Identity Politics and the 2016 US Presidential Election Even though Hillary Clinton received almost 2.9 million more votes than Donald Trump, the post-election story focused on “identity politics” as the primary culprit in Clinton’s defeat […]
Divided Societies: Comparative Historical Perspectives on Legitimacy This panel examines the special challenges facing the construction and maintenance of legitimacy in countries that are deeply divided along lines of ethnicity, language, and religion. All four […]
Democracy, Distrust, and Digital Publics How might this new era of “post-truth politics,” alternative facts, and fake news threaten the legitimacy of democratic processes? The hacking of public opinion, Tenove argues, demands the creation of […]
Theme Panel: Unipolarity and the New World Order Fri, September 2, 4:00 to 5:30pm The roundtable panelists will discuss how long the United States will remain the world’s only superpower and how this unprecedented imbalance […]
Theme Panel: Data Access, Transparency, and Replication in Political Science Thu, September 1, 8:00 to 9:30am Panelists will discuss emerging norms, standards, and ongoing concerns in how the discipline handles data access, transparency, and replication. […]
Theme Panel: State Capacity, Strategies of Governance and Development Sat, September 3, 2:00 to 3:30pm he emergence of states capable of projecting political power over their entire territories and over increasing areas of social […]
Theme Panel: Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Great Transformation in the Making Thu, September 1, 2:00 to 3:30pm The rapid and on-going urbanization of Sub-Saharan Africa truly represents a great transformation. Not only is the […]
Theme Panel: Terrorism and Political Transformations Sat, September 3, 4:00 to 5:30pm Many have been struck by the paucity of thoughtful consideration of violence and politics in the light of current politics. This is especialy […]
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