Henry Farrell

Building a Political Science Public Sphere with Blogs with John Sides

We argue that political science blogs can link conversations among political scientists with broader public debates about contemporary issues. Political science blogs do this by identifying relevant research, explaining its findings, and articulating its applicability. We identify strategies besides blogging that individual scholars and the discipline could undertake to enhance its public profile.

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Other Writing:

Chapter in an Edited Volume

“The Political Economy of the Internet and E-Commerce,” in Political Economy and the Changing Global Order (third edition) – eds. Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill

September 1, 2005 eds. Richard Stubbs and Geoffrey R.D. Underhill Oxford: 2005
How have new information technologies affected international political economy? In the heady years of the dot com bubble, many academics and commentators predicted that the Internet and e-commerce would empower private actors and weaken states. Indeed, some libertarians hoped that the Internet would lead to a collapse in state authority. However, these predictions have not ...
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Academic Article

AI as Governance

January 9, 2025 Annual Review of Political Science
Henry Farrell, “AI as Governance,” Annual Review of Political Science, forthcoming.
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