These essays are my early attempts to think about selected aspects of politics and political study theoretically. I’m slowly developing ideas for a few publications in political theory, but that project might not bear fruit before the late 2040’s.
COORDINATION, COOPERATION AND COMPROMISE
Personal and public objectives (2017)
POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE
Empty causes: the enterprise agenda (2014)
Misinterpreted mismeasures (2011)
THE STUDY OF POLITICS
Thoughts on the science, theory and philosophy of politics, Part III (2014)
Thoughts on the science, theory and philosophy of politics, Part II (2014)
Thoughts on the science, theory and philosophy of politics, Part I (2013)
Other things not being equal (2012)
GOVERNMENT
The first drawback of government (2013)
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