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A Quiet Revolution: Professor Lien featured on UCSB's Current

Professor Pei-te Lien's new co-authored book Contested Transformation provides the first comprehensive survey of people of color elected to public office. Jim Logan interviewed Professor Lien for a story on UCSB's Current.

Celebration of UCSB - Al Farabi Kazakhstan National University Relationship

Professor Cynthia Kaplan will be presented with a service award from the Al Farabi Kazakhstan National University.

Faculty Books of 2016

Cynthia Kaplan awarded medal for service to Al Farabi Kazakhstan National University

Professor Cynthia Kaplan has been awarded the 80^th Anniversary Medal from Al Farabi Kazakhstan National University for service to the university. The award was granted by the Chancellor of Al Farabi KazNU and will be presented by Professor Gulnar Nasimova (Chair, Department of Political Science, Al Farabi KazNU) in January.

Professor Pei-te Lien interviewed about Trump's phone call from Taiwan's president

Following President-Elect Donald Tump's phone conversation with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, Professor Pei-te Lien was interviewed by KPCC and what it might mean for future U.S. relations with China and Taiwan.

The Political Culture of University Youth in Kazakhstan: A Discussion of Research Design and Fieldwork

Gulnar Nasimova (Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Al Farabi Kazakhstan National University)
Cynthia Kaplan (Professor, Department of Political Science, UCSB)

Parties, Ideology, and Ethnic Politics: Ideological Polarization in Multi-Ethnic Societies

Pradeep Chhibber
Univeristy of California Berkeley, Political Science

The Other One Percent: Indians in America

Devesh Kapur
Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania