Recent PhD Graduate, Fiona Shen-Bayh, published 'Strategies of Repression: Judicial and Extrajudicial Methods of Autocratic Survival' in World Politics latest edition. Dr. Shen-Bayh's article can be found here.
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Article by PhD student, Fiona Shen-Bayh, Strategies of Repression: Judicial and Extrajudicial Methods of Autocratic Survival recently published in World Politics.
Professor Susan Hyde will deliver the commencement address to the Linfield College class of 2018 on Sunday, May 27th. Read further information here.
Assistant Professor Robert Van Houweling comments to Fox 2 KTVU about upcoming mid-term elections in the wake of President Trump's speech at the NRA convention - read the full story here.
The April 25th debate between the Berkeley Conservative Society and Cal Berkeley Democrats was spirited and feisty, but respectful and constructive. Moderated by Dr. Nadsan Permaul the discussion focused on taxes and healthcare. The debate can be viewed here.
The 21st Annual Travers Conference, 'Parties & Partisanship in the Era of Twitter and Trump', was covered by Fox 2 news. Video coverage of the conference and corresponding article can be found here.
Assistant Professor Aila Matanock's artcle on negotiated settlements was published in Foreign Affairs. Full artilce can be found here
Professor Kevin O'Brien will be recognized with the John and Vivian Sabel Award by the Center for China-US Cooperation and the Journal of Contemporary China on May 2, 2018. Professor O'Brien and Alumnus Rongbin Han authored "Path to Democracy? Assessing Village Elections in China" in 2009. Their work is being recognized as the most impactful on the field over the past 10 years. More information...
Professor Eric Schickler draws upon his book, ' Racial Realignment: The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932-1965', for Vox's The Big Idea, which publishes outside contributors' opinions and analysis of the most important issues in politics, science, and culture. The article, ' Debunking the myth that “identity politics” is bad for the Democratic Party' can be found here.
Associate Professor Jason Wittenberg's co-authored artcle on elections in Hungary was published in The Washington Post. Full artilce can be found here.