MAY 19, 2026: What the Latest Political Science Can Teach Us

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WHAT THE LATEST POLITICAL SCIENCE CAN TEACH US
The books The Early Modern Origins of Natural and Political Science: Machiavelli, Bacon, and Descartes (Bloomsbury) by Timothy Sean Quinn (Xavier) and A Critique of Political Science: A History of the Caucus for a New Political Science (Michigan) by Clyde W. Barrow (UTRGV) are now out. “Very difficult, perhaps altogether impossible”: Jacob T. Levy on Adam Smith’s political science. Organizing with evidence: Daniel Brown on what the latest political science can teach us about effective organizing. Paul Musgrave on political science in the polycrisis. Amidst an overwhelming decline in democratic institutions over the past year, political science professors are talking more about AI than the state of affairs in the US. Seyla Benhabib is awarded the 2026 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. The open access book IPSA Companion to Political Science: A Practical Introduction to the 200 Most Important Concepts is now online.