Author: Mathilde Chatin

Call for Panels for Research Committees IPSA International Conference Political Science in the Digital Age: Mapping Opportunities, Perils and Uncertainties December 4-6 2017 Hannover, Germany Program Chairs: Marianne Kneuer and Helen Milner The International Political Science Association (IPSA) is organizing an international conference that will be held on 4-6 December 2017 in Hannover, Germany. Chaired by Marianne Kneuer and Helen Milner, the conference will take place in Hannover’s spectacular Palace of Herrenhausen, surrounded by gardens that date back to the Baroque period. You can find more information on the event website https://hannover2017.ipsa.org/ The conference, entitled “Political Science in the Digital…

POWER, LUCK AND FREEDOM (COLLECTED ESSAYS) BY KEITH DOWDING Recently published by Manchester University Press LINK http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526104564/ DESCRIPTION This book presents thirteen essays from a leading contemporary political scientist, with a substantial introduction bringing together the themes. The topics covered include political and social power, freedom, choice, rights, responsibility, the author’s unique account of luck and systematic luck and the nature of leadership. There are also discussions of conceptual analysis, the structure-agency debate, luck egalitarianism, Sen’s liberal paradox, problems in the measurement of freedom and choice and the differences between instrumental and intrinsic accounts of the value of freedom and related concepts. The…

All papers for the Special issue “Soft Power of the BRICS” (Journal of Political Power) are now available online http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpow21/current