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The Persistence of Racial Politics
Harvard Crimson
By Michael F. Cotter Considering Mitt Romney's comparative lack of deference to Donald Trump earlier in the campaign, it may come as a surprise that last week Trump deigned to anoint Romney with his blessing for the Republican nomination.

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Professor's new book takes political, cultural look at tobacco policies
The Daily Athenaeum
I have sort of a broader perspective of comparative politics for the industrialized world, so it really took all three of us to combine our perspectives for this book to be a success." Studlar is an Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Political ...

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States' Gains, Labor's Losses: China, France and Mexico Choose Global Liasions ...
US-China Institute
In this explicitly comparative work, Dorothy J. Solinger (UC Irvine) examines the effects of global markets on the domestic politics of major states. Professor Dorothy Solinger's field of specialization is Chinese politics with a concentration on ...




Clemson students present research at Canadian studies in US conference
Clemson University
The Creative Inquiry group, the only student presenters at the conference, showed their research on comparative political symbolism to the association panel. In it they observed and analyzed the response to political symbols in various countries, ...




Two Hope professors chosen for summer seminar in Northern Ireland
HollandSentinel.com
Beard is an assistant professor of political science and specializes in comparative politics, with an emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as public policy. Her research focuses on stable democracy, with a concentration on the roles of ...




Renowned Philosophy Professor Selected as Commencement Speaker
The Occidental Weekly
A distinguished professor of philosophy at the Princeton Center for Human Values, Appiah's work explores many subjects, including African-American studies, comparative literature, politics and fiction. While the subject of his upcoming address is still ...




UC Merced Connect: Political science graduate program coming soon
Merced Sun-Star
Political science professor Jessica Trounstine said most political science programs have four subfields -- American politics, comparative politics, international relations and political theory. "We think that is an outmoded way of thinking about ...




Australia as the bad neighbour
Sydney Morning Herald
NO MATTER who ultimately prevails from the present political ruckus - be it Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd or Tony Abbott - the Australian prime minister needs to do a repair job with countries in the neighbourhood. In what is an all-too-typical ...

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PCORI, Priorities, and Politics
PharmExec.com (blog)
An outgrowth of the 2009 economic stimulus package, PCORI has a key role in implementing Obama's health reform legislation with a mandate to evaluate the “comparative clinical effectiveness” of a vast array of health interventions, from drugs, ...

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China Japanising Africa?
Addis Fortune
It remains to be seen whether fears about the sustainability of this debt are borne out. BY Deborah Brautigam Deborah Brautigam is professor of International Service at American University and adjunct professor of Comparative Politics at the University ...

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