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Scope Conditions Episode 7 Ken Opalo

Scope Conditions podcast Episode 7: How Strong Legislatures Emerge with Ken Opalo

Ken Opalo talks with Alan Jacobs and Yang Yang Zhou about how strong legislatures emerge and what causes strong legislatures to emerge. Opalo’s latest book centres on the comparison of Kenya and Zambia — two countries that democratized in the early 1990s, shifting from single-party to multi-party rule.

Scope Conditions Alan Jacobs Yang Yang Zhou

New PoliSci podcast showcases cutting-edge research in comparative politics

Political Science professors Alan Jacobs and Yang-Yang Zhou launched Scope Conditions, a new podcast featuring the cutting-edge research being done in comparative politics, which provides a virtual platform for academics to share their recent advances in the field.

Prof. Kathryn Harrison writes about the first “credible” federal climate plan in Canada for The Conversation

For the first time, a Canadian government is being honest about what it will take to meet our 2030 target and begin the transition to net-zero emissions.

Prof. Emeritus Richard Johnston spoke to CBC about the possibility of the US creating an agency like Elections Canada

Prof. Emeritus Richard Johnston spoke to CBC about the possibility of the US creating an agency like Elections Canada

Richard Johnston, professor emeritus at UBC Political Science, said creating a national agency like Elections Canada to oversee the administration of U.S. presidential elections would ensure uniform voting rules across the country.

“It’s night and day.” Prof. Kathryn Harrison on what a Biden presidency means for Canadian climate action

“It’s night and day.” Prof. Kathryn Harrison on what a Biden presidency means for Canadian climate action

“It’s night and day within the U.S. to go from a president who rejects science and has been rolling back fairly modest measures to one that is promising 100 per cent clean electricity by 2035,” said Kathryn Harrison, a University of British Columbia political science professor who studies climate and energy policy.

Watch Prof. Lisa Sundstrom, Bruce Baum and Richard Johnston discuss the possibilities of an unclear US election result in “Doubling Down on Democracy”
Prof. Paul Quirk comments on the possibility that Trump refuses to leave office

Prof. Paul Quirk comments on the possibility that Trump refuses to leave office

Paul Quirk, a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia, previously told The Independent it would put law enforcement in an awkward position.

“If the US democracy begins to collapse, the consequences for Canadians are kind of unimaginable.” Prof. Max Cameron on why Canadians are closely watching the US election

“If the US democracy begins to collapse, the consequences for Canadians are kind of unimaginable.” Prof. Max Cameron on why Canadians are closely watching the US election

Canadians were already on edge heading into the U.S. election, but the uncertain outcome Tuesday night and the likely recounts and court battles to come have only heightened that sense of unease.