Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
The Case of Leftist Governments in Chile and Uruguay
In this article, Juan Bogliaccini and Aldo Madariaga explore leftist governments in peripheral economics — the topic of their recently published article, […]
Why We’ve Had to Dramatically Shift How We Talk About UK Politics
The upcoming UK General Election is often framed as ‘Rishi or Kier for PM.’ This is not, write the authors a textbook on UK politics, the questions being asked by actual Britons.
Contemporary Politics Focus of March Webinar Series
This March, the Sage Politics team launches its first Politics Webinar Week. These webinars are free to access and will be delivered by contemporary politics experts —drawn from Sage’s team of authors and editors— who range from practitioners to instructors.
The Social Sciences Are Under Attack in Higher Education
The social sciences have been a consistent target for political operatives around the United States in recent years., and recent actions at the state level have opened a new front in the long-running conflict.
A Conversation with Nasser Fakouhi on the Social Sciences in Iran
Nasser Fakouhi is professor of Anthropology at the University of Tehran. In a 2016 interview with Social Science Space, he reflected on the origins and development of social science in Iran and how political repression has impacted academic freedom.
Americans’ Knowledge Deficit, and Confidence Surplus, about Politics
The author’s research shows that many Americans think they know much more about politics than they really do.
Comparing COVID Deaths and Political Persuasion in the US
The Pew Research Center writes that “as the relationship between population density and coronavirus death rates has changed over the course of the pandemic, so too has the relationship between counties’ voting patterns and their death rates from COVID-19.”
“Are We There Yet?”: The Path Forward for Women in Politics
Just over a month ago in November, Michelle Wu was sworn in as the first woman and person of color elected as Boston’s mayor. […]
