David Lay Williams

530 total citations
23 papers, 223 citations indexed

About

David Lay Williams is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lay Williams has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 223 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Philosophy and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David Lay Williams's work include Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought (6 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (6 papers) and Political Theory and Influence (6 papers). David Lay Williams is often cited by papers focused on Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought (6 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (6 papers) and Political Theory and Influence (6 papers). David Lay Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. David Lay Williams's co-authors include Tom Young, Glenn Drover and J.P.G. Farr and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Political Science, The American Historical Review and The Journal of Politics.

In The Last Decade

David Lay Williams

20 papers receiving 138 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Lay Williams United States 6 113 112 66 38 15 23 223
John MacMillan United Kingdom 10 234 2.1× 230 2.1× 48 0.7× 23 0.6× 24 1.6× 19 355
Jim George Australia 10 284 2.5× 223 2.0× 45 0.7× 13 0.3× 12 0.8× 15 378
Jan Knippers Black United States 9 143 1.3× 136 1.2× 30 0.5× 10 0.3× 21 1.4× 40 278
Richard Langhorne United Kingdom 10 171 1.5× 117 1.0× 39 0.6× 7 0.2× 24 1.6× 26 289
Christopher Brewin United Kingdom 8 192 1.7× 115 1.0× 20 0.3× 15 0.4× 16 1.1× 32 270
Robert A. Mortimer United States 9 121 1.1× 146 1.3× 75 1.1× 6 0.2× 13 0.9× 26 268
Daniel Brumberg United States 10 287 2.5× 355 3.2× 40 0.6× 7 0.2× 17 1.1× 23 446
Frédéric Volpi United Kingdom 12 249 2.2× 299 2.7× 37 0.6× 7 0.2× 10 0.7× 39 409
Kristin M. Haugevik Norway 9 212 1.9× 175 1.6× 38 0.6× 7 0.2× 14 0.9× 29 313
Owen Worth Ireland 12 196 1.7× 221 2.0× 27 0.4× 4 0.1× 16 1.1× 39 358

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Lay Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Lay Williams

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Williams, David Lay. (2017). Tokyo 2020 : a legacy or lethargy for tourism?. 25(6). 51–66. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2017). Milton's Leveller God. Renaissance and Reformation. 41(1). 243–245.
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Williams, David Lay. (2016). The Philosophy of Japanese Wartime Resistance: A reading, with commentary, of the complete texts of the Kyoto School discussions of "The Standpoint of World History and Japan". Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
4.
Williams, David Lay. (2016). On Inequality. By Harry G. Frankfurt. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. 102p. $14.95.. Perspectives on Politics. 14(2). 541–544. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay, et al.. (2015). The General Will. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Farr, J.P.G. & David Lay Williams. (2015). The General Will. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2014). Rousseau's Social Contract: An Introduction. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2014). Rousseau's Social Contract. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2013). 30 years of tourism research : a bibliography of Japanese tourism (1980~2009). 21(7). 43–70. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2012). The platonic soul of the reveries: The role of solitude in Rousseau's democratic politics. History of Political Thought. 33(1). 87–123. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2010). Spinoza and the General Will. The Journal of Politics. 72(2). 341–356. 5 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2010). Political Ontology and Institutional Design in Montesquieu and Rousseau. American Journal of Political Science. 54(2). 525–542. 5 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2009). HOBBES AND TERRORISM. Critical Review. 21(1). 91–108. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2007). Ideas and actuality in the social contract: Kant and Rousseau. History of Political Thought. 28(3). 469–495. 4 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2005). Modern Theorist of Tyranny? Lessons from Rousseau's System of Checks and Balances. Polity. 37(4). 443–465. 5 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (2005). Justice and the General Will: Affirming Rousseau's Ancient Orientation. Journal of the History of Ideas. 66(3). 383–411. 6 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (1999). Dialogical Theories of Justice. 1999(114). 109–131. 4 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay. (1998). Africa and international relations. Africa. 68(3). 425–439. 4 indexed citations
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Williams, David Lay & Tom Young. (1994). Governance, the World Bank and Liberal Theory. Political Studies. 42(1). 84–100. 141 indexed citations
20.
Williams, David Lay. (1974). The Minimum Sentences Act, 1972, of Tanzania. Journal of African Law. 18(1). 79–91. 2 indexed citations

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