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  1. Het gemeenschappelijke goed is niet simpelweg wat mensen willen, maar wat menselijk floreren mogelijk maakt

    November 30, 2025

    Ideoloog Patrick Deneen geldt als een van de prominentste conservatieve denkers over deze nieuwe politieke tijd. Hij pleit voor „aristopopulisme”, waarin een goedwillende elite de zorgen van de „arbeidersklasse” omzet in veranderingen.

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    Patrick Deneen headshot. A Caucasian man with salt-and-pepper hair wearing a navy blue suit and blue glasses over a blue and gray patterned tie. He is posing for a headshot against a gray background.

    Patrick J. Deneen

    Political Science

  2. US, Ukraine find common ground on peace. Will Russia join them?

    November 25, 2025

    “The situation on the ground in Ukraine continues to deteriorate, the military is having trouble with desertions ... and now Zelenskyy has a very big corruption scandal on his hands,” points out Michael Desch, an international affairs professor at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Michael Desch headshot. A man with a full white and gray beard, wearing amber-colored glasses, a green tweed jacket, a plaid collared shirt, brown sweater vest, and a dark green textured tie. He is smiling against a gray background.

    Michael C. Desch

    Political Science

  3. What’s next, post-shutdown? A local political science professor weighs in

    November 14, 2025

    ABC News reports eight Senate Democrats and six in the House broke ranks, voting to end the shutdown after a record 43 days. Jim Curry, PhD, is a Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame. He thinks a lot of Democrats wanted to reopen the government for a while, but there were some things holding them up.

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    Headshot of a man with a beard and reddish-brown and navy plaid shirt, smiling against a blurred green, outdoor background.

    James M. Curry

    Political Science

  4. For years, Trump voters have voted for decent, polite men. And that changed nothing for them.

    November 04, 2025

    He wants to restore a forgotten America, destroy liberalism, and create a new elite. Meet the conservative thinker Patrick Deneen, the ideological inspiration for Vice President J.D. Vance.

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    Patrick Deneen headshot. A Caucasian man with salt-and-pepper hair wearing a navy blue suit and blue glasses over a blue and gray patterned tie. He is posing for a headshot against a gray background.

    Patrick J. Deneen

    Political Science

  5. Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and government shutdowns

    November 03, 2025

    The public’s growing frustration with “politics as usual” has led more political newcomers to run for and win office since 2016.

    These “amateur” politicians, with no prior experience in elected office, present themselves as problem-solvers rather than politicians. Many come from outside government entirely – including business owners, military veterans and schoolteachers. Amateurs’ real-world backgrounds are often seen as assets by voters, donors and even politicians themselves – qualities thought to make them more effective in Congress.

    As scholars of legislative politics, we (Rachel Porter and Jeff Harden) wanted to interrogate that claim. And our new study reaches a different conclusion: Electing amateurs reduces bipartisan cooperation in Congress.

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    Jeff Harden headshot. A man wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and gold patterned tie. He is smiling at the camera against a plain gray background.

    Jeff Harden

    Political Science

    Rachel Porter headshot. A woman with long dark hair, wearing a patterned brown and cream blazer over a white blouse. She smiles against a plain gray backdrop.

    Rachel Porter

    Political Science

  6. The Ascension of America's Catholic Right

    November 01, 2025

    The intellectual North Star of this new right is Patrick Deneen, professor of political science at Notre Dame. His 2018 book Why Liberalism Failed argued that a liberal democratic focus on “borderlessness” resulted not only in the divisive and unsustainable enforcement of “woke” politics by the state, but also in a too-porous global economy in which neoliberalism crushed the interests of American workers and voters....

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    Patrick Deneen headshot. A Caucasian man with salt-and-pepper hair wearing a navy blue suit and blue glasses over a blue and gray patterned tie. He is posing for a headshot against a gray background.

    Patrick J. Deneen

    Political Science