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 acros...
14 Jun 202359min
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 ...
27 Feb 20231h 17min
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 thin...
28 Nov 20221h 16min
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...
24 Okt 20221h 21min
“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 police...
11 Jul 20221h 14min
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 ...
23 Mai 20221h 12min
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...
1 Mai 20221h 6min
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 bureaucr...
10 Apr 20221h 26min
