Arjun Chowdhury talks new book “The Myth of the International Order”
Arjun Chowdhury’s new book, The Myth of International Order: Why Weak States Persist and Alternatives to the State Fade Away, demands that we rethink foundational concepts of international politics.
Five Faculty Have Won 2017 American Political Science Association Awards
Congratulations to Cesi Cruz, Peter Dauvergne, Alan Jacobs, Richard Johnston, and Kai Ostwald on their 2017 APSA Awards!
Professor Cesi Cruz recieves Best Conference Paper Award from APSA
A paper by Professor Cesi Cruz, with two co-authors, entitled “Village Social Network Structures and Electoral Competition,” has won APSA’s Political Network Section’s Best Conference Paper Award!
Professor Richard Johnston receives Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Richard Johnston has been named the winner of the Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Politics Section of American Political Science Association (APSA). The Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes scholarship and leadership in bringing the study of Canadian Politics to the international political science community.
Paul Quirk’s chapter on “Donald Trump and the Question of Fitness.”
Paul Quirk, Professor and Phil Lind Chair in US Politics and Representation, is one of many notable scholars who have contributed to a new book, The Elections of 2016, edited by Michael Nelson. This volume was published only five months after the US Presidential election, bringing much needed analysis and insight.
In memoriam of Mark Zacher
Mark Zacher, with a freshly minted PhD from Columbia University, joined the Department of Political Science in 1966. He was hired to teach the gentler face of Janus, dealing with cooperation through international institutions and regimes
Remembering Jean Laponce
On November 28, 2016, our friend and colleague, Professor Emeritus Jean Laponce, passed away.
Video: Johnston on the US electoral landscape
The battle for the Republican nomination defied prediction and challenged much of what we thought we knew about parties in the United States. Many believed that Donald Trump was a creature of the media, doomed to obscurity once they lost interest. Instead, he activated potential Republican constituencies that had long been dormant. Something of the same happened on the Democratic side with the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Is 2016 an historical accident, leaving no permanent impact, or has the electoral landscape been fundamentally transformed? What impact will this have on Canada?
Barbara Arneil on the Public Sector’s Glass Ceiling
“There’s an old saying: the higher, the fewer, with respect to women,” said Barbara Arneil, head of the University of B.C.’s political science department. “We have what I think are structural, systemic reasons why women are not reaching the top of their profession, whether that is in the university, whether that’s in government, whether that’s in the private sector. And we’re wasting very good resources.”
Tiberghien on China / Chinese National TV on Tiberghien
With the 2016 G20 in China, Yves Tiberghien – our resident expert on China, was working behind the scenes during G20 preparations and was in the media both in China and in Canada.