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Allison Hartnett
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Assistant Professor at USC POIR. Authoritarianism past and present, redistribution & inequality, land, elites. Mostly MENA. www.allisonhartnett.io
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Next up we have two in migration studies.

Check out Merve Edilmen's "Against the Charge of Charity: Refugee-Led Organisations, Localisation, and Decolonising Humanitarianism."

Thanks to discussant Lama Mourad!

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Against the charge of charity: refugee-led organisations, localisation and decolonising humanitarianism
Two of the main recent trends in humanitarianism have been the increasing focus on decolonialisation and localisation of humanitarian assistance. Donors have committed to raising funding for local ...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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...also check out @kpnorman.bsky.social's "Leveraging Selective State Capacity: Understanding Changing responses to Migration and Refugees."

Thanks to discussant Anne Marie Baylouny!

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Leveraging Selective State Capacity: Understanding Changing Responses to Migration and Refugees
Abstract. State capacity is seen as one of the central elements determining whether countries have “strong” or “weak” systems of immigration and asylum. An
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November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Our excellent lineup can be found here docs.google.com/document/u/0...
PANELIST PROGRAM - HPE Conference II
Second Annual Historical Political Economy Conference Organized by Jeff Jenkins and Allison Hartnett (University of Southern California) October 24-25, 2025 Sponsored by the Center for International ...
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October 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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there is something quite close to unanimity among serious scholars on this point, but the Washington Post omits that in favor of highlighting one such scholar's donations to Democratic candidates
The Washington Post Democracy Dies in Darkness "This kind of thing doesn't happen in democracies, and it's becoming a routine part of our politics," said Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard University, who has long warned that Trump poses a threat to American democracy. (Federal campaign finance records show that a person named Steven Levitsky who works at Harvard has made small campaign donations to Democratic candidates.)
June 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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I love everything about this.
June 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The chickens aren't working.
June 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I had such a wonderful time. Can't wait for my next trip to Konstanz!
May 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM