Author profile: Patricia Sohn

Dr. Patricia Sohn, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. She is co-editor (with Simone Raudino) of Beyond the Death of God: Religion in 21st Century International Politics, (University of Michigan Press 2022); and author of Judicial Power and National Politics: Courts and Gender in the Religious-Secular Conflict in Israel (SUNY Press 2017 and 2008).

The Path to Authoritarianism: How do we get there?!

Patricia Sohn • Mar 8 2018 • Articles

Authoritarian regimes are assessed through their use of judiciaries to give legitimacy to autocratic rule, reinforcing the importance of the separation of powers doctrine

Why States-Rights States Can Take Responsibility for Their Own Catastrophes

Patricia Sohn • Feb 23 2018 • Articles

Lawlessness is not just a state of mind. It is institutional ineptitude, grandstanding, and otherwise efforts to keep the law from being properly enforced.

A 21-year-old Reform Movement on the Brink of Success

Patricia Sohn • Jan 26 2018 • Articles

It is about time to support the democratic movement in Iran in any way that we feasibly can. In this effort, context and local knowledge matter greatly.

Bounty≠Consumerism: An International, Aesthetic Christmas

Patricia Sohn • Dec 24 2017 • Articles

Consumerism is all about Pride. Fighting consumerism in Christmas, ironically, can also be all about pride.

10th Anniversary Post – Why Faculty Use Blogs

Patricia Sohn • Dec 17 2017 • Articles

The fast publishing of the blogosphere is a wonderful venue for self-expression when you have something to say, so – make use of it! 

Why Jerusalem Is the Capital of Israel – And Palestine

Patricia Sohn • Dec 8 2017 • Articles

Rather than seeing the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, lobbyists for Palestinians should ask recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine.

The Nazi Movement Today: Our Cousins, Ourselves

Patricia Sohn • Oct 26 2017 • Articles

It is about time that the white supremacists among us learn that they do not own the Right. Nor do they represent it.

Going Grassroots: Visiting the Foreign Locales of Arkansas and Southwest Texas

Patricia Sohn • Oct 19 2017 • Articles

Travelling through the Southwest of the USA reveals that there is much to learn about a local culture not yet homogenized by the great thrust of globalization.

What Do Karl Marx, Napoleon, and the Majlis Have in Common?

Patricia Sohn • Sep 29 2017 • Articles

Terms such as Political Science or Comparative Politics may carry many different significations at once. 

Is Trump the New Multicultural Internationalist?

Patricia Sohn • Jul 21 2017 • Articles

It is time for the Democrats to look at themselves in the mirror. Vanity, thy name is corruption. 

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