Political Science News and Events
Brockway Quoted in HuffPost Article on MAGA ‘Government is the Enemy’ Rhetoric
“The long-term conservative or Republican or MAGA criticism of the federal government was actually not about the federal government,” says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “Instead, it was a criticism or a fight against what we call a vague liberal enemy, which was sometimes mapped onto the government when it was convenient.”
See related: Federal Government, Political Parties, United States
Maxwell to Host Panel Discussion, Film Screening Marking the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
The event will be held in the K.G. Tan Auditorium on Sept. 14, and features a screening of the documentary, The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11: From Tragedy to Triumph, produced by Maxwell alumnus Chris Meek.
See related: Alumni Experience, U.S. National Security
Dunaway Weighs In on Trump’s Threat to Report NBC Host to FCC in USA Today Article
“I just don’t see how they can, at least in good faith. Several other outlets made similar statements about his endorsements and recent upsets in primaries,” says Johanna Dunaway, professor of political science and research director of the Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship.
See related: Federal Government, Media & Journalism, United States
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Seva Gunitsky | Autocratic Resilience in the Age of AI
Eggers Hall, 341
Seva Gunitsky (Univ. of Toronto) will discuss three AI governance strategies—panopticism, discourse management and agency alignment—and link them to old institutional tradeoffs in closed regimes.
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Prosecutors, Voters, and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: The Case of Lava Jato
Virtual
Ezequiel González-Ocantos (Oxford Univ.) will discuss how the transnational bribery investigation spread throughout Latin America, paralyzed economies, upended elections and collapsed governments.