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Political ideas and why they matter

A new issue of Interpretation is out. Nina A. Kohn (Syracuse): Vulnerability Theory and the Role of Government. Lea Ypi (LSE): From Realism to Activism: A Critique of Resignation in Political Theory. Makoto Usami (Kyoto): Justice after Catastrophe: Responsibility and Security. Tariq Modood (Bristol) and Simon Thompson (UWE): Defending Strong Contextualism. Andre Nollkaemper (Amsterdam): Power and Responsibility. Georgia Warnke (UC-Riverside): Hermeneutics and Social Identity. Jude Chua (NTU): When Persons with Special Needs Really Aren't Very Special: Leaving Homo Economicus Behind and Getting Everyone What We All Equally Deserve. Sandra Raponi (Merrimack): The Right to Adequate Food as a Human Right. Matt Sleat (Sheffield): If Modus Vivendi is the Answer, What Was the Question (and Was It the Right Question)? Matthew J. Lister (Penn): Self-Determination, Dissent, and the Problem of Population Transfers. Matthew H. Kramer (Cambridge): Political Justification; and Paternalism, Perfectionism, and Public Goods. Xavier Marquez (Victoria): The Irrelevance of Legitimacy. From the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Thought, here is the entry on property by Onur Ulas Ince. Ben Cross on radical democracy, contingency, and the necessity of morality in politics. The introduction to The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter by Melissa Lane.