Check out “The Power of Nations: Measuring What Matters” International Security 43.2 Fall 2018 by Michael Beckley pp. 7-44. Takes a NET approach to measuring power.
There is a very interesting article on measuring the power of nations based on net estimates rather than the most common way using gross or nominal estimates. See “The Power of Nations: Measuring What Matters” Michael Beckley pp. 7-44
40th Anniversary RC36 Interim Conference May 22, 23, 2019 in Moscow: Call for Papers IPSA RC36 INTERIM CONFERENCE 2019 The Changing Faces of Power 1979-2019: The 40th Anniversary of the Power Group May 22-23, 2019 | Moscow, Russia In 2019 IPSA RC36 is celebrating its 40thanniversary. Its first meeting took place at the IPSA World Congress of Political Science in 1979 in Moscow. So, we would like to come back to Moscow for our anniversary interim conference. Considering the significant changes in our field during these years, we have decided to hold our conference on the theme “The Changing Faces…
PAPERS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP Systematic and EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL POWER May 24, 2019 | Saint Petersburg, Russia “Empirical Analysis of Political Power” organized by the Research Committee on Political Power (IPSA RC36) and the Centre for German and European Studies (CGES) of Saint Petersburg State University — Bielefeld University. For many years IPSA RC36 has been supporting the development of political power theories and new methods allowing to test them empirically. The next IPSA RC36 papers development workshop will be held in cooperation with the CGES, one of the leading Russian research centers developing network analysis methods. Considering a growing…
IPSA RC36 INTERIM CONFERENCE 2019 The Changing Faces of Power 1979-2019: The 40th Anniversary of the Power Group May 22-23, 2019 | Moscow, Russia In 2019 IPSA RC36 is celebrating its 40thanniversary. Its first meeting took place at the IPSA World Congress of Political Science in 1979 in Moscow. So, we would like to come back to Moscow for our anniversary interim conference. Considering the significant changes in our field during these years, we have decided to hold our conference on the theme “The Changing Faces of Power: 1979-2019” and to devote this meeting to a systematic review of the…
RC 36 organized 7 excellent panels on power across a diversity of issues. A great time was had by all. The group dinner at George’s Seafood on the harbor was the social highlight. A list of the panels can been seen below. We would like to thank all of the power scholars who traveled so near and far (mostly very far) to make this a great success.
RC 36 is allocated a panel at APSA meetings. We are calling for papers to create a panel for the upcoming APSA Meeting in Washington DC August 29 to September 1 2019. See below for the notice. RC 36 invites papers on power and populism. The rise of populism has been pronounced over the past several years. The political movement has usurped the powers of more centrist governments that have dominated politics in the post war world. We invite papers that wish to analyze the power dynamics of this changing political landscape. Please contact Giulio Gallarotti or Alina Vladimirova ggallarotti@wesleyan.edu…
Icelandic Review of Politics and Administration: Special Issue on Power and Democracy in Iceland The Icelandic Review of Politics and Administration (www.irpa.is) is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue on power and democracy in Iceland (14 Vol., 1 Issue): http://www.irpa.is/issue/view/297. The special issue is among the products of a five year power and democracy project, funded by the University of Iceland Centenary Fund and directed by Professor Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson. The special issue brings together 10 peer-reviewed papers focusing on different aspects of power and democratic governance in Iceland, all written in English and in open access.…
Hi all, Kathi Glaab and Lena Partzsch are happy to report that we have just successfully submitted a RC36 panel to the ISA (International Studies Association) Annual Convention in Toronto, March 27-30, 2019. We have quite a dream team covering seven different countries with various perspectives, and we are very much looking forward to seeing hopefully many of you in Toronto next year! Panel Title: Writing environmental norms: scholarship and progress in global environmental politics Organizers: Katharina Glaab and Lena Partzsch Chair: Giulio Gallarotti Discussant: Thomas Princen, University of Michigan Abstract: When discussing solutions towards more sustainable worlds, scholarship in…