This collection of essays by Sheila Jasanoff explores how democratic governments construct public reason, that is, the forms of evidence…
Human societies fashion themselves through rites of memory, gilding and illuminating
some pages of the past while consigning others to…
The 14 months since Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow have not been kind to those who yearn for a free Egypt. A military junta rules, Islamists…
Book abstract: Lively Capital is an urgent and important collection of essays addressing the reconfigured relations between the life…
When international observers criticize the quality of elections, do these expert evaluations reflect ‘Western/American’ values? Or are…
Book abstract: What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors explore justice in various…
Since the end of the Cold War, security studies have broadened to take into account a wide range of non-military threats ranging from…
Despite the massive scale of global inequalities, until recently few political philosophers or bioethicists addressed their ethical…
For years, the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) has been saddled with a reputation for empirical narrowness and lack of…
Book abstract: From Harvard University, one of the world’s preeminent institutions of liberal education, comes a collection of essays…