Scope Conditions Podcast
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S4E2 The Bombs America Left Behind, with Erin Lin
Today on Scope Conditions: when the bombs don’t go off, the war isn't over.We tend to think of peace as beginning when the bombs stop falling. But as our guest today shows us, this is only half the…
S4E1 When Unequal Places Invest, with Alice Xu
Today on the podcast, why are more unequal neighborhoods sometimes better at promoting the collective good?A world of high inequality is, in many ways, a world in which the fortunes of the rich are…
S3E10 Rules of Law, with Egor Lazarev
Political analysts are thinking a lot these days about the rule of law: where it comes from, what sustains it, how it can break down. Those are hard enough questions in themselves. And, yet — they…
S3E9 Violence as Campaign Strategy, with Niloufer Siddiqui
When we think of weak democracies around the world, we often think of their inability to maintain a monopoly on violence because of challenges outside the state – like militias, rebel groups,…
S3E8 How Criminal Governance Undermines Elections, with Jessie Trudeau
In democracies all around the world, criminal organizations are involved in electoral politics. Notable examples include the Sicilian mafia and Pablo Escobar's drug cartel in Colombia. We sometimes…
S3E7 What College Dorms can teach us about Culture, with Joan Ricart-Huguet
Today on Scope Conditions: college dorms shed light on where group culture comes from and how it molds us.At Harry Potter’s alma mater, each new student is assigned to a House that aligns with their…
S3E6 Statecraft as Stagecraft, with Iza (Yue) Ding
Most governments around the world – whether democracies or autocracies – face at least some pressure to respond to citizen concerns on some social problems. But the issues that capture public…
S3E5 How the UN Keeps Peace Among Neighbors, with William G. Nomikos
Today on Scope Conditions, what’s the secret to successful peacekeeping?We often think of civil conflict as being driven by organized, armed groups – like rebel militias and state armies. But as our…
S3E4 Race-Based Coalitions in Three Chinatowns, with Jae Yeon Kim
Today on Scope Conditions: when is racial status a unifying force in politics?Shared experiences of prejudice and discrimination can sometimes help create shared political identities within and…
S3E3 Can We Immunize Against Misinformation? with Sumitra Badrinathan
Today on Scope Conditions, can we teach voters how to tell truth from lies?Around the world, governments and political parties wield misinformation as a powerful political weapon – a weapon that is…
S3E2 Trial and Terror, with Fiona Feiang Shen-Bayh
Today on Scope Conditions: why the judge’s gavel is sometimes mightier than the sword.Political trials – or show trials – are a well-known mode of repression in authoritarian settings. We often think…
S3E1 Overcoming the Hijab Penalty, with Donghyun Danny Choi
Today on Scope Conditions: what drives discrimination against immigrants – and what can be done about it?When social scientists have sought to explain anti-immigrant bias, they’ve tended to focus on…
S2E10 “Defunding the Police” as Transitional Justice, with Genevieve Bates
A little over two years ago, mass protests in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Minneapolis, focused public attention on the dramatically higher rates at which the…
S2E9 Partisan Polarization in Israel, with Chagai Weiss
Today on Scope Conditions, we’re talking about rising partisan animosity and what can be done about it.When we think about partisan polarization, we’re often thinking about the United States – and…
S2E8 Online Dissent, Offline Repression, with Alexandra Siegel
Can autocrats fight online dissent with offline repression?In the world’s most authoritarian regimes, on-the-ground forms of protest or expressions of dissent are quickly quashed. So the online world…
S2E7 Europe's Hidden Legal Architects, with Tommaso Pavone
Today on Scope Conditions, we’re talking about the origins of supranational power.The European Union has no army. It levies no taxes. Covering a population of 450 million, its administrative…
S2E6 Diagnosing Democracy's Representation Gap, with Sergio Montero
In this episode of Scope Conditions, we ask: what happens when your favorite candidate isn’t even running?We often think about the quality of democratic representation in terms of the outcomes that…
S2E5 How Palestine Polarized, with Dana El Kurd
Today on Scope Conditions, we’re speaking with Dr. Dana El Kurd, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Richmond, about her recent book, Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies…
S2E4 Randomizing Together (Part 2), with Tara Slough and Graeme Blair
Today’s episode is Part 2 of our conversation about metaketas with Dr. Tara Slough, an Assistant Professor of Politics at NYU, who co-led with Daniel Rubenson a metaketa on the governance of natural…
S2E3 Randomizing Together (Part 1), with Tara Slough and Graeme Blair
The last two decades have seen an explosion of field experimentation in political science and economics. Field experiments are often seen as the gold standard for policy evaluation. If you want to…
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