The Trajectory of a Booming Field: A Look Back at a Decade of HPE research (Part II).

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What are the most prominent themes in HPE research? I consider the substantive focus of approximately 200 articles published in top political science journals in the last ten years, collected for a joint review project with Eugene Finkel and Scott Gehlbach. [1] For additional information, check out my September post for the selection criteria and … Continue reading The Trajectory of a Booming Field: A Look Back at a Decade of HPE research (Part II).

Quantitative Social Science and the Holocaust

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History is replete with violence, which casts a long shadow on contemporary attitudes, behavior, and institutions, as covered in our earlier posts. The Holocaust is the largest single episode of mass violence in the 20th century. It is also one of the most “data-rich” genocides, and the number of books, articles, and films that deal … Continue reading Quantitative Social Science and the Holocaust