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Author Archives: Luke Ford
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Power in Genocide Studies
Genocide Studies does not present itself as a field competing for power. It presents itself as a moral and scholarly enterprise devoted to understanding mass violence and preventing its recurrence. This is often sincere. It is also structured competition. As … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Power in America’s Anti-Semitism Industry
Actors who make their living fighting antisemitism do not present themselves as competing for power. They present themselves as protecting Jews, defending civil rights, and preventing hatred. This is often sincere. It is also structured competition. As David Pinsof‘s Alliance … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Power in the Holocaust Industry
People in Holocaust education, commemoration, research, and advocacy do not present themselves as competing for power. They present themselves as preserving memory, honoring victims, preventing genocide, and educating future generations. This is sincere. It is also structured competition. As David … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Indonesia’s Master Institutions
Indonesia’s high-status actors do not compete for power by admitting they want it. They compete by deploying moral languages that frame their authority as necessary, patriotic, developmental, democratic, or stabilizing. This is the central insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance Theory. … Continue reading
The Skittle Boy Problem: Weber, Bureaucracy, and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy
Max Weber never intended his analysis of the 1905 Russian crisis to serve as a forecast. He thought he was describing a limiting case, a political situation so extreme that it clarified the general mechanics of bureaucratic power in ways … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Turkey’s Master Institutions
Turkey’s high-status actors do not compete for power by admitting they want it. They compete by deploying moral languages that frame their authority as necessary, patriotic, democratic, or stabilizing. This is the central insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance Theory. Moral … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Spain’s Master Institutions
Spain’s high-status actors do not compete for power by admitting they want it. They compete by deploying moral languages that frame their authority as necessary, democratic, constitutional, social, or territorial. This is the central insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance Theory. … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for India’s Master Institutions
India’s high-status actors do not compete for power by admitting they want it. They compete by deploying moral languages that frame their authority as necessary, patriotic, developmental, or constitutional. This is the central insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance Theory. Moral … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Chile’s Master Institutions
Chile’s high-status actors do not compete for power by openly claiming it. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as necessary for stability, dignity, growth, or justice. This is the core insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance Theory. … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Argentina’s Master Institutions
Argentina’s high-status actors do not compete for power by openly claiming it. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their authority as necessary for stability, justice, sovereignty, or economic survival. This is the core insight of David Pinsof‘s Alliance … Continue reading