Category: Political Science

Ian Lustick, BMOC

11/21/2006

Two University of Pennsylvania publications focus on professor and government consultant Ian Lustick this month. A article on Lustick appears in the current Penn Arts and Sciences Magazine, while The… READ MORE

Cnaan and the Role of Congregations

11/17/2006

If you’re interested in roles that faith-based organizations play in Philadelphia communities, hear Ram A. Cnaan discuss his research on The Other Philadelphia Story: How Local Congregations Support Quality of… READ MORE

Child Soldiers is “groundbreaking”

11/15/2006

PsycCRITIQUES, the APA Review of Books, recently examined Child Soldiers in Africa by Alcinda Honwana. The reviewers praised Honwana for contributing to social research on Lusophone African nations, such as… READ MORE

“Iraq Is Not One Nation”

11/07/2006

On the November 6th broadcast of WHYY’s Radio Times with Marty-Moss Coane, Brendan O’Leary shared his views on the best future course for U.S. policy in Iraq.  O’Leary, constitutional advisor… READ MORE

Camden at Another Crossroads

Four years after the New Jersey State Legislature voted to spend $175 million to help revitalize Camden, a series of resignations has placed the troubled riverfront town at another crossroads,… READ MORE

WSJ Q&A on Federalism in Iraq

11/01/2006

Could the creation of autonomous federal regions stem the rising tide of sectarian violence in Iraq? Brendan O’Leary, a former adviser to the Kurdistan regional government and one of the… READ MORE

Recchiuti Recommended on Open University

In a recent post on Open University, the New Republic Online’s academic blog, historian and blogger Casey N. Blake recommended John Louis Recchiuti’s new book, Civic Engagement: Social Science and… READ MORE

Echoes of Very Distant Wars

10/12/2006

Echoes of Very Distant Wars, an essay by Ann M. Little, Associate Professor of History at Colorado State University and author of Abraham in Arms: War and Gender in Colonial… READ MORE