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Back to SearchRoland Erne et al., "Politicising Commodification: European Governance and Labour Politics from the Financial Crisis to the Covid Emergency" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 41
Year 2008 marked the introduction of a new economic governance regime in the European Union (EU) in response to the global financial crisis. Politici…
1 year, 2 months ago
Philip Rathgeb, "How the Radical Right Has Changed Capitalism and Welfare in Europe and the USA" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Episode 508
Radical right parties are no longer political challengers on the fringes of party systems; they have become part of the political mainstream across t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Talking Thai Politics: Chanintorn Pensute, The Cost of Politics in Thailand
Episode 8
How much does it cost to become an MP in Thailand? Is entering parliamentary politics prohibitively expensive for ordinary people? Has the rise of th…
1 year, 2 months ago
Michael Sonenscher, "After Kant: The Romans, the Germans, and the Moderns in the History of Political Thought" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Episode 234
In this wide-ranging work, Michael Sonenscher traces the origins of modern political thought and ideologies to a question, raised by Immanuel Kant, a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Shimon Shetreet, "Judicial Independence: Cornerstone of Democracy" (Brill Nijhoff, 2023)
Episode 5
Today I’m speaking with Shimon Shetreet, Greenblatt Chair of Public and International Law at the Hebrew University and a former politician. We are di…
1 year, 2 months ago
Avinash Paliwal, "India's Near East: A New History" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Episode 222
After student protests toppled Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina last year, New Delhi and Dhaka have been at odds. Indian politicians complain …
1 year, 2 months ago
Truth Matters: A Conversation with Robert P. George and Cornel West
Episode 134
In the latest episode of Madison’s Notes, we are privileged to join a profound conversation between Robert P. George and Cornel West, two towering fi…
1 year, 2 months ago
Christina L. Davis, "Discriminatory Clubs: The Geopolitics of International Organizations" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Episode 117
Member selection is one of the defining elements of social organization, imposing categories on who we are and what we do. Discriminatory Clubs: The …
1 year, 3 months ago
Congressional Deliberation: A Conversation with Kevin J. Burns and Jordan T. Cash
In this episode, we sit down with Professors Jordan T. Cash and Kevin J. Burns to discuss their recently published book, Congressional Deliberation: …
1 year, 3 months ago
Arthur Bradley, "Staging Sovereignty: Theory, Theater, Thaumaturgy" (Columbia UP, 2024)
Episode 507
Staging Sovereignty: Theory, Theater, Thaumaturgy (Columbia University Press, 2024) explores the relationship between theater and sovereignty in mode…
1 year, 3 months ago