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Ira Katznelson

Ira Katznelson is Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University.

Articles

Revisiting When Affirmative Action Was White, nearly two decades on.

Ira Katznelson

Forums

Democracy no longer has rivals, but its fairness and effectiveness face skepticism.
Ira Katznelson

Forum Responses

Michael Gecan’s strong brief for bottom-up mobilization—among the bracing commentaries, the toughest in tone—laments that I place so much emphasis on the representative process. He is right to read my essay this...
Ira Katznelson

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