Spotlight: Carole Pateman Awarded Johan Skytte Prize
Carole Pateman is awarded the 2012 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for outstanding contributions to the discipline. She is awarded the prize for “in a thought-provoking way challenging established ideas about participation, sex and equality.”
Pateman, born in Great Britain, is a political philosopher. She graduated from Oxford and is currently distinguished professor emeritus in the department of political science, University of California, Los Angeles. Her first book, Participation and Democratic Theory, was published in 1970 and questioned the prevailing democratic theory, while reconnecting to traditions of participation as both individually and collectively beneficial. Democracy moves forward through participation is her normative conclusion.
Pateman has become one of the most influential representatives for participatory democracy, and in her presidential address at APSA in 2011, she returned to this topic (see Perspectives 10 (1): 7–19). The Sexual Contract (1988), followed by The Disorder of Women (1989) marked a radicalization in her research, and in these books she questioned, from what evolved into a clear feminist position, the powerful theories of an orginal contract associated with classic thinkers such as Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau and, from 1971, John Rawls. She also explored examples of actual contracts, such as the marriage contract, to illuminate the operation of the sexual contract. This work paved way for unorthodox and original feminist research in political science. Throughout her writings, citizenship, consent, obligation, and sex have continued to play prominent roles. In recent years, Carole Pateman returned to the idea of an original contract in Contract and Domination (with Charles Mills, 2007) and has written about the ideas of a basic income as part of democracit citizenhip. The Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University annually presents The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science to the scholar who in the view of the Foundation has made the most valuable contribution to political science. Research in all areas of the discipline will be considered: political theory, comparative politics, public administration and international relations. The prize consists of a medal and a cash award.
Spotlight: Staab Receives Governor's Award
Jim Staab, a nationally recognized scholar at the University of Central Missouri who has been described by students as an inspirational teacher and mentor, received the Governor's Award for Excellence in Education. Staab was honored by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon April 4, 2012, during a conference of the Council on Public Higher Education. Prior to this presentation, Staab was recognized by the UCM Board of Governors.
“I feel fortunate to be a teacher, to be actively involved in the learning process, and to be doing something I thoroughly enjoy doing,” the Staab commented. These awards are presented annually to individuals who have been selected by their colleges and universities. Selection is based on several criteria, including evidence of effective teaching, innovation in course design and delivery, effective advising, service to the university, commitment to high standards of excellence, and success in nurturing student achievement.
Ostrom Cited as One of the “Most Influential People”
Time magazine has cited Elinor Ostrom as one of the “100 most influential people in the world” in its recent list, released in April 2012.
Elinor Ostrom was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009 — the first woman to achieve the distinction — for her analysis of economic governance, especially the governance of common property like air, water and public spaces. Virtually all the world's most urgent problems require collective action. Be it environmental protection, the international financial system or the dimensions of inequality, Ostrom's work sheds light on the direction society must follow to avoid misuse of shared resources, “the tragedy of the commons.”
Ostrom, an active APSA member and past president, has done field studies of the world's forests, roamed with shepherds in Swiss pastures and trudged around the Los Angeles water basin to distill the essentials of harnessing cooperation to overcome selfish interests.
After the TARP bailouts and the devastation of democracies in Europe by financial technocrats, the world is again beginning to appreciate what Elinor Ostrom has deeply, persistently and quietly been illuminating for nearly 50 years. To learn more and to view the entire list visit www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111960,00.html#ixzz1sWTTP3jA
Three Political Scientists Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Three political scientists have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for 2012-13:
John Aldrich is the Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He has taught previously at Michigan State University and the University of Minnesota. He is interested in two general questions about politics: how, when, and under what conditions does democracy work effectively and how and why do people make the political decisions they do. Much of his work has focused on American politics, and his books such as Before the Convention (Chicago, 1980) and Why Parties? (Chicago, 1995; 2011) reflect those interests.
He will be using the fellowship to return to a more historical analysis of the differences in political institutions between the North and the South and how they were shaped by and contributed to the profound regional differences that have long defined the central problem of American democracy and that continue to play a role in shaping politics today.
James N. Druckman is the Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. He is also an honorary professor of political science at Aarhus University in Denmark. His research focuses on political-preference formation and communication. His recent work examines how citizens make political, economic, and social decisions in various contexts (e.g., settings with multiple competing messages, online information, deliberation). He also researches the relationship between citizens' preferences and public policy, and how political elites make decisions under varying institutional conditions.
Druckman has published more than 70 articles and book chapters in political science, communication, economic, science, and psychology journals. He co-edited the Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science. He also currently edits the journal Public Opinion Quarterly and the University of Chicago Press's series in American politics. He sits on numerous advisory boards, organizing committees, prize committees, and editorial boards.
