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Assistant Professor, Political Science Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India https://sites.google.com/view/jhamk21/home
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UN paper calls for an urgent shift towards comprehensive #SystemsThinking, to enable governments to stay the course of SDG implementation https://buff.ly/439ZOWc More on #SystemsThinking 📕 https://buff.ly/43fZLs6 #polisky

📣 The World Data System is launching a study to identify the top 10 value-added benefits of data repositories. Funders, researchers, digital infrastructure providers, policy-makers, and journal publishers are invited to take the survey by March 12 ⤵️ www.surveymonkey.ca/r/drivr-1

#Swaraj is central to modern India's imagination of self, society, and the state. This paper examines its (re)interpretations by #JP and #Lohia. Paper link revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/ar... #Indian #Global #PoliticalThought #Polisky #PolTheory #Gandhi #IntellectualHistory

#poltheory #polphil #polphilosophy #polphilsky #PTsky

New article in PolPhil: "The Different Sources of Dirty Hands: Episodes, Rules, and Careers" by GIanni Sarra (King's College London), available open-access at: politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...

New book review! States and nature: the effects of climate change on security by Joshua W. Busby. Reviewed for us by @tomob-nz.bsky.social: "This book provides a comprehensive overview of climate security, tracing its origins and potential futures." doi.org/10.1080/0964...

India celebrated its 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a parade showcasing its military strength and cultural diversity along the Kartavya Path in New Delhi. www.instagram.com/p/DFSJt3xSZV...

#HappyRepublicDay #India #Constitution and its noble values bind us together. Wonderful to see these two tableaus in particular today at #KartavyaPath. What an appropriate way to celebrate the soul and conscience of modern, democratic, and republic India! #ConstitutionAt75

Today at @publicbooks.bsky.social, Charlotte Rogers has an amazing essay up on aphasia (a disorder that affects one's ability to communicate), Carlos Fonseca's "Austral" @fsgbooks.bsky.social & James Marcus's bio of Emerson @princetonupress.bsky.social. www.publicbooks.org/when-languag...

Offers an accessible and interdisciplinary account of the pressures and constraints judges face in our polarized world. Judges, Judging, and Judgment by @oldfatherc.bsky.social  Out Now #Jurisprudnce #AcademicSky #Polarization

My book is out! I’m grateful for the many people in Jordan, Tunisia, Stanford, and elsewhere who helped it reach this point. If you’re interested in why some autocrats stay popular or why ruling monarchs are so durable in today’s world, this book is for you! www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...

New #OpenAccess symposium from @pspolisci.bsky.social - Populism and Democracy: Mapping the Field and the Road Ahead - cup.org/42erybO With papers by @sldelange.bsky.social, @paultaggart.bsky.social, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social, @larboe.bsky.social, @grantmitchell.bsky.social & more #populism

Check out our latest symposium: Populism and Democracy: Mapping the Field and the Road Ahead cup.org/42erybO Guest edited by @paultaggart.bsky.social & Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser w/ papers by @sldelange.bsky.social @robert-a-huber.bsky.social @larboe.bsky.social @grantmitchell.bsky.social & others

CFP: Political theory in/ and/ as political science junior scholars' workshop. #polisky www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/ptps/20...

An excellent take on the life and legacy of Dr Manmohan Singh. One gets to know a lot beyond the 'brilliance and the humility' of the man. Manmohan Singh: India's Finest Talent Scout open.substack.com/pub/srajagop...

The Constitution knows nothing of the modern world: so it knows nothing of monopoly media, managed civic ignorance & bought politics. #auspol #PoliticalScience #DirectDemocracy #DeliberativeDemocracy

📖 Recipient of the #SteinRokkan Prize, Columbia Law’s Anu Bradford examines how political jurisdictions and tech giants are redefining privacy, democracy, and societal norms in her acclaimed book, Digital Empires. Read more in her interview: https://buff.ly/40phJX4

The latest edition of Theoria is out. 'On the Politics of Recognition' is a special issue curated by Christopher John Allsobrook. shorturl.at/AfQcq @ycpt.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @ccptleeds.bsky.social @polshef.bsky.social @kingspoltheory.bsky.social @kingspoltheory.bsky.social

So this arrived in the post today. Sure, it's a v different thing to my scholarly publications but I'm really very proud to have edited the second ed. of this book. It's such a privilege to be able to introduce a huge audience (including many students) to political ideas for the first time.

new episode out today: Habermania! with Steven Klein (@stevenklein.bsky.social) -- we discuss Jürgen Habermas, what it means to carry the torch of the enlightenment today, and the optimistic shape of critical theory born under conditions of relative stability podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

All humans want to control themselves. Strong people control themselves via self-mastery. Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others. Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control.

From @theathletic.bsky.social: India’s 18-year-old prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju capped his meteoric rise by becoming the youngest world chess champion in history. nyti.ms/4fhwjnQ

It's nice to see so many people have flown the coop, tweet tweet! ORCIDs love a nice Bluesky! Be sure you're following us here for the latest in blog posts, events, community news and other opportunities, which we'll start sharing more in the coming weeks. Let your friends know. Skeet, skeet!

New review! Democracy in a hotter time: climate change and democratic transformation edited by David W. Orr. Reviewed for us by Amanda Machin. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

#DuncanKelly (@jesuscollegecam.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social) will speak about "Global Intellectual History" at the University of Milan on Wednesday 27 November 2024 | @global-ih.bsky.social @gpolthought.bsky.social | studistorici.unimi.it/it/global-in...

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The new issue of the JHI is now available online, featuring terrific articles by Sophie Smith (open access), Mia Korpiola and Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde (open access), Alexander D. Batson, Tyler J. Thomas, Niccolò Valmori, Giuseppe Bianco, and Sarah Shortall. web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2024...

Machiavelli, Asino, (John Najemy's translation): ‘‘more than anything, what causes states to fall from the heights is that the powerful are never satisfied with their power. ... He who has prospered is forever consumed by yet more ambition and by fear. It is this craving that destroys states."

New piece out exploring how technocracy as well as populism undermine truthfulness and with it democratic representation in a pluralist society. 'Truthfulness, pluralism and the ethics of democratic representation' @bjpir.bsky.social Find the article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The New School for Social Research Politics department is hiring for the Loeb chair in political theory. At full or associate professor level. Review of applications begin on October 1. newschool.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

Sage announces new journal, Dialogues on Climate Change Read the press release here: group.sagepub.com/press-releas...

A good resource book on constitutional theory. #politicaltheory

Moving beyond the existing scholarship on language politics in north India which implicitly or explicitly focuses on Hindi–Urdu debates, this book examines the formation of the Maithili movement in the context of expansion of Hindi as the ‘national’ language.

Indian Politics and Political Processes explores the key ideas, foundations, continuities, major shifts and challenges to the state and democracy in modern India. The book presents an in-depth analysis of recent issues and challenges confronting the Indian state and politics. #IndianPolitics

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