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Political Theory in the Age of Mass Migration

David Polansky on a gap in the literature.

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David Polansky
Oct 31, 2025
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Today it’s clear that migration has unsettled the politics of every developed nation. And yet, argues political theorist (and Wisdom of Crowds contributor) David Polansky, the most influential political theorists of the last few decades did not anticipate how migration would challenge their notions of liberalism, international law and the nation state. Is it time to …

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I'm a political theorist and writer with interests in nationalism, state-formation, political conflict, and religion, but also music, literature, film, etc.
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