Political Science

Trafficking Women’s Human Rights Julietta Hua 2011 Fall

How images of sex trafficking produce notions of race, sex, and citizenship

The Autonomous Animal Self-Governance and the Modern Subject Claire E. Rasmussen 2011 Fall

A wide-ranging reexamination of a foundational tenet of modern democratic society

Justice and the American Metropolis Clarissa Rile Hayward and Todd Swanstrom, Editors 2011 Fall

Returning social justice to the center of urban policy debates

Stare in the Darkness The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics Lester K. Spence 2011 Spring

Critiquing the true impact of hip-hop culture on politics

Choices Women Make Agency in Domestic Violence, Assisted Reproduction, and Sex Work Carisa R. Showden 2011 Spring

An inquiry into women’s agency—how it is developed and deployed and how it can be increased

Microfinance and Its Discontents Women in Debt in Bangladesh Lamia Karim 2011 Spring

A feminist critique of the much-lauded microcredit process in Bangladesh

The City, Revisited Urban Theory from Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York Dennis R. Judd and Dick Simpson, Editors 2010 Fall

Reexamining urban scholarship for the twenty-first century

The Parent as Citizen A Democratic Dilemma Brian Duff 2010 Fall

How ideas about parenthood undermine politics

Breaks in the Chain What Immigrant Workers Can Teach America about Democracy Paul Apostolidis 2010 Fall

How immigrants’ stories can transform social power

The Divided World Human Rights and Its Violence Randall Williams 2010 Spring

Examines why some people are deemed worthy of human rights and others are not

Bad for Democracy How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People Dana D. Nelson 2010 Spring

Voting for the president is not enough—a bold call to reclaim democracy

Developing Partnerships Gender, Sexuality, and the Reformed World Bank Kate Bedford 2009 Fall

What are the actual effects of the World Bank’s “family-strengthening” policies?

Shanghai Rising State Power and Local Transformations in a Global Megacity Xiangming Chen, Editor 2009 Spring

Analyzing a Chinese city’s dazzling rise to global megacity status

American Prophecy Race and Redemption in American Political Culture George Shulman 2008 Fall

The political meaning of prophetic language in America

Politics at the Airport Mark B. Salter, Editor 2008 Fall

Establishes the airport as a crucial site in the rise of the surveillance state

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