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Democracy and Empire

Social Sciences
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Author(s): Inés Valdez
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication year: 2023
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The Story So Far

Short impact summary

Democracy and Empire (2023), published by Cambridge University Press, has been cited 52 times — enough that OpenAlex puts it in the top 1% of works in its field and year.

Full narrative

Democracy and Empire by Inés Valdez was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. Conceptually, the work connects to Empire, Sovereignty, Democracy, Politics and Capitalism. The book was recognised: ACLS Open Access Book Prize & Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award finalist (2026) — Political Science.

OpenAlex records 52 citations. That places it in the top 1% of works in its field and year of publication. Citations peaked in 2026 with 27 citing works. Notable citing venues include Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Contemporary Political Theory and European Journal of Political Theory. The citing works include 24 journal articles, 19 book chapters and 3 books. They come from 7 countries, led by the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Its subject matter aligns with Decent work and economic growth among the Sustainable Development Goals.

Narrative note: this summary is AI-assisted and generated from structured metadata/signals.

Impact metrics ▾

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52
Total Citations
Top 1% Cited
2023–2026
Some signals aren’t recorded for this volume yet (event-based online mentions, scite citation context) — these typically accrue after publication.
Additional signals
📚 WorldCat search 🌍 Reach · 7 countries

Inferred roles

Heuristic signals from citation composition, usage, and media activity. Learn about all roles ↗

🎓 Academic & Scientific
Scholarly uptake Moderate
🏛 Practical & Real-World
Commercial linkage Strong Sustainability & policy relevance Moderate
Strong (≥0.80) Moderate (0.50–0.79) Emerging (<0.50)

Access Availability

Full text beyond the publisher

1 distinct location with full-text evidence. Availability is reported by the index and may change.

Reader reception Books

Who is citing this work? OpenAlex

Analysis of 52 citing works. 57.7% come from the Top 10 institutions. See the full list on OpenAlex →

article (24)book-chapter (19)book (3)other (3)paratext (2) Critical Review of International Social and Political PhilosophyContemporary Political TheoryEuropean Journal of Political Theory
United States (26) Canada (7) United Kingdom (4) Argentina (1) Australia (1) Belgium (1) Germany (1)
Institutional sectors
Education (38) Facility (1)
  • Pennsylvania State University (12)
  • Johns Hopkins University (5)
  • McGill University (4)
  • The Ohio State University (2)
  • Université de Montréal (2)
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (1)
  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale (1)
  • University of Southern California (1)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (1)
  • Harvard University (1)
  • University of British Columbia (1)
  • Deakin University (1)
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (1)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (1)
  • The University of Melbourne (1)
  • American University (1)
  • King's College London (1)
  • Georgetown University (1)
  • Lafayette College (1)
  • University of California, Santa Cruz (1)
  • University of Toronto (1)
  • University of California, Irvine (1)
  • Cornell University (1)
  • University of Cambridge (1)
  • Institute for Advanced Study (1)
  • University College London (1)
  • Reed College (1)
  • Arizona State University (1)
  • Monash University (1)
  • Trinity University (1)
  • Occidental College (1)
  • Rice University (1)
  • Freie Universität Berlin (1)
  • University of Birmingham (1)
  • Universidad Nacional de La Plata (1)
  • University of California, Berkeley (1)
  • KU Leuven (1)
  • Mathias Hanses (12)
  • Anna Jurkevics (11)
  • Inés Valdez (4)
  • Robin Celikates (2)
  • Arturo Chang (1)
  • John Medearis (1)
  • Nicholas R. Micinski (1)
  • Eve Mayes (1)
  • Natalie Ann Hendry (1)
  • Kai Yui Samuel Chan (1)
  • Simone Chambers (1)
  • Brittany R. Leach (1)
  • Robert Lee Nichols (1)
  • Peter J. Steinberger (1)
  • Lisa L. Miller (1)
  • Kelsey P. Norman (1)
  • Benjamin L. McKean (1)
  • Stephen Chatelier (1)
  • Sarah Bufkin (1)
  • Loubna El Amine (1)
  • Shuk Ying Chan (1)
  • William Tilleczek (1)
  • Yves Winter (1)
  • Shterna S. Friedman (1)
  • Raymond A. Rocco (1)
  • Catherine Lu (1)
  • Sophie Rudolph (1)
  • Macarena Marey (1)
  • Jeffrey Church (1)
  • Ryoa Chung (1)
  • Peter O’Brien (1)
  • Angie M. Bautista-Chavez (1)
  • Jennet Kirkpatrick (1)
  • Stephanie Chan (1)
  • Hemangini Gupta (1)
  • William Clare Roberts (1)
  • Begüm Adalet (1)
  • Ankushi Mitra (1)
  • Eszter Kollár (1)
  • Estefanía Castañeda-Pérez (1)

Open Science Signals PRISM

Open peer review and repository accessibility signals for this work.

