2026 Benjamin R. Barber: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	27	1407	698	152	10726

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Political Science

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Overview

Benjamin R. Barber was affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States. Their academic work focused primarily on rhetoric and communication studies, contributing to these fields through various publications.

The scientist's recent papers included:

"Reading Byron with Lev Shestov" (2023), published in Studies in Romanticism
"The South's Democracy Struggle Reaches New Urgency" (2024), published in Southern Cultures

Benjamin R. Barber published in multiple academic venues, particularly:

Studies in Romanticism
Southern Cultures

Their book publications were released by Princeton University Press. Two notable titles from 2021 are:

A Passion for Democracy
The Conquest of Politics

Their scholarly work engaged notably with the subfield of philosophy, reflecting interdisciplinary interests within the humanities.

Key topics addressed in their research included:

Rhetoric and Communication Studies

Best Publications

Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age

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Jihad vs. McWorld

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580
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Jihad vs. McWorld

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576
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Three Scenarios for the Future of Technology and Strong Democracy

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243
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Strong Democracy

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209
Citations
Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy

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161
Citations
A. Season of Service: Introducing Service Learning into the Liberal Arts Curriculum

Benjamin R. Barber;Richard Battistoni

130
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Terrorism’s Challenge to Democracy

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115
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Illusions of Empire: Defining the New American Order

G. John Ikenberry;Chalmers Johnson;Niall Ferguson;Benjamin R. Barber

84
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The New Telecommunications Technology: Endless Frontier or the End of Democracy?

Benjamin R. Barber

73
Citations
Participatory Democracy

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72
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Jihad vs. McWorld

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72
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Jihad vs. Mcworld: How the Planet Is Both Falling Apart and Coming Together and What This Means for Democracy

Francis Fukuyama;Benjamin R. Barber

63
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An American Civic Forum: Civil Society Between Market Individuals and the Political Community

Benjamin R. Barber

61
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Twenty Foundationalism and Democracy

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60
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Which Technology and Which Democracy?

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46
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Foundationalism and Democracy

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45
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Totalitarianism in perspective : three views

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33
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Counter-Ideological Uses of 'Totalitarianism'

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28
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Can Democracy Survive Globalization

Benjamin R. Barber

24
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Justifying Justice: Problems of Psychology, Measurement, and Politics in Rawls

Benjamin R. Barber

19
Citations
The Nature of Contemporary Political Science: A Roundtable Discussion

Kristen Monroe;Gabriel Almond;John Gunnell;Ian Shapiro

16
Citations
I. How Swiss is Rousseau

Benjamin R. Barber

13
Citations
Participation and Swiss Democracy

Benjamin Barber

6
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Switzerland: Progress against the communes

Benjamin R. Barber

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Conserving Politics: Michael Oakeshott and Political Theory

Benjamin R. Barber

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Letter from America

Benjamin Barber

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1976 Annual Meeting Program Committee

Benjamin R. Barber;Frances Fox Piven

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The State in Capitalist Society: An Analysis of the Western System of Power. By Ralph Miliband. (New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1969. Pp. 292. $6.95.)

Benjamin R. Barber

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The Community of Rights. By Gewirth Alan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. 396p. $39.95 paper.

Benjamin R. Barber

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Solipsistic Politics: Russell's Empiricist Liberalism

Benjamin R. Barber

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Letter from America—June 1989

Benjamin R. Barber

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Letter from America — September 1993 The Rise of Clinton, the Fall of the Democrats, the Scandal of the Media

Benjamin R. Barber

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Letter From America: The 1994 Elections—Herbert Hoover Redux?

Benjamin R. Barber

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Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Shepsle Harvard University

Gabriel A. Almond Stanford University

Ian Shapiro Yale University

Frances Fox Piven City University of New York

External Links

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