Theme Panel: Policing in Comparative Perspective: Police Violence, Corruption and Democracy Thu, September 1, 10:00 to 11:30am Police forces are charged with fulfilling the state’s basic function: exercising the legitimate monopoly of violence within a […]
By Kristin A. Goss (Duke University) American democracy faces serious challenges, including hyper-partisanship, declining public confidence in government, and legislative paralysis. When government cannot or will not act, civil society and its philanthropic patrons offer an […]
Sabine Carey is professor of political science at the University of Mannheim. Her research focuses primarily on armed conflict and repression. She is currently working on the escalation of conflict supported by an ERC Starting […]
Theme Panel: Advancing Philanthropic Scholarship: The Implications of Transformation Sat, September 3, 2:00 to 3:30pm Public and private institutions rely on philanthropy to provide social goods that are not sufficiently funded through government appropriations or […]
By Jeffrey M. Berry (Tufts University) An emerging trend in philanthropy is impact investing, a strategy in which foundations replace traditional grants with “investments.” The underlying reasoning is that the impact of a foundation’s money will be […]
Last week, many news outlets, monitoring agencies, and APSA members noted developing events following the failed coup attempt in Turkey, often with growing alarm. Per APSA’s Guide to Professional Ethics, Rights and Freedoms, we have […]
With a passion for social justice and interdisciplinary education, Priscilla Torres is a political science major, biology minor and McNair scholar at Loyola Marymount University. She has an interest in international relations that was sparked […]
Kenneth Benoit is professor of quantitative social research methods, and head of the Department of Methodology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also part-time professor in the department of political […]
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