the Catholic Church has done a better job of distancing itself from international pedophile networks

'The book’s most significant theoretical contribution is the concept of dynamic democracy . . . This is an admirable and intellectually inspiring thesis' Thanks to Aris Trantidis for the amazing review in @democratization.bsky.social!❤️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

'The book’s most significant theoretical contribution is the concept of dynamic democracy . . . This is an admirable and intellectually inspiring thesis' Thanks to Aris Trantidis for the amazing review in @democratization.bsky.social!❤️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This day week is the start of my US book tour!💥 If you're around come by to say hi👋🏻 Details below: hamilton.ufl.edu/events/elite... uchv.princeton.edu/events/book-... politicaltheory.yale.edu/spring-2026-... calendar.pitt.edu/event/elites... as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

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This day week is the start of my US book tour!💥 If you're around come by to say hi👋🏻 Details below: hamilton.ufl.edu/events/elite... uchv.princeton.edu/events/book-... politicaltheory.yale.edu/spring-2026-... calendar.pitt.edu/event/elites... as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

📣 New Editors for BJPIR - Call for Expression of Interest @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social is inviting expressions of interest for the next editorial team of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations (#BJPIR). For more information: buff.ly/L1rYEJg

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....

Really chuffed to have had my first papers published last month! Very grateful for all of the help and advice along the way.

"Another way of explaining populism, suggested by Hugo Drochon in his new book, Elites and Democracy, is to see populist politics as 'the process of replacing one elite with another’." Great to see @hdrochon.bsky.social mentioned in this piece from @thetimes.com! Read more:

'Another way of explaining populism, suggested by Hugo Drochon in his new book, Elites and Democracy, is to see populist politics as “the process of replacing one elite with another”' Thrilled to have Jason Cowley mentioned my book in his @thetimes.com column!🎉 www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

“As @hdrochon.bsky.social shows in his essential new book, Elites and Democracy, such harangues gained momentum at the turn of the 20th century when European thinkers examined the composition of society and its representation by elected elites.” Check out this @unherd.com review:

'Another way of explaining populism, suggested by Hugo Drochon in his new book, Elites and Democracy, is to see populist politics as “the process of replacing one elite with another”' Thrilled to have Jason Cowley mentioned my book in his @thetimes.com column!🎉 www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

When Judith Shklar was in Cambridge in May 1984 she taught Nietzsche, Weber and Mosca😲 h/t Robin Douglass for the find!

When Judith Shklar was in Cambridge in May 1984 she taught Nietzsche, Weber and Mosca😲 h/t Robin Douglass for the find!

Counterrevolution by Melinda Cooper is a thorough investigation of the current combination of austerity & extravagance that characterizes government spending & central bank monetary policy. The #paperback edition is now available worldwide! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #PoliSci

This week’s @newstatesman1913.bsky.social cover is a report from Ukraine, and whether or not we are living through the start of a new world war www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

Lovely to see Elites and Democracy so prominently displayed in Heffers, in very good company too! @princetonupress.bsky.social @lkatfield.bsky.social

Lovely to see Elites and Democracy so prominently displayed in Heffers, in very good company too! @princetonupress.bsky.social @lkatfield.bsky.social

'in his essential new book, Elites and Democracy, such harangues gained momentum at the turn of the 20th century when European thinkers examined the composition of society and its representation by elected elites' Richard Bourke in @unherd.com!😲 unherd.com/2026/03/the-...

'in his essential new book, Elites and Democracy, such harangues gained momentum at the turn of the 20th century when European thinkers examined the composition of society and its representation by elected elites' Richard Bourke in @unherd.com!😲 unherd.com/2026/03/the-...

BBC News - Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war and urges Trump to 'reverse course' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reeves says in her Mais lecture that “Brexit did deep damage” and that “our fate as a country is inescapably bound with that of Europe”. This is the most pro-European speech a cabinet minister has given since 2016.

UK Higher Education increasingly resembles an episode of W1A ...

