology w/ Dr. Mercedez Dunn
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Brandy Brooks for Montgomery County Council At-Large IHP Candidate Interview
(I Hate Politics Podcast, 2021-08-06)I Hate Politics Candidate Interview with organizer and activist Brandy Brooks, who is running at-large for Montgomery County, MD, County Council. Brooks talks with Sunil Dasgupta about participatory policymaking, emphasizing ... -
Broadening the Pathway for Graduate Studies in Political Science
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Brooke Lierman for Maryland Comptroller IHP Candidate Interview
(I Hate Politics Podcast, 2021-09-03)I Hate Politics Candidate Interview with Brooke Lierman for Maryland Comptroller. Lierman, who presents District 46 (Baltimore City) in Maryland General Assembly, talks to Sunil Dasgupta about her expansive view of the job ...