#comparativepolitics

[brosh17]

Why Intelligence Organizations Fail to Predict Revolutions

A research-informed, interpretive look at one of modern intelligence’s deepest blind spots Nearly every major revolution of the twentieth an

[digipoli]

Partisanship in the International Context

We often view partisanship solely in the American context. However, is partisanship exclusively an American phenomenon? This article seeks to better understand how political polarization plays out …

[jorgenguldmann]

Is China a Technocracy?

I ask myself the question, but with hesitation, perhaps because its touching on dangerous grounds. Yet I find it worth considering, is China a technocracy? Formally, no. Politically, it is a party-state where power rests with the Communist Party. But in practice, China governs with a level of technical rationality that makes most Western systems look paralysed by comparison. The reason is not…

Is China a Technocracy?

[hiinenkelte]

As a Comparative political scientist, I want to see what would happen to the E.U if the U.S.A pulled the bases out of their respective countries, and pulled out of NATO. 

I might do a what of analysis in a few during winter break. I have grad school things to get through first. 

[dceeeeeats-blog]

As I sit and ponder HOW is it actually possible that a spending bill agreement was not reached, I find myself seeking solace in an odd place. British Parliament.

Now, before you scream traitor! - I suggest you all watch a Parliamentary session and watch Prime Minister Cameron defend himself against the opposition. It is pure politics at is best- transparent and combative, yet respectful. Could you image Boehner and Reid speaking like this?! 

#nerd fantasy

[anycoupons-blog]

I'm really trying to keep the queue in order you guys, but then I get ones like this and I'm like I NEED TO POST THIS RIGHT NOW THE QUEUE AND THE UNION BE DAMNED, you know? -LO