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The Politics of Parliamentary Debate

Sven-Oliver Proksch and Jonathan B. Slapin, the authors of The Politics of Parliamentary Debate, compare the systems of debate that keep governments from the US to Germany to New Zealand considering different points of view.

Sven-Oliver Proksch, Jonathan B. Slapin | 24 Apr 2015

Catch Up on Your Philosophy

At the American Philosophical Association’s Pacific Division Meeting this month, we got to sit down with six Cambridge authors to discuss their latest studies in philosophy. You can hear about everything...

23 Apr 2015

Finding Panchayats

I found the panchayat, or Indian village council, by accident and by luck. Trained as a historian of Britain, I had been working on a study of British trade unions and arbitration during the nineteenth...

22 Apr 2015

Romeo and Juliet: The iPhone Years, Part II

This opens up a whole new world of opportunities for subtle cross-technology flirting. But cyberbullying is real, people… Though when that ends badly at least you can spend your 21st century...

21 Apr 2015

An Alternate Vision to Preserve the Future

With Earth Day almost upon us, Prasenjit Duara, the author of The Crisis of Global Modernity, explains why we need a new vision of the world to prevent ourselves from destroying it.

Prasenjit Duara | 17 Apr 2015

The Legacy of the U.S. Civil War: 150 Years Later

On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union forces at Appomattox, putting an end to the bloodiest war in American history. Now, 150 years after Lee's surrender, five historians and authors lead the conversation about the Civil War's enduring legacy.

9 Apr 2015

Don’t Kid Yourself: A RFRA Is a Bundle of Negative Unintended Consequences

I would like to loudly applaud Nevada and Georgia for declining to drink the RFRA Kool-Aid this year.  Smart.  All RFRAs are a bundle of negative unintended consequences and bad public policy, as I explain...

Marci A. Hamilton | 6 Apr 2015

Discover the Deep

To celebrate publication of Discovering the Deep, a sumptuously illustrated guide to the seafloor and ocean crust, we are inviting you to share your best photographs of marine geologic features, hot springs, and marine life for our Photography Competition.

1 Apr 2015

Inside Econometrics

Daniel J. Henderson and Christopher F. Parmeter, the co-authors of Applied Nonparametric Econometrics, discuss their new book and how their new approaches to nonparametric methods will benefit students...

30 Mar 2015

Definitions in Politics and Social Life

To wrap up their weekly series on Emotive Language in Argumentation, authors Douglas Walton and Fabrizio Macagno address the way carefully constructed argumentative language influences the debate over abortion.

Douglas Walton, Fabrizio Macagno | 27 Mar 2015

The Skeletons of Physical Anthropology

In this adaptation of Ciraj Rassool's chapter "Human Remains, the Disciplines of the Dead, and the South African Memorial Complex" from The Politics of Heritage in Africa, go behind the scenes of anthropological work in Southern Africa.

Ciraj Rassool | 26 Mar 2015

Enter the Management Consultants

Andrew Sturdy discusses his recent book Management as Consultancy, and explains why managers within organizations are becoming more like management consultants. Read More ?

25 Mar 2015