Join us on March 26 for an event tracing the rise of the New Right and their assault on American freedoms, values, and ideals. Author @lkatfield.bsky.social presents her new book, Furious Minds, with @joshuatait.bsky.social moderating! Register: tinyurl.com/yubpmv7z @ieres-gwu.bsky.social

Exclusive: US intelligence says Iran government is not at risk of collapse, say sources - www.reuters.com/business/med...

'In his new insightful book Elites and Democracy, Hugo Drochon tells the story of how the “ruling class” and the “iron law of oligarchy” came to dominate modern political life and theory.' Thanks to Max Skjönsberg for the perceptive review!🎉 lawliberty.org/book-review/...

Ten years after the EU referendum, Britain has become more European. #Awkward economist.com/britain/2026...

'In his new insightful book Elites and Democracy, Hugo Drochon tells the story of how the “ruling class” and the “iron law of oligarchy” came to dominate modern political life and theory.' Thanks to Max Skjönsberg for the perceptive review!🎉 lawliberty.org/book-review/...

📚 Congratulations to @hdrochon.bsky.social on the publication of his new book 🎉 'Elites and Democracy' (@princetonupress.bsky.social) explores the idea that democracy is more accurately and usefully understood as a perpetual struggle among competing elites ℹ️ More info here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4xcar4nv

I am very happy to share that my article on the institutional thought of Brazilian abolitionist Luiz Gama (1830-1882) is now out in Contemporary Political Theory: "Insurgent legality: Luiz Gama’s plebeian republicanism between law and prefiguration" #OpenAccess link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Focusing on centrism as a purported set of ideas – a centre beyond left and right – @karlpike.bsky.social offers a new theory of centrism as a structure for political action: a politics which oscillates between left and right. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/rdRQJBU @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polisky

A blog on my centrism paper for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social theloop.ecpr.eu/centrism-as-...

Important discussion with @alexispapazoglou.bsky.social on @philosopher1923.bsky.social and the News podcast about the difference between a conspiracy theory of society and an elite theory of society in the wake of the Epstein files 👇🏻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAZQ...

Jefferson on Race, edited by @agordonreed.bsky.social, is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Thomas Jefferson’s conflicted attitudes—& the impact of race & slavery on American history. Out March 31 (26 May UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Important discussion with @alexispapazoglou.bsky.social on @philosopher1923.bsky.social and the News podcast about the difference between a conspiracy theory of society and an elite theory of society in the wake of the Epstein files 👇🏻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAZQ...

Just ordered my copy 📖

Official UK release date for Elites and Democracy @princetonupress.bsky.social!🎉 Pictured here in my favourite local bookshop @pagesofhackney.bsky.social❤️

Congratulations @hdrochon.bsky.social 🎉

A reassessment of Quentin Skinner's classic paper on its 50th anniversary, drawn from a @britishacademy.bsky.social conference - Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas and Beyond, edited by @adrianblau.bsky.social & open access at www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Just finished reading these two smart and timely books by @mattsleat.bsky.social and @pjthinker.bsky.social Highly recommend both of them.

JOB Assistant Professor of Political Theory University of Cambridge @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...

In Elites and Democracy, @hdrochon.bsky.social explains why elites always rule democracies—and why recognizing that reality can help us respond to the crisis of democracy today. Now available worldwide! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #PoliticalScience

Official UK release date for Elites and Democracy @princetonupress.bsky.social!🎉 Pictured here in my favourite local bookshop @pagesofhackney.bsky.social❤️

My @historicaljnl.bsky.social article has been published open access alongside great articles by @adambforsyth.bsky.social, @davidandress.bsky.social, and others I couldn't locate here, in the most recent journal issue. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

@npr.org's Andrew Limbong spoke with The Writer’s Room author @kdclewin.bsky.social on the Weekend Edition Sunday. Listen to their conversation here:

'Anyone who wants to grapple with the challenges of establishing participatory democracy in the modern world needs to read these theorists—ideally, with Drochon’s clear and insightful book as a guide'. Thanks to Nick Tampio for his wonderful review!🎉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The latest The Philosopher & The News just dropped! Hugo Drochon @hdrochon.bsky.social and I talk conspiracy theories and the Epstein Files, populism, elites and democracy. Can the people really hold the elite to account? m.youtube.com/watch?v=lAZQ...