Maxwell School News
Essays in Honor of Jerry Hausman
Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences
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Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences
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Kubik article on outsourcing mutual fund management published in The Journal of Finance
Spoilers of Peace and the Dilemmas of Conflict Resolution
See related: Middle East & North Africa
Lopoo retrospective on natalist policies in the US published in Jour of Policy Analysis and Mgmt
Singleton study on disability, earnings and divorce published in Journal of Human Resources
See related: Parenting & Family
Lovely, Ondrich study on market demand elasticity and location of export processing published in TWE
See related: China
Robert McClure’s Citizenship Legacy
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Bifulco study on intergroup relation in integrated schools published in EPAA
Bifulco paper on debt and deception published in Public Administration Review
Burman chapter on finances of long-term care featured in Russell Sage Foundation book
See related: Taxation
Trickle-Down Effect
As happens in every graduate program at Maxwell, projects such as Spring Street Presbyterian help establish student careers.
Serving an Interdisciplinary Field by Nature, Aging Studies Institute Will Help Students Cross Lines
Last summer, design students from SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts spent six weeks in Hong Kong at an international workshop on design and aging, accompanied by design professors who are also faculty affiliates of the Aging Studies Institute.
Putin’s Russia
Brian Taylor’s award-winning new book details how a corrupt political system has left Russian citizens hungry for something better.
Mysteries of the Deep
Shannon Novak has made an accomplished career of reconstructing long-ago lives from scant (yet rich) remains.
Merril Silverstein Will Be Inaugural Cantor Chair; Adds to ASI’s Strength
The new professorship, a joint appointment in sociology and social work, recognizes the scholarship of Marjorie Cantor, which advanced understanding of the lifestyles of older persons, care-giver support systems, and the needs of elders across class and culture.
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Born of Fear
Over a long career, Michael Barkun has studied the ways political, religious, and other social groups react to perceived threats.
Bigger Science
According to Harry Lambright, climate change is not only a challenge of policy, industry buy-in, and international cooperation, but a technological Everest comparable to the moon shot.
Conflict and Change
The latest edition of Lou Kriesberg’s classic text examines new evidence on how to wage conflicts less destructively.