Comparing regulatory processes in genome editing and autonomous vehicles: How institutional environments shape sociotechnical imaginaries can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/WAMARMA5IGIAGFB6TYTQ?target=10.1111/ropr.12532 It's a co-authored article conceived originally by Konrad Posch and the first author (Meghna Mukhergee, Berkeley Sociology PhD Candidate) under the guidance of Ann Keller (Associate Professor of Public Health, Berkeley as well as a graduate of the Berkeley Polisci PhD Program)
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Graduate Student Aaron Zielinski's article, " The Imaginary Force of History: On Images, the Imaginary, and Myths in Foucault's Early Works," was published in December 2022 in Critical Review. The article is about Foucault's notion of history in his early works from the 1950s, some of which have just recently been published.
Graduate Student Douglas Van has two new publications: Ozer, Adam L., Brian W. Sullivan, and Douglas S. Van. “Viewed from Different Engels? Differences in Reactions to ‘Socialism’ as a Policy Label.” Political Research Quarterly 75, no. 4 (December 2022): 1297–1312. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129211037402. Van, Douglas Scott. “Robert Penn Warren and His Persistent Schism between Fact and Idea.” American Political Thought 11, no. 2 (March 1, 2022): 185–208...
Professor Kinch Hoekstra has a new piece out in Histos , which he explains is a journal of ancient historiography that political scientists will not encounter. It reflects a sample of a vast project in progress that he is undertaking with Luca Iori of the University of Parma, which will become a critical edition of Thomas Hobbes's translation of Thucydides. The sample is Hobbes's translation...
Assistant Professor Ryan Brutger's article "Abstraction and Detail in Experimental Design" was among the most highly cited AJPS articles from last year, and is featured in their "virtual edition" of top cited papers. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajps.12710?af=R
Professor Amy Lerman's empirical paper they wrote using DOJ data to estimate racial disparities, which came out in Law & Society Review last year (paper features: Wired and in Vox), was used by the legislature to inform changes in eligibility for criminal record clearance in California.
Emeritus Professor George Breslauer published THE RISE AND DEMISE OF WORLD COMMUNISM (Oxford University Press) in Fall 2021. It is a macro-political synthesis and reinterpretation of the evolution of communist regimes, their interactions with others in the "world communist movement," and their relations with the capitalist powers. It brings to bear theoretical perspectives drawn from both comparative politics and international relations literatures.
Emeritus Professor George Breslauer published THE RISE AND DEMISE OF WORLD COMMUNISM (Oxford University Press) in Fall 2021. It is a macro-political synthesis and reinterpretation of the evolution of communist regimes, their interactions with others in the "world communist movement," and their relations with the capitalist powers. It brings to bear theoretical perspectives drawn from both comparative politics and international relations literatures.
Professor Sarah Anzia published a new book, Local Interests: Politics, Policy, and Interest Groups in US City Governments with University of Chicago Press, 2022.
Martha Wilfahrt's book, Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics (Cambridge 2021) wins the 2022 Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award from the Social Science History Association and also received honorable mention for the Giovanni Sartori Best Book Award from the QMMR section last year.