Jason Sorens

Jason Sorens is a lecturer in the department of government at Dartmouth College. He received his BA in economics and philosophy from Washington and Lee University and his PhD in political science from Yale University. His research interests include secessionist movements, ethnic politics, civil war, fiscal federalism, and state and local public policies.

In his spare time, he volunteers for the Upper Valley Land Trust. Perhaps his main claim to infamy is having founded the Free State Project, an effort to recruit limited-government activists to New Hampshire, in 2001.

Selected Published Works

Books

Secessionism: Identity, Interest, and Strategy McGill-Queen’s University Press (2012)

Papers and Reports

“Mineral Production, Territory, and Ethnic Rebellion: The Role of Rebel Constituencies”
Journal of Peace Research (2011), Vol. 48, Issue 5, pages 571-585

Freedom in the 50 States: Index of Personal and Economic Freedom, 3rd ed., with William P. Ruger, Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2013)

“The Institutions of Fiscal Federalism”
Publius: The Journal of Federalism (2011), Vol. 41, Issue 2, pages 207-231

“The Politics and Economics of Official Ethnic Discrimination: A Global Statistical Analysis, 1950-2003”
International Studies Quarterly (2010), Vol. 54, Issue 2, pages 535-560