Beth Simmons is Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University. She has taught international relations, international law, and international political economy at Duke University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Harvard. Her current areas of research include cooperative approaches to counter transnational crime (human trafficking, money laundering, corruption), the development of international law with respect to foreign direct investments, and the implementation of international human rights standards in domestic law.
Her book, Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy during the Interwar Years, 1924-1939, was recognized with the APSA's Woodrow Wilson Award in 1995 as the best book published in 1994 in government, politics, or international relations. Her recent book Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics (Cambridge University Press., 2009) and also received the International Social Science Council's Stein Rokkan Prize, the American Society for International Law's Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship, and the International Studies Association's Best Book Award.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Announces 2012 Class
Some of the world's most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Of the 220 elected, eight political scientists are included.
James A. Robinson is the David Florence Professor of Government, at Harvard University.
John M. Carey is the John Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences, at Dartmouth College.
Edward G. Carmines is the Warner O. Chapman Professor of Political Science; Rudy Professor, at Indiana University.
James N. Druckman is the Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, at Northwestern University.
Elisabeth R. Gerber is a professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, at University of Michigan.
Vincent Lamont Hutchings is professor of political science and research professor, Center for Political Studies, at University of Michigan.
Jeffrey A. Segal is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Stony Brook University, SUNY.
Keith E. Whittington is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, at Princeton University.
One of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies, founded in 1780, the Academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to academy publications and studies of science and technology policy, energy and global security, social policy and American institutions, the humanities and culture, and education. The new class will be inducted at a ceremony on October 6, at the Academy's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The current membership includes more than 250 Nobel laureates and more than 60 Pulitzer Prize winners. Visit www.amacad.org/news/alphalist2012.pdf.
Russell Sage Foundation Selects 2012 Class
Each year, the Russell Sage Foundation invites a number of scholars to its New York headquarters to investigate topics in social and behavioral sciences. The Foundation particularly welcomes groups of scholars who wish to collaborate on a specific project during their residence at Russell Sage. While visiting scholars typically work on projects related to the Foundation's current programs, a number of scholars whose research falls outside the Foundation's active programs also participate.
As part of the 2012–2013 class, two APSA members have been named.
James L. Gibson, department of political science, Washington University in St. Louis and Milton Lodge, department of political science, Stony Brook University, SUNY, have been selected. During their time as visiting scholars, they will examine the use of judicial symbols (robes of judges, the honorific forms of address, the temple-like buildings in which courts are usually housed) to inculcate democratic values in different cultural contexts. They will test their hypothesis that citizens who positively view judicial symbols are more likely to accept court decisions they disagree with. They hope to understand why people obey the law and whether judicial symbols enhance the efficacy of courts. They will also use data from pilot studies to examine differences in how immigrants and native-born Americans respond to judicial symbols.
For more details about the visiting scholars program visit www.russellsage.org/visiting-scholars.
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McClain Named Dean of Duke University's Graduate School
Paula D. McClain, a professor of political science and former chair of Duke University's Academic Council, will become the dean of the university's Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education, effective July 1.
A member of the Duke University political science faculty since 2000, McClain also holds an appointment in the Sanford School of Public Policy. She has been active on the Academic Council, which she chaired in 2007-09, and on a number of other high-level committees and activities at the university and in the wider academic community as well as active participation in APSA.
“Paula McClain is a distinguished scholar and outstanding university citizen whose work as a graduate mentor has been widely acclaimed,” said Duke President Richard H. Brodhead. “With her belief in the importance of graduate education and her concern for the well-being of individual students, she will make an exceptional dean. Duke is lucky to be able to draw on her talents in this new way.”
She directed the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Program, co-directed of the Center for Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences, and chaired the APSA Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession. She secured support for the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute when other support was ending, took over its leadership while at the University of Virginia, and brought it with her to Duke University. This program is an intensive five-week program, held at Duke, that trains students from under-represented backgrounds from across the country to pursue doctoral degrees and careers in political science. She has served as APSA vice president (1993–94), a member of the editorial boards of each of the three APSA journals PS (1981–83), APSR (1995–2001), and Perspectives (2003–05), APSA Council (1985–87), and many committees and advisory boards. In 2007, she was awarded the APSA Frank J. Goodnow Award, for her distinguished service. The Goodnow award honors the contributions of individuals to the development of the political science profession and building APSA.
McClain will become the first African American to serve as the dean of one of Duke's schools. She earned her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in political science from Howard University. She held academic positions at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Arizona State University, and the University of Virginia before coming to Duke in 2000.