Open Peer Review PRISM

  • Status: No explicit PRISM review record returned
  • Interpretation: neutral signal — this does not mean the book had no peer review; only that PRISM returned no explicit title-level review metadata.
  • Publisher context: Cambridge University Press

Contributors & affiliations OpenAlex

1 author · 0 institutions

Authors

Concepts & topics OpenAlex

12 specific concepts identified.
Empire Sovereignty Democracy Politics Capitalism Popular sovereignty Ideology Political economy Political science Alienation Sociology Law

UN Sustainable Development Goals OpenAlex

1 targets detected.
Decent work and economic growth (0.43)

Citations OpenAlex

50 most recent citing works (newest first)
This table lists only the 50 most recent citing works; OpenAlex records 52 in total — browse the full citation corpus on OpenAlex →
YearTitleVenueDOI
2026 What is political theory today? Contemporary Political Theory 10.1057/s41296-026-00842-8
2026 Introduction Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.003.0001
2026 Classical Presences Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.002.0002
2026 W. E. B. Du Bois and the Afro-Eurasian Mediterranean Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.003.0003
2026 Black Cicero Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.001.0001
2026 Note to the Reader Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.002.0007
2026 Black Cicero, White Caesar Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.003.0005
2026 Recursivity in Old Age Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.003.0006
2026 Conclusion Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.003.0007
2026 Pro Archia Poeta with Local Applications Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.003.0004
2026 List of Illustrations Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.002.0006
2026 Classical Presences Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.002.0001
2026 W. E. B. Du Bois—Black Classicist? Unknown 10.1093/9780191953354.003.0002
2026 Toward a conjunctural critique of racial capitalism European Journal of Political Theory 10.1177/14748851261479207
2026 Resisting Solidarity Unknown 10.1093/9780197698525.003.0011
2026 Conclusion Cambridge University Press eBooks 10.1017/9781009729086.009
2026 Lethal Violence and the Americas: Beyond the U.S.-European Comparisons on Crime and Punishment Studies in Comparative International Development 10.1007/s12116-026-09494-6
2026 The limits of global governance: racial capitalism, knowledge, and diamond violence in the Kimberley Process European Journal of International Relations 10.1177/13540661261438978
2026 Migration beyond self-determination? On Inés Valdez’s Democracy and Empire Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 10.1080/13698230.2026.2645292
2026 The anatomy of social dismemberment Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 10.1080/13698230.2026.2645293
2026 Class and racial capitalism: lessons from Valdez’ Democracy and Empire Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 10.1080/13698230.2026.2645291
2026 Self-and-other-determination: racial capitalism and the failure of the left in the age of neoliberalism Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 10.1080/13698230.2026.2645294
2026 What’s left of democracy: introduction to the symposium on Inés Valdez’s Democracy and Empire Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 10.1080/13698230.2026.2645290
2026 Out of time: does popular sovereignty contain emancipatory remainders? Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 10.1080/13698230.2026.2645295
2026 Latinx Political Thought: Citizenship, Democracy, and Belonging Unknown 10.1093/obo/9780199913701-0287
2026 Beyond colonial-capitalist logics: reimagining the aims of education through degrowth and reviving the commons Ethics and Education 10.1080/17449642.2026.2623552
2025 On the parochial neglect of the Marxist anticolonial critique of political economy European Journal of Political Theory 10.1177/14748851251394565
2025 Grounding the diasporic turn in political theory: Meta‐commitment, transnationalism, and political obligation American Journal of Political Science 10.1111/ajps.70020
2025 11 Racial Capitalism Unknown 10.1515/9783111289274-012
2025 Blocking Migration: The Underside of European Politics Populations 10.3390/populations1040023
2025 Racialized Guatemalan Migrant Labor and Grassroots Civil Societies in the Greater Los Angeles Region The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics 10.1017/rep.2025.10016
2025 What is wrong with contribution-based citizenship: exploitation and the racialized hierarchy of labour Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 10.1080/13698230.2025.2512276
2025 Contested Territory Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.001.0001
2025 The Practice of Democratic World-Building Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.003.0010
2025 Dedication Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.002.0004
2025 Democracy in Contested Territory Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.003.0011
2025 Conclusion Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.003.0012
2025 Land Grabbing and the Contradictions of Territorial Sovereignty Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.003.0004
2025 Westphalia and the Hidden Tradition of Territorial Non-Sovereignty Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.003.0006
2025 The Other Side of Sovereignty? Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.003.0007
2025 World-Building and Freedom Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.003.0009
2025 Three Perplexities of Territorial Sovereignty Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.003.0003
2025 Introduction Unknown 10.1093/9780198922957.003.0002
2025 Paradojas de la democracia y desdemocratización Tabula rasa 10.25058/20112742.n53.02
2025 Labor, nature, and the reproduction of capitalism: an exchange on subjection and emancipation Contemporary Political Theory 10.1057/s41296-024-00739-4
2024 It Seems We Are All Imperial Environmentalists Now Emancipations 10.55533/2765-8414.1111
2024 Hierarchy in the Politics of Migration: Revisiting Race, Ethnicity, and Power in the Migration State International Migration Review 10.1177/01979183241275461
2024 Tradition and Disruption in Latinx and Latin American Political Thought American Political Science Review 10.1017/s0003055424000534
2024 Expropriation as reparation American Journal of Political Science 10.1111/ajps.12891
2024 An Insurgent Mood: Lorraine Hansberry on the Politics of Home American Political Science Review 10.1017/s0003055424000157

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