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Prof. Paglayan @UCSanDiego; Fellow @CGDev. Author of "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education." I write and teach about politics and education.
Nov 26 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
I'm extremely grateful that "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@PrincetonUPress) had such a strong 1st week!

What is this book about? Why did I write it? Why should you care? A thread: 1/n Image "Raised to Obey" is for you if you care about any of these topics:

✅How states build #political power
✅Why #democracies erode
✅Why poverty & #inequality persist
✅The future of #education & #indoctrination in the US & around the world
✅Foreign #aid
✅Learning from #history
Jun 1, 2019 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
After reading @anthlittle, @ethanbdm and @rodrikdani views about whether concerns about causal identification should be weighed more heavily than the importance of research questions, I'm left thinking we are missing a big issue in this discussion 1/ Social scientific research is not just about assessing causal claims. I know, others have already pointed to the importance of descriptive research so that we can identify what causal questions are important, 2/