Jason Sorens
Jason Sorens | |
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 Photo courtesy Free State Project | |
| Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale University, PhD political science Washington and Lee University, BA in economics and philosophy |
| Occupation | Professor and author |
| Website | freestateproject e3ne |
Jason Sorens (born 1976) is the director of the Center for Ethics in Society at St. Anselm College.[1] Previously, Sorens was a lecturer in the department of government at Dartmouth College. He has been an affiliated scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University since 2008. His primary research interests include fiscal federalism, public policy in federal systems, secessionism, and ethnic politics. Sorens received his B.A. in economics and philosophy, with honors, from Washington and Lee University and his PhD in political science from Yale University. He is the founder of the Free State Project and president of Ethics & Economics Education of New England, an effort to boost ethical and economic literacy in New England through programs for high schoolers, opinion leaders, and the general public.
Free State Project
In July 2001, Sorens published an essay titled "Announcement: The Free State Project",[2] in which he proposed the idea of a political migration, with 20,000 libertarians to move to a single low-population state (New Hampshire, selected in 2003) to make the state a stronghold for libertarian ideas.[3]
As of November 26, 2021, over 20,000 people had signed this statement of intent[4]—completing the original goal—with 5,223 people listed as "movers" to New Hampshire on the FSP website, saying they had already moved to New Hampshire as part of the 20,000+-participant trigger.[5]
Published works
Sorens' work has been published in International Studies Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Peace Research, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, and other academic journals, and his book Secessionism: Identity, Interest, and Strategy was published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2012.[citation needed]
See also
- Carla Gericke
- Free State Project
- Jeremy Kauffman
- New Hampshire Liberty Alliance
- New Hampshire Liberty Forum
- Porcupine Freedom Festival
References
- ^ "St. Anselm College Faculty Directory". www.anselm.edu/. St. Anselm College. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
- ^ Sorens, Jason (July 23, 2001). "Announcement: The Free State Project". The Libertarian Enterprise. 131.
- ^ Belluck, Pam (October 27, 2003). "Libertarians Pursue New Political Goal: State of Their Own". The New York Times. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ^ "FSP membership statistics". www.fsp.org/. The Free State Project. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
- ^ "Free State Project: What happens if 20,000 libertarians move to New Hampshire?". Slate Magazine. June 15, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
External links
- Biography at Saint Anselm College
- Biography at Mercatus Center
- Free State Project
- Ethics & Economics Education of New England
- Secessionism: Identity, Interest, and Strategy by Jason Sorens
- YouTube: A brief history of the Free State Project with FSP founder Jason Sorens
- Jason Sorens publications indexed by Google Scholar
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