Political Science News and Events
White discusses his recent book on WWII and racial politics on New Books Network
Steven White, assistant professor of political science, shows in his book "World War II and American Racial Politics" that the white public’s racial policy opinions largely did not liberalize during the war against Nazi Germany and Congress remained unwilling to act on a civil rights policy agenda.
See related: Federal, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Reeher weighs in on Trump's removal of US troops in Syria in the Hill
"Even among his customary allies and supporters, there has been pretty blunt criticism, not only of the policy choice but of the way it was done and the way it is continuing to be done," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science, of the troop withdrawal in Syria.
See related: Middle East & North Africa, U.S. National Security, United States
Elizabeth Cohen discusses her book Citizenship on New Books Network
"Citizenship" (Polity Books, 2019), co-authored by Elizabeth Cohen, professor of political science, takes the reader through the authors' approaches to the concept of citizenship and begins by highlighting how it is not always or often consistently applied and understood.
See related: Civil Rights, United States