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Amit Ahuja publishes Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties Without Ethnic Movements
Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements
Amit Ahuja
ABSTRACT
In India, a young democratic system has undermined the legitimacy of a two-thousand-year-old social system that excluded and humiliated an entire people by treating them as untouchables.
Benjamin Cohen discusses the currency tensions between America and China in Project Syndicate
Can America and China Avoid a Currency War?
Aug 8, 2019 BENJAMIN J. COHEN
Continue Reading Benjamin Cohen discusses the currency tensions between America and China in Project SyndicateLeah Stokes featured as a climate policy expert on Cultures of Energy Podcast
Professor Leah Stokes is featured as a climate policy expert on the podcast Cultures of Energy. On episode 190, “Democrats on Climate (feat. Leah Stokes),” Stokes discusses the 2020 presidential Democratic candidates and media coverage (or lack of) on important climate issues:
Continue Reading Leah Stokes featured as a climate policy expert on Cultures of Energy PodcastLeah Stokes discusses the Green New Deal on The Interchange
Leah Stokes describes why the Green New Deal plays well with voters. She also talks about how climate is shaping the presidential campaign, why Trump is now talking about the environment, and how fossil fuel incumbents shape public opinion.
Continue Reading Leah Stokes discusses the Green New Deal on The InterchangePaasha Mahdavi and Julia Morse join the Council on Foreign Relations’ Stephen M. Kellen Term Member Program
The Stephen M. Kellen Term Member Program, established to cultivate the next generation of foreign policy leaders, encourages promising young women and men from diverse backgrounds to engage in a sustained conversation on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. Each year, a new class of term members between the ages of thirty and thirty-six is elected to serve a fixed five-year membership term.
Continue Reading Paasha Mahdavi and Julia Morse join the Council on Foreign Relations’ Stephen M. Kellen Term Member ProgramGet to know Paasha Mahdavi
Visit UC Santa Barbara’s Social Science’s page for Five Things to Know About: Paasha Mahdavi.
Continue Reading Get to know Paasha Mahdavi2019 Political Science Awards
The Department of Political Science had the honor of recognizing several undergraduate and graduate students who received campus and department awards for the 2015-2016 academic year. A full listing of students who were recognized at the awards presentation on June 9, 2016 are listed in this PDF.
Department award winners include:
Undergraduate Awards
Louis Lancaster Scholarship
Stephanie Arentz
Joseph Ebrahim
Yasamin Salari
Continue Reading 2019 Political Science AwardsIdentity Workshop: Amit Ahuja
Event Start: May 30, 2019 07:30 AM
Event End: May 30, 2019 07:30 AM
Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824
The Color of Belonging: Skin Tone and Attitudes Towards Ethnic Voting in India
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