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In Memoriam: Joseph Strasser, ‘Forever an Important Figure in our History’

He was among the Maxwell School’s most generous benefactors.

September 27, 2021

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Maxwell School Announces Montonna Professor, Dean’s Award Recipients

Osamah F. Khalil, associate professor of history and chair of the undergraduate program in international relations, was recently awarded the Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Professorship for the Teaching and Education of Undergraduates.
September 23, 2021

#Kifaya# Enough Dangerous Speech for South Sudanese

Susan Appe, Nadia Rubaii, Kerry Whigham, Samuel Sebit Emmanuel
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September 22, 2021

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Coalitional Lobbying and Intersectional Representation in American Rulemaking

Maraam A. Dwidar

In her article published in American Political Science Review, Assistant Professor of Political Science Maraam Dwidar's argues that interest groups representing women, people of color, Native nations, and the poor strategically conduct intersectional advocacy through coalitional lobbying.

August 13, 2021

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Trust as an Asset Building a Managed Service Organization in MACC

Jodi Sandfort & Timothy Dykstal (University of Minnesota)
July 29, 2021

Managing a Public-Private Joint Venture: The PTB Case

Angel Saz-Carranza & Albert Serra (ESADE-Ramon Llull University)
July 29, 2021

Kujichagulia: Actively Building a Public-Nonprofit Community Partnership

Catherine Eichers-Penkert, Nicholas Dobbins & Jodi Sandfort (University of Minnesota)
July 29, 2021

Indiana Household Hazardous Waste Task Force

Mark W. Davis & Danielle M. Varda (University of Colorado at Denver)
July 29, 2021

Inclusive Management: Planning 'Green Grand Rapids'

Kathryn S. Quick & Martha S. Feldman (University of California, Irvine)
July 29, 2021

Health Careers Institute Collaboration

Jay Kiedrowski & Allison Rojas (University of Minnesota)
July 29, 2021

Guardian Ad Litem of Madison County

Trent Engbers (Indiana University) & Krisitin Bishay (Monroe County Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc.)
July 29, 2021

Elusive Community in South Park

Denise Rodriguez (University of Washington)
July 29, 2021

Collaborative Strategy for Organizational Survival

Rob Alexander (Syracuse University)
July 29, 2021

Collaboration Amid Crisis: The Department of Defense During Hurricane Katrina

Donald P. Moynihan (University of Madison-Wisconsin)
July 29, 2021

Tobacco Settlement Distribution Simulation

Linda Blessing and Bette F. DeGraw (Arizona State University)
July 29, 2021

Strategic Network Management in a Community Collaborative

Danielle Varda (University of Colorado)
July 29, 2021

Restoration of the Wic Wac Valley

Jeff Loux (University of California-Davis)
July 29, 2021

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Conversations in Conflict Studies with Professor Sabina Schnell

400 Eggers Hall, the PARCC Conference Room

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Vision, Voice, and Technology: Is There a Global "Open Government" Trend?

Sabina Schnell, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs.

“Open government” is being hailed as a new governance paradigm. But while everybody pays lip-service to it, are governments around the world becoming more open? I look at changes in both the meaning and the practice of government openness around the world in the last decades. A few main trends are identified. First, the technological meaning of openness is increasingly supplanting the rights-based understanding of it. Second, even though more and more countries are joining global transparency and openness initiatives, global averages on budget transparency or open data have barely budged. Third, while autocracies are catching up to democracies in terms of using online tools to inform and consult citizens, we see an incipient democratic rollback around the world, including a shrinking space for civil society. Yet, the most significant changes in government transparency (“vision”) and citizen participation (“voice”) have gone hand-in-hand with processes of democratization. I conclude that, if we narrow down government openness to a set of tools and technologies used at will, as opposed to a set of legally embedded rights that guarantee access to information and participation independent of who is in power, we risk ending up with governments that are more closed rather than more open to genuine societal inputs.
 

Conversations in Conflict Studies is a weekly educational speaker series for students, faculty, and the community. The series, sponsored by PARCC, draws its speakers from Syracuse University faculty, national and international scholars and activists, and PhD students. Pizza is served. Follow us on Twitter @PARCCatMaxwell, tweet #ConvoInConflict.

If you require accommodations, please contact Deborah Toole by email at datoole@syr.edu or by phone at 315.443.2367. 


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