Political Science News and Events

Estévez-Abe quoted in NY Times article on work-life balance in Japan

Margarita Estévez-Abe, associate professor of political science, was interviewed for the New York Times article "Japan’s Working Mothers: Record Responsibilities, Little Help From Dads." Men in Japan do fewer hours of housework and child care than in any of the world’s richest nations. Estévez-Abe says "If the work day could be shortened in Japan, I think a younger generation of men would do more as fathers." 02/04/19

February 4, 2019

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Faricy quoted in TIME article on the American Family Act

Generally, people find workers and taxpayers to be deserving of government benefits,” says Christopher Faricy, associate professor of political science.

January 31, 2019

Gueorguiev discusses shutdown, China trade talks in Washington Examiner

"What the shutdown reveals is that the Trump administration does not have a very specific game plan for what it wants," says Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor of political science. "So what it is going to do is to give the Chinese negotiators reason to pause and wonder whether any sort of deal they reach would credibly exist in the future."