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any Canadian car insurance experts out there? Riddle me this why after a lifetime of driving with no claims, tickets, or suspensions my insurance is going up?
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There's a new Handbook of Latin American Politics just published by @ElgarPublishing, featuring 73 chapters. I had the pleasure of contributing the chapter, "Guatemala: Precarious Democracy and the Menace of Impunity."
e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handboo…
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The video was filmed on **June 8, 2026** (very recently).
It shows NDP MP **Charlie Angus** speaking in a parliamentary setting (CPAC coverage), calling on the newly appointed Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner **Anton Boegman** to investigate alleged US interference in the Alberta separatist movement. He references statements from US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra about Canada’s sovereignty in trade negotiations “this past week.”
The original post frames it as Ottawa “launching” investigations — it’s actually Angus *calling for* one.
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Recordando a Raúl Pacheco-Vega
Dos textos de Pacheco-Vega sobre un tema que le interesaba –la gobernanza del agua– y una persona que lo influenció mucho – Elinor Ostrom
Descarga Ostrom y la gobernanza: scielo.org.mx/pdf/rms/v76nsp…
Descarga Agua embotellada: scielo.org.mx/pdf/espiral/v2…
Recordando a Raúl Pacheco-Vega
Una de las pasiones de Pacheco-Vega eran los métodos de investigación. En esta red compartía sugerencias y los libros que compraba.
Este artículo muestra cómo abordaba el estudio de comunidades vulnerables.
Acceso abierto: journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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Six things we now know about the UK economy in charts - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyp…
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If in London on Wed 20 May I’m launching my new OA book with Tim Monteath “Doing Open Social Science” at 16.00 in LSE’s Alumni theatre (in Cheng Kin Ku Building on Lincoln’s’ Inn Fields). All welcome & free drinks at 5pm too. Hope you can come!
(Please note corrected times)
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If you are in London on Wednesday 20 May I’m launching my new open access book with Tim Monteath “Doing Open Social Science” at 17.00 in LSE’s Alumni lecture theatre (in Cheng Kin Ku Building on Lincoln’s’ Inn). All welcome and free drinks at 6pm too. Hope you can come!
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Many thanks to the wonderful Civica EU website for posting a blog with more details about my new book with Tim Monteath "Doing Open Social Science" civica.eu/news-events/news-b…
The book comes out OA (i.e. free to download) as whole or by chapters on 14 May press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3…
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My new OA book with Tim Monteath "Doing Open Social Science: A Guide for Researchers"
is out from @LSEPress on *14 May* press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3…
It covers how 'open science' approaches can now be fully implemented by both qualitative & quantitative researchers in practical ways
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Today, the principal challenge to democracy is coming not from coups but from democratic erosion driven by elected leaders. What is behind this shift, and how can prodemocracy forces push back?
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/9…
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Exciting news! My forthcoming OA book from @LSEPress with Tim Monteith & co - full details here press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3…
is out 14 May on Amazon Kindle worldwide for just £0.99 (or equivalent). Pre-order at amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&… for UK
amazon.in/s?k=9781911712596 for India
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Przeworski is just another highly ethnocentric American political scientist unable to accept the VDem stats that show USA is failing badly as a democracy, and that US pluralist theory is completely falsified. The USA even has no worthwhile rule of law now.
Przeworski on V-Dem Data
In a new interview, Adam Przeworski states that he does “not have much trust in V-Dem’s measurements of democracy” and that V-Dem seeks “media exposure by heralding crises of democracy.”
I agree.
See the full interview here: populismstudies.org/professo…
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Very happy that the article I wrote with @StephanieCarvin on the evolution of Canada's National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (successes, inevitable challenges, unforced errors) is now out in open access with Intelligence and National Security:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Many thanks from all our authors to the 18,000+ readers who’ve downloaded “Australia’s Evolving Democracy” since it came out 18 months ago. As ever with @LSEPress it’s free to download it all or any chapter, and always will be.
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Politics and Public Administration
This new handbook edited by Peters, Knox, Panizza, @ramoslarraburu and Staroňová focuses on patronage relations in the public administration. It spans all regions of the world. A great resource.
For more information:
elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b…
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The Concept and Value of Democracy
I am preparing for a talk on the concept of democracy. For me, there are four indispensable authors (Kelsen, Bobbio, Dahl, Przeworski) that I come back to when thinking about what democracy is and what it is not, and why democracy is valuable.
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We spent a century dismantling every institution that tried to teach people how to be good. Now we're building AI on the wreckage and wondering why it has no soul.
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There is a reason that we do not have MLAs decide on electoral boundaries. Tossing out the Electoral Boundaries Commission and replacing it with a UCP-dominated committee is not just a bad idea. It is really bad for democracy. Ask the US, ask Hungary. This is not normal!
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For every political scientist, @LSEPress offers a cornucopia of free open access books, for academics and for every member of your classes and seminars. All book chapters are individually downloadable as well. press.lse.ac.uk/books
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@ReviewofPE 's "History of Post-Keynesian Economics Collection"
tandfonline.com/journals/crp…
