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Announcing the 2018-2020 SSN Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Scholars Strategy Network is opening applications for the second cohort of its two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship to support early-career scholars...
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No Jargon Episode 81: On Tyranny

In the 1900s, dictators rose to power across Europe as democracies fell to fascists and communists. On a recent episode of No Jargon, Snyder argues...
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Announcing SSN’s Policy Engagement Workshop

With support from the William T. Grant Foundation, the Scholars Strategy Network is launching a new Policy Engagement Workshop to offer researchers...
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Can Citizen Campaigns and Voluntary Standards Make Business Socially Responsible?

As public regulations are weakened, voluntary groups are attempting to police business. But their campaigns are dependent on media coverage and easily...
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SSN Forum on White-Collar Government

Does it matter that elites dominate Congress and other U.S. legislatures? Nicholas Carnes says yes, and five SSNers discuss his new book. Tom Mann...
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Goaded by the Tea Party, Republicans Turn to Extortion

The Republican-led House of Representatives has shut down the federal government and threatens to push the U.S. into default – unless Democrats agree...
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SSN Forum on Money in Politics

Running for office and advancing policy agendas are very expensive endeavors. Has raising money become too central to American politics – giving the...