https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/categories/political-science/Recent content in Political Science on MarginaliaHugoen-usMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/the-yankee-left/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sguzman.github.io/marginalia/posts/the-yankee-left/This report examines the so-called “Yankee-left” – broadly identified with Northeastern U.S. liberal elites – as a managerial, prestige-driven, moralizing ruling formation. It argues that a class of highly educated professionals and bureaucrats has come to dominate culture and politics through technocratic expertise, symbolic status rituals, and a moralistic discourse.