Amajor programmeof research on cognition has been built around the idea that human beings are frequently intuitive thinkers and that human intuition is imperfect.Themodernmarketing of politics and the time-poor position ofmany citizens suggests that ‘fast’, intuitive, thinking inmany contemporary democracies is ubiquitous. This article explores the consequences that such fast thinking might hav...

Promotional cultures, to use Wernick’s expression, have transformed communication, as the ideology of the market seeps into every facet of social life. Promotional texts, whether verbal, written or visual, now have great impact upon cultural formation and are contributing to a reflexive transformation of both individual and collective political identities. Much commentary on political change (a...

The field of political economy has long produced theoretically informed empirical research on the politics of international trade. For example, few books have enjoyed a better reputation than E. E. Schattschneider’s 1935 classic study of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff (Politics, Pressures, and the Tariff). Since that early date, trade politics has developed into a major subfield in political science. ...

J. David Singer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. A pioneer in the effort to render the study of international politics more scientific, his many important works include authorship of Deterrence, Arms Control, and Disarmament (1962) and editorship of Human Behavior and International Politics (1965) and Quantitative International Politics (1968). As can be seen in ...

Sociology Compass. 2017;e12538. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12538 wileyon Abstract The study of urban poverty is alive and well in sociology. The study of urban politics, by contrast, has stagnated. Though scholars agree that politics shapes the creation and durability of urban poverty, analytical connections between the two subfields are rarely made explicit. In this article, I make the case ...

Courses INTS 4010 Epistemology (4 Credits) An introductory course covering philosophy and history of science, epistemology, causality, and the logic of inquiry as related to international studies. The relation between theory and practical politics is explored, and differences between empirical and normative theory are examined in the context of foundational principles of politics and social sci...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 I. Individualism, politics, and the modern state . . . 7 II. Stirner’s critique of transcendentalism and the fixed idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 III. Poststructuralism and the epistemological problem with the fixed idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 IV. The Politics of the Self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Conclusion . . ....

W.L. Miller Chris Allen Department of Politics University of Edinburgh No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Scotland 191480. London: Edward Arnold, 1981, 182pp The End of British Politics? Scots and English Political Behaviour in the Seventies. Oxford: Clarendon, 1981, 28lpp J. Bochel,D. Denver, The Referendum Experience: Scotland 1979. & A. Macartney (eds.)Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 198!...

There is a long-standing adage in Britain which, albeit brief, nonetheless illuminates aspects of the nation's culture. It states that there are two subjects that should not be raised in polite company and are likely to alienate strangers and even estrange friends: the topics of politics and religion. For those unfamiliar with British culture, this may suggest a disinterest in both politics and...

Brendon Swedlow PS: Political Science & Politics / Volume 44 / Issue 04 / October 2011, pp 736 ­ 739 DOI: 10.1017/S1049096511001375, Published online: 18 October 2011 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S1049096511001375 How to cite this article: Brendon Swedlow (2011). Cultural Surprises as Sources of Sudden, Big Policy Change. PS: Political Science & Politics,44, pp 7...