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Reeher discusses 2017 voter turnout in CNY in Eagle News

"When you raise people’s political attention level, they’re more likely to go vote," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
November 21, 2017

McDowell article on future of China's currency published in Journal of Contemporary China

Daniel McDowell & David A. Steinberg
November 21, 2017

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Gueorguiev book China's Governance Puzzle reviewed in Foreign Affairs

"The authors skillfully blend the latest statistics on corruption with illuminating case studies to argue that enlisting the Chinese public to monitor the bureaucracy would yield better results than continuing the current heavy-handed crackdown that targets corrupt individuals one at a time," claims a review of a book co-authored by Associate Professor of Political Science Dimitar Gueorguiev.

November 17, 2017

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Gen Z and the Future of Politics

Eggers Hall, 220 (Strasser Legacy Room)

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How does Gen Z use TikTok to challenge the political establishment? Why is Gen Z so active in political social movements yet vote at such low levels? How are Gen Z policymakers successful in a political system dominated by boomers?

The future of American Politics is coming soon, and it will be led by Gen Z. 

Please join us and participate in a conversation with renowned experts in Gen Z politics about the coming “cohort cliff” when boomers will give way to a new generation of voters and political leaders and what that will mean for the future of American democracy. 

D. Sunshine Hillygus is a professor of political science at Duke University. She is director of the Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology (https://dism.duke.edu/ ) and co-director of the Polarization Lab (https://www.polarizationlab.com/ ). 

Kevin Munger is the Jeffrey L. Hyde and Sharon D. Hyde and Political Science Board of Visitors Early Career Professor of Political Science and assistant professor of political science and social data analytics at Penn State University. 

Maurice Brown '19 is a U.S. Army veteran running for Onondaga County Legislature.

This event is part of a series of discussions hosted by the Hicker Family Professor in Renewing Democratic Community to promote civil discourse and mutual understanding.


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Social Science and Public Policy

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Talks

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Maxwell Dean's Office

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Bethany Walawender
315.443.3461

bdwalawe@syr.edu

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Contact Bethany Walawender to request accommodations


Political Science Department
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