Her research has focused on racial minority group politics, particularly inter-minority political and social competition, as well as on urban politics and related issues. Her recent work has focused on the effects of Latino immigration into the South, which was cited in a New York Times article last month that examined relations between blacks and Latinos in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting.
McClain is co-author, with Steven Tauber, of American Government in Black and White, a textbook honored by the APSA. She and Joseph Stewart Jr. co-authored Can We All Get Along? Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics. McClain also has written numerous scholarly articles, served on more than a dozen professional editorial boards, and spoken at multiple conferences and other settings.
Box-Steffensmeier Receives Scholar Award
Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Vernal G. Riffe Professor in Government and Politics in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University, has received one of 12 of Ohio State University's Distinguished Scholar Awards.
The Ohio State Distinguished Scholar Award, established in 1978, recognizes exceptional scholarly accomplishments by senior professors who have compiled a substantial body of research. The award is supported by the Office of Research. Recipients are nominated by their departments and chosen by a committee of senior faculty, including several past recipients of the award. Distinguished Scholars receive a $3,000 honorarium and a research grant of $20,000 to be used over the next three years.
A leading scholar of political behavior and political methodology, Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier has made important contributions in the study of mass politics, legislatures, and how best to capture change, dynamics, and time – a driving theme throughout most of her work. The intersection of her interests in mass politics and legislatures has led to important work on congressional elections, campaign finance, and representation.
According to one colleague, “Janet Box-Steffensmeier defines ‘Distinction’. She is a star scholar and a recognized leader of the political science discipline.”
She has served as president of the Midwest Political Science Association and the Political Methodology Section of American Political Science Association and has received numerous professional awards for her research including the Harold F. Gosnell Award for best work in Political Methodology and the Emerging Scholar Award by the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association.
She has authored 29 peer-reviewed journal articles, 12 of which are featured in the top three political science journals and has been awarded the Distinguished Undergraduate Mentor Award and the Excellence in Mentorship Award. Her mentoring, particularly with women, has been recognized with a named scholarship award: the Janet Box-Steffensmeier Graduate Student Award.
Dwight Waldo Award Presented to Durant
Robert F. Durant, professor of public administration and policy, American University, has been named the recipient of the 2012 Dwight Waldo Award by the American Society for Public Administration. The award recognizes distinguished contributions to research in public administration over an extended career. Durant's teaching and research focus is executive branch politics, public management, policy implementation, environmental policy, and administrative reform. He is associate editor for Administrative Research for Public Administration Review. He has received seven book awards, two best article awards, and the prestigious Charles H. Levine Memorial Award for excellence in research, teaching, and service to the wider community.
ACE Names Fellows for 2012 Program
The American Council on Education (ACE) has selected 57 college and university senior faculty and administrators for the 2012-2013 class of the ACE Fellows Program. Established in 1965, the ACE Fellows Program—the longest running leadership development program in the United States—focuses on identifying and preparing senior leadership for the nation's colleges and universities.
“We are excited to welcome the new class of Fellows,” said Sharon A. McDade, director of the ACE Fellows Program. “The program offers individualized, accelerated learning that advances leadership readiness while building institutional capacity. We are eager to embark on this transformational journey with the members of the class of 2012-13.”
Several political scientists are among the 2012 fellows:
Suzan J. Harkness, Assistant Dean, Center for Academic Technology and Associate Professor of Political Science, University of the District of Columbia
Jennifer M. Jensen, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Harpur College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University, SUNY
Russell K. Mayer, Assistant Dean of Liberal Arts; Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Public Opinion Research, Merrimack College (MA)
Noah M. Pickus, Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics and Associate Research Professor of Public Policy, Duke University
Lori Beth Way, Chair, Educational Policies and Procedures, Academic Senate and Professor, Political Science, California State University, Chico
For more details about ACE and this program, please visit www.acenet.edu.
National Academy of Sciences Members Elected
The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 15 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Among the members are APSA members Larry M. Bartels; Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science and professor of political science, department of political science, Vanderbilt University, and James D. Fearon, Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, department of political science, Stanford University.
Hudson Retires from Wittenberg
Gerry Hudson is retiring from Wittenberg University after 40 years of distinguished service. He formally joined Wittenberg in 1972. But in the best model of participant scholar, he also worked in the Defense Department in the 1970s, participating in arms control talks in Vienna. He taught at West Point in the 1980s. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Russia in 1995 and in Georgia in 2010. He has published scholarly books, articles as well nonscholarly pieces geared toward a broader audience. In 2002, he won the Distinguished Teaching Award. All the while he has nurtured the political science program and Russian studies at Wittenberg.
Farnsworth Returns to University of Mary Washington
Stephen J. Farnsworth has rejoined the faculty of University of Mary Washington (UMW) to create the University's Center for Leadership and Media Studies. He is also professor in the department of political science and international affairs.
The center will engage students in conducting research and political opinion surveys that study the role media plays in Virginia and national politics, including the presidential election.
He is the author of “Spinner in Chief: How Presidents Sell Their Policies and Themselves” and “Political Support in a Frustrated America.” He also co-authored “The Nightly News Nightmare: Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988–2004” and “The Mediated Presidency: Television News and Presidential Governance.”
Farnsworth, who worked for 10 years as a newspaper journalist before becoming a professor, has lectured on the news media and elections, and he has led reporter-training seminars in India, the Philippines, Ukraine, Georgia, and Armenia through programs funded by the US government.
Farnsworth, who taught at UMW for 13 years until 2008, won three campus-wide teaching awards at UMW. In addition, he served as a Fulbright Research Chair at McGill University in Montreal during the 2006–07 academic year.
Wlezien Receives Faculty Research Excellence Award
Christopher Wlezien, professor of political science, Temple University, was the 2012 recipient of the university-wide award for faculty research excellence. Wlezien is the first-ever political scientist to receive this award at Temple.
Wlezien joined the faculty from Oxford University, where he was Reader of Comparative Government and a Fellow of Nuffield College. While at Oxford, he co-founded the ESRC-funded Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods for Social Research. Previously, he taught at the University of Houston, where he was founding director of the Institute for the Study of Political Economy. His primary, ongoing research develops a “thermostatic” model of public opinion and policy and examines the dynamic interrelationships between preferences for spending and budgetary policy in various domains. A cross-national investigation focusing on the US, the UK, and Canada is the subject of a book Degrees of Democracy, published by Cambridge University Press. Wlezien edited a related book on Who Gets Represented?, published by the Russell Sage Foundation. His most recent paper in the area tests theories about the effects of federalism, executive-legislative imbalance, and the proportionality of electoral systems in 17 countries.
His other major area of research addresses the evolution of voter preferences over the course of the election cycle. It has been the subject of numerous articles and a book, The Timeline of Presidential Elections (forthcoming), from the University of Chicago Press.
Clawson Appointed Department Head at Purdue
Rosalee Clawson, a professor in political science at Purdue University, will be replacing Bert Rockman as chair on July 1, 2012. She is a co-editor of Politics, Groups, and Identities. She is an award-winning teacher, receiving the College of Liberal Arts Award for Educational Excellence and the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in memory of Charles B. Murphy. She is a member of the Purdue University Teaching Academy, and her name is inscribed in Purdue's Book of Great Teachers. She has been recognized with many awards and grants for her work with Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society.
Clawson began teaching at Purdue in 1996 and eagerly anticipates her new position this summer. As department head, Clawson plans to focus on communicating to various stakeholders about research being conducted by faculty and graduate students in the department.
“We have scholars who are doing exciting research on a number of topics,” Clawson said. “We have many areas of strength that we will be communicating around campus and to the broader discipline of political science. Those strengths include public policy, especially environmental and comparative social policy; the politics of race, class, and gender; and international relations.”
Clawson will not be in the classroom her first year as the department head but plans to teach one class a year after adapting to her new position.
“I will miss the students and miss the teaching, but at least for the first year, it will be wise for me to focus on my administrative role,” Clawson said.
Posler Moves to Baker as Vice President for Academic Affairs
Brian Posler, associate provost for academic affairs at the University of Southern Indiana, has been named Baker University's executive vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in Baldwin City, Kansas.
In the newly created position, Posler will serve as the chief academic officer for Baker's four schools — College of Arts and Sciences, School of Professional and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing and School of Education. Posler began his official duties on July 1, 2012.
“Dr. Posler embodies the ideals of Baker and has the highest integrity,” Long said. “He will play a critical role on our academic leadership team in promoting and implementing long-term, innovative initiatives that will enhance Baker's reputation and growth potential. By combining the role of the chief academic officer function and the responsibilities of the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, we have been able to design an effective academic leadership model, ensuring the highest quality in all of our programs.”
Posler has served as the associate provost for academic affairs at Southern Indiana since 2011, previously serving as assistant provost for undergraduate studies from 2006 to 2011.
From 1997 to 2006, Posler worked through the ranks at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill. In 2002-2006, he was associate professor and chair of the political science department at Millikin and was the director of honors in 2003-2006. He started as an assistant professor in 1997.
In 2000–01, Posler was the American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, serving as the appropriations director and legislative assistant for a member of Congress.
Wiarda Honored by Dominican Republic
In a ceremony held on February 10, 2012, in the National Palace, Howard J. Wiarda, University of Georgia, was honored by the government of the Dominican Republic.
Wiarda was awarded the “Orden de Colon” (Order of Columbus) by president Leonel Fernández. The Orden de Colon is the highest honor that the Dominican Republic can bestow.
Wiarda began his academic career in the Dominican Republic 50 years ago when he wrote his masters thesis (and his first book) on “The Methods of Control in the Dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo.” He wrote his PhD thesis (and second and third books) on the post-Trujillo “Transition to Democracy” and the US military intervention, a prelude to the Vietnam War of 1965.
Wiarda is the Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations and the founding head of the department of international affairs at the University of Georgia. He is considered one of the leading experts on foreign policy, comparative politics, and international affairs.
Wiarda has written seven books, one in three volumes, about the Dominican Republic. Over 50 years he has visited and done research in that country on 33 occasions. A leading expert on Latin America and a prolific author of more than 70 books, he has also done extensive research on Eastern Europe, Russia, Asia, the Middle East, and Southern Africa.
In honoring Wiarda, President Fernández spoke of his “inestimable contributions” to Dominican scholarship. About 150 guests and friends gathered for the event in the Diplomatic room of the palace. The award ceremony was followed by a lunch in the president's private dining room. Then, Professor Wiarda met privately with the president for a wide-ranging discussion of politics and international affairs.
President Fernández, who was Wiarda's student 35 years ago, is highly regarded among the recent Latin American democratic presidents. Finishing his third elected term, he is thought to be a leading prospect for a high-level UN or other international organization position.
Awards
Jeffrey D. Pugh, assistant professor, department of political science, Providence College, received the 2011 Best Dissertation of the Year Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association, which recognized his doctoral dissertation from Johns Hopkins University, “Overcoming the Invisibility Bargain: Institutional Adaptation, Host-Migrant Peacebuilding, and Human Security in Ecuador.”
Gale A. Mattox, professor of political science and chair and chair, International Security and Arms Control Section received the US Naval Academy Superintendent's Civilian Faculty Service Award 2011.
New Appointment
Avi Acharya, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Rochester
William Bain, associate professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore
Gail Buttorf, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Kansas
Benjamin Darr, assistant professor, political science, Loras College
Ted Hopf, professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore
Carla Martinez-Machain, assistant professor, political science, Kansas State University
Subhasish Ray, assistant professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore
Robert Woodberry, associate professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore
Promotions
Stephen Bloom, associate professor with tenure, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
J. Tobin Grant, professor, department of political science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Andrew D. Grossman, professor, department of political science, Albion College
Roudy Hildreth, associate professor with tenure, department of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Harald Koht, professor, department of public management and welfare policy studies, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
Scott D. McClurg, interim chairperson, associate professor of political science and sociology, department of political science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Luke O'Sullivan, associate professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore
Ethan Putterman, associate professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore
Gary Schaub, Jr., assistant professor, Department of Strategy, Air War College, Montgomery, AL to Senior Researcher, Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Visiting or Temporary Appointment
George C. Edwards III has been elected the Winant Professor of American Politics at the University of Oxford.
Knud Haakonssen, Lim Chong Yah Professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore
Chandran Kukathas, visiting professor, department of political science and department of philosophy, National University of Singapore
Retirement
Nelson Wikstrom, professor, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University. He previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Superior and the University of Maine.
Arthur G. Rubinoff, professor emeritus of political science, the University of Toronto
Book Award
Public Administration:Traditions of Inquiry and Philosophies of Knowledge
by Norma M. Riccucci. Georgetown University Press, American Society of Public Administration's Best Book of 2012 Award from the Section on Public Administration Research. This book examines the intellectual origins and identity of the discipline of public administration, its diverse research traditions, and how public administration research is conducted today.
In the News
Kevin A. Clarke and David M. Primo, associate professors of political science at the University of Rochester, are the authors of “A Model Discipline: Political Science and the Logic of Representations.” In “Overcoming ‘Physics Envy’” New York Times Sunday Review the authors suggest that rather than attempt to imitate the hard sciences, social scientists would be better off doing what they do best: thinking deeply about what prompts human beings to behave the way they do.
Thomas E. Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Norman J. Orenstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote a piece, “Admit It: The Republicans Are Worse,” in the Washington Post, Outlook section, special polarization issue, on the polarized Congress.
Richard Rose, director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, contributed an Op Ed to The Times (London) citing survey data fromo his New Russia Barometer series to caution against giving weight to Moscow's anti-Putin demonstrators.
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