Maxwell School News and Commentary
Banks discusses prospect of Kushner/Russia FISA taps with WIRED
“The Russian ambassador has probably been under surveillance since before you and I were born,” says William C. Banks, professor of public administration and international affairs.
Mitra pens OpEd for Indian Express on PM Modi's economic reforms
"If the government is serious about exports and jobs, a bolder approach needs to be taken on labor reforms," says Devashish Mitra, professor of economics and the Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, about the Indian government.
Jales paper on the effects of the minimum wage in a developing country published in Jour of AE
See related: Labor
Gadarian discusses news, terrorism and policy impact on CBC The National
According to Shana Kushner Gadarian, associate professor of political science, "Images matter. The emotions that you evoke really do have implications for how the public feels about whether or not they are safe, what kinds of beliefs they want to support, and their feelings about fellow citizens and whether or not they want to take liberties away from fellow citizens."
VIDEO: Faulkner a featured scholar at women's suffrage celebration
Maxwell Associate Dean and Professor of History Carol Faulkner was one of the featured scholars on day one of the VoteTilla voyage. VoteTilla is part of a year-long celebration recognizing 100 years of women’s voices and suffrage in New York state.
Reeher comments on health care reform, bipartisanship in The Hill
“The two parties are very close in number—it’s a very even split—and they are polarized,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. “Those things tend to reinforce each other, make it harder to work across the aisle, which makes it harder to pass any big bill.”
Purser report on treatment of dairy farmworkers cited in NY Times
See related: Agriculture, Labor
Schnell piece on transparency, anti-corruption published in Governance
See related: Crime & Violence
Bruno-van Vijfeijken comments on digital activism in Global Policy
"If we want citizen agency and activism to be strengthened through digital means, then we cannot complain that it works in both political directions: that is the nature of democracy," says Tosca Bruno-Van Vijfeijken, adjunct faculty member at the Maxwell School.
Maxwell and Cornell co-host International Studies Summer Institute on refugees in the classroom
This year's workshop for NY K-12 teachers equipped teachers with tools to address an increase in offensive and intolerant opinions expressed by children against minority groups, including often-targeted refugee students.