The Eternal Struggle for Power on Capitol Hill
by Anthony Orlando Power is up for grabs in Washington. A controