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New from the CCP 🚨 Giovanni Sartori told political scientists to take their vocabulary seriously. Now there's a tool for that. sartori.network lets you explore how 10 research teams across law and political science define and connect 2,010 concepts.
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Working with Concepts by David Collier, edited by Zachary Elkins
Offers a lively introduction to new ideas about concepts and concept analysis in political science and international studies.
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ALT Cover of the book "Working with Concepts." It features the title at the top and has a design of birds flying across a black and white landscape in the center. Below are names of contributors and editors, including David Collier and Zachary Elkins,
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New article on Fast Track by Matthew Martin, “From Citizen Input to Elite Legitimation: The Logic of Will-Confirmation in Constitution-Making,” ingentaconnect.com/content/c…
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Mi última columna, sobre la paternidad y su compatibilidad con el mundo actual
Guillermo Pérez (@Perez_Ciudad) escribe sobre la experiencia de ser padre y reflexiona sobre el pertenecer a una cultura que premia lo contrario a la paternidad. Lee más aquí 🔗tinyurl.com/362h3pbc
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In his article for CS, @martinicogi explores #comics as a venue for #constitutional critique, noting how #Batman reminds us that the #law must be grounded in #justice.
Read his article in #English and #Spanish at tinyurl.com/53ju6s6b.
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In her article for CS, Ruth Rubio-Marín explores #teaching law in an age of #extremes, exploring how to foster #inclusion and #engagement amid increasing #polarization.
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🙏🏽 We have lost Ran Hirschl, a great person, scholar, and teacher. He passed away earlier this week on Tuesday, May 19. My condolences to his partner and wife, Ayelet Shachar, and to their son, Shai.
📝 The University of Toronto has published this announcement: politics.utoronto.ca/news/me….
🕊️ May Ran rest in peace.
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In her article for CS, Dian Shah assesses how #courts in #Asia engage with #socialcohesion in constitutional adjudication, depending on local context and cases.
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Out now, open access! cambridge.org/core/books/wor…
For decades, David Collier has shaped how political scientists think about concepts. This book collects his essential work, with research notes from 13 scholars who apply, debate, and extend his ideas. Out next month, edited by CCP co-director @ZedTex
🔗: tinyurl.com/working-with-con…
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Our latest paper — "Expanding Your Vocabulary: A Framework for Topic Integration in Texts" — is out now (OA) in @SSCRatSage! We introduce the segments-as-topic (SAT) method, combining automation expert review to construct new topics from large corpora. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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In his interview for CS, José María Serna de la Garza interviews Manuel Cepeda Espinosa, former President of the Constitutional Court of #Colombia.
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Este es el nuevo paper que escribimos con el equipo del CCP y que se publicó hoy en Social Science Computer Review. Introduce un nuevo método (segments-as-topics) para construir temas a partir de grandes volúmenes de textos, como constituciones. Pasen a mirarlo 👇
Our latest paper — "Expanding Your Vocabulary: A Framework for Topic Integration in Texts" — is out now (OA) in @SSCRatSage! We introduce the segments-as-topic (SAT) method, combining automation expert review to construct new topics from large corpora. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Our paper "Expanding Your Vocabulary" on the Segments-As-Topic (SAT) method has been accepted at @SSCRatSage! The SAT framework combines automated NLP with domain expertise for topic discovery and integration in large textual corpora.
Pre-print/tools: mattjmartin.com/research/art…
ALT First page of "Expanding Your Vocabulary: A Framework for Topic Integration in Texts" by Roy Gardner, Matthew Martin, Ashley Moran, Zachary Elkins, Andrés Cruz, and Guillermo Pérez, affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin, the Comparative Constitutions Project, and PeaceRep at the University of Edinburgh. The page shows the paper's title, author list, and abstract.
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Have you checked out our latest data release? 📊
Version 6 of the Comparative Constitutions Project's Chronology of Constitutional Events is out now! It now covers all events through 2025 — 81 new observations and 20,600 country-years of events since 1789, free to download. comparativeconstitutionsproj…
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In their article for CS, Netta Barak-Corren, Hanna Lerner, and Tirza Kelman explore #constituent #assemblies to renew #democracy amid #division.
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In his new article, Yasuo Hasebe explores the #history and intertwined trajectories of #academicfreedom and #democracy, using #Japan as an example.
Available in #English and #French at tinyurl.com/4chps45j.
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Version 6 of the Comparative Constitutions Project's Chronology of Constitutional Events is out now! It now covers all events through 2025 — 81 new observations and 20,600 country-years of events since 1789, free to download. comparativeconstitutionsproj…
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We are #hiring! If you have a passion for law and democracy, join us to oversee daily program operations, develop and fund new programs, and work with stakeholders across UT and globally to advance democracy.
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We look forward to connecting!
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Our paper "Expanding Your Vocabulary" on the Segments-As-Topic (SAT) method has been accepted at @SSCRatSage! The SAT framework combines automated NLP with domain expertise for topic discovery and integration in large textual corpora.
Pre-print/tools: mattjmartin.com/research/art…
ALT First page of "Expanding Your Vocabulary: A Framework for Topic Integration in Texts" by Roy Gardner, Matthew Martin, Ashley Moran, Zachary Elkins, Andrés Cruz, and Guillermo Pérez, affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin, the Comparative Constitutions Project, and PeaceRep at the University of Edinburgh. The page shows the paper's title, author list, and abstract.
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We also made a YouTube tutorial on how to apply the tools to your research: youtube.com/watch?v=sm_0M5XH…
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