Hélène Landemore is a political theorist at Yale and the author of “ Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule.

This piece was originally featured on Research Matters. Within contemporary political language, a constitution is generally considered a neutral document, one that sets forth fundamental ground rules ...

It’s time to redefine what populism means in the context of a liberal democracy—that’s the view of Professor Seth Jaffe ’00, who teaches the history of political thought at LUISS Guido Carli ...

One of the most notorious features of the French ancien régime was the practice of venality of office -- that is, the buying and selling of state offices that often served as a ticket into the ...

Yale political theorist Hélène Landemore has a soft spot for shy people — the wallflowers least likely to seek or desire power. She believes shy people should play a bigger role in governing. In fact, ...

The word anarchy is synonymous with chaos, but what does it mean to political theorists? The word anarchy is synonymous with chaos, but what does it mean to political theorists? In this episode of ...

William E. Connolly, whose revolutionary approaches to political theory helped place Johns Hopkins at the center of the field, died Feb. 25 at the age of 88. Professor emeritus in the Krieger School's ...

Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and prominent supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, is also something of a political theorist. His latest work is an essay in ...

Michael Parenti, a Marxist political theorist with uncompromising views who published more than 20 books and lectured widely, but who was accused of being an apologist for brutal regimes, including in ...

On Friday, January 3, Justice Juan Merchan denied President-elect Donald Trump's request to dismiss Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr.'s hush money/falsified business records case. And he has ...

Originalism’s politico-theoretical premises are hostile to the premises undergirding the administrative state and living constitutionalism. The concentration of lawmaking power into the hands of the ...

Hunter S. Thompson, right, speaks at a panel discussion in New Haven, Connecticut, on December 7, 1972. (AP Photo) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...