Groningen African Political Philosophy , 1860 - 1995

On Defining African Philosophy: History, Challenges, and Perspectives

The Political Legacy of American Slavery

We show that contemporary differences in political attitudes across counties in the American South in part trace their origins to slavery’s prevalence more than 150 years ago. Whites who currently live in Southern counties that had high shares of slaves in 1860 are more likely to identify as a Republican, oppose affirmative action, and express racial resentment and colder feelings toward blacks...

Constitutional quandaries and critical elections

In his book on Liberalism against Populism, William Riker argued that Lincoln’s success in the 1860 election was the culmination of a long progression of strategic attempts by the Whig coalition of commercial interests to defeat the ‘Jeffersonian-Jacksonian’ Democratic coalition of agrarian populism. Riker adduced Lincoln’s success to his ‘heresthetic’ maneuver to force his competitor, Douglas,...

Frontiers of Rationality and Decision

Meetings on Wednesday and Thursday will be held in the Philosophy Faculty of the University of Groningen, Oude Boteringestraat 52, Groningen, room Omega. On Friday the meetings will be held at the Academy Building of the University of Groningen, Broerstraat 5, Groningen, room A3. The format of discussion sessions is 20 + 20 + 5 minutes and 30 minutes of debate. Contributed papers are 15 + 5 min...

African Anti-Corruption Agencies: Challenges and Prospects

Corruption has become an issue of major political and economic relevance in recent years. This has led to a resurgence of interest in analyzing the phenomenon and the diverse forms that it assumes in developing politics with an expectation that democratization and economic liberation offer potential routes to dealing with the problem. Anti-corruption strategies range from institutional reforms ...