Josephine Harmon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3587532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Josephine Harmon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Josephine |
| FAMILY NAME | Harmon |
| SIGNATURE | HARMON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8520-531X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Apg Roundtable
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Strategic uses of constitutional originalism by conservatives in US gun politics and beyond
Political scientists have increasingly operationalised 'Discourse' as a means through which actors promote their interests. Building on Plehwe (2011, 2014) and Hajer's (1995, 2006) concept of discourse coalition theory, I explore how actors promote their interests via discourse. I do this through the case of constitutional originalism: the interpretation of the US Constitution in according to its historical provisions, viewing citizens' rights as…
Strategic Behaviour and Risk Aversion in Local Governance
Under what conditions is local governance influenced by external interests? I illustrate the capacity of external lobbies' strategic behavior to affect local change on hot button issues by exploiting resource asymmetries between them. Using a case of gun policy in the Chicago suburbs, I analyse how local policymaking on guns changed. While the gun lobby's federal impact has been explored, its local influence is insufficiently considered. I find t…
U.S. Gun Culture as a Martial Culture Within a Weberian Framework
This article proposes a new analytical framework to understand U.S. gun culture and its attendant cultural identifiers. It uses the Weberian concept of the state, in which the state’s monopoly on force is the basis of its legitimacy. Using this theory of the state, my key theoretical contribution is that gun culture is a contestation of the state’s monopoly on force. Relatedly, I argue that the system of cultural identifiers attached to gun cultu…
U.S. Gun Culture as a Martial Culture Within a Weberian Framework
This article proposes a new analytical framework to understand U.S. gun culture and its attendant cultural identifiers. It uses the Weberian concept of the state, in which the state’s monopoly on force is the basis of its legitimacy. Using this theory of the state, my key theoretical contribution is that gun culture is a contestation of the state’s monopoly on force. Relatedly, I argue that the system of cultural identifiers attached to gun cultu…
U.S. Gun Culture as a Martial Culture Within a Weberian Framework
This article proposes a new analytical framework to understand U.S. gun culture and its attendant cultural identifiers. It uses the Weberian concept of the state, in which the state’s monopoly on force is the basis of its legitimacy. Using this theory of the state, my key theoretical contribution is that gun culture is a contestation of the state’s monopoly on force. Relatedly, I argue that the system of cultural identifiers attached to gun cultu…
Strategic Behaviour and Risk Aversion in Local Governance
Under what conditions is local governance influenced by external interests? I illustrate the capacity of external lobbies' strategic behavior to affect local change on hot button issues by exploiting resource asymmetries between them. Using a case of gun policy in the Chicago suburbs, I analyse how local policymaking on guns changed. While the gun lobby's federal impact has been explored, its local influence is insufficiently considered. I find t…
Apg Roundtable
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Strategic uses of constitutional originalism by conservatives in US gun politics and beyond
Political scientists have increasingly operationalised 'Discourse' as a means through which actors promote their interests. Building on Plehwe (2011, 2014) and Hajer's (1995, 2006) concept of discourse coalition theory, I explore how actors promote their interests via discourse. I do this through the case of constitutional originalism: the interpretation of the US Constitution in according to its historical provisions, viewing citizens' rights as…
Gun Ownership and Violence Research (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)