Robert Gooding (ANU): The State of the Disicipline, The Discipline of the State (from the Oxford Handbooks of Political Science). Coburn vs. the Political Scientists: It would be an enormous mistake to defund political science research. Is Marc Ambinder "hatin’ on poli sci"? John Sides investigates (and more, and Ezra Kelin on the problem with campaign books). Here are some practical suggestions for reporters, bloggers, and others who want to know what's up according to the political scientists. Model Behavior: Political scientists Stephen Majeski and David Sylvan question the usefulness of Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's predictioneering. Jennifer L. Hochschild (Harvard): If Democracies Need Informed Voters, Why Is It Democratic to Expand Enfranchisement? A review of When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation by James Fishkin. John Parkinson on how there is more — much more — to “deliberative democracy” than deliberative polling. A review of Bryan Caplan's The Myth of the Rational Voter. The myth of the rational voter: Politics involves much more than the calculations of rational choice theory. Why do people vote? Satoshi Kanazawa investigates (and part 2 and part 3). A review of The Political Gene: How Darwin’s Ideas Changed Politics by Dennis Sewell (and more). Your genes may determine whether you cling furiously to your political beliefs or cast them aside at a shift in the breeze. Andrew Gelman on internal vs. external coherence in political ideology. It's long been noted that power corrupts, but it also makes people hypocrites, too.
