Courtesy of Seth Masket: 1) You do not need to be a poli sci major to go to law school. 2) You do not need to go to law school if you’re a poli sci major. 3) You do not need to go to law school. [Cross-posted at The Monkey Cage]
Joshua Tucker
Joshua Tucker is a Professor of Politics at New York University.
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Sex and Politics
Nope, not another sex scandal post (although I do want to congratulate Mark Sanford and Maria Belen Chapur on their engagement). Instead, this is a story about using sex – or, more accurately, the lack thereof – as a political tactic. As the AP reports: The female wing of a civil rights group is urging […]
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Pussy Riot – In Their Own Words
While Americans continue to fret about whether Paul Ryan will help or hurt Mitt Romney’s presidential chances, a remarkable drama is unfolding in the Russian political sphere. Three members of the Russian “feminist punk-rock collective” Pussy Riot have been on trial and are due to be sentenced on Friday. Here’s some background from the AP […]
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Five Myths about Campaign Advertising
1. Negative ads are more effective than positive ones. 2. Campaign ads are uninformative. 3. Less-informed voters are more easily swayed by ads. 4. A candidate should respond to an attack ad with a counterattack on the same issue. 5. News organizations neutralize misleading ads by fact-checking them. These are from an article by University […]
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The 2012 Mexican Election Report: Return to the Past or Back to the Future?
The following post-election report was prepared by Marco A. Morales, a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Politics at New York University. In addition to his graduate work in political science, Morales has also served as a public official under both PRI and PAN administrations, most recently – under the current PAN administration – as […]
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ACA Upheld
The Affordable Care Act has (basically) been upheld, including the individual mandate. On the individual mandate, this post from Scotusblog at 10:25 seems to be the crux of the matter: Amy Howe: The Court holds that the mandate violates the Commerce Clause, but that doesn’t matter b/c there are five votes for the mandate to […]
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Academics as Ambassadors
As I have previously noted in the Monkey Cage, a political scientist, Stanford University Professor Mike McFaul, is now the US Ambassador to Russia. One of the distinguishing features of McFaul’s first six months in the position has been his use of social media, including a YouTube video introducing himself to the Russian people, a […]
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If Same-Sex Marriage Is so Popular, Why Does It Always Lose at the Ballot Box? (Includes state-level data on support and legislation)
With the continuing debate regarding the electoral implications of Obama’s announcement regarding his support for gay marriage, we are very pleased to welcome the following guest post from Gregory B. Lewis of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University: Since all 31 states that have voted on constitutional amendments to ban […]
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Correcting the Record on College Graduates and Job Prospects
The following guest post is from Nathaniel Beck, a political scientist at New York University. We are obviously in the midst of the most serious recession since the Great Depression, one marked by the persistence of high unemployment. Young college graduates are particularly scared about the job situation they will face, and they should be. […]
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2012 Greek Parliamentary Elections: Post-Election Report
The following post-election report on the 2012 Greek Parliamentary Elections is provided by Harris Mylonas, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University and an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. (His pre-election report is available here.) His book, The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities, is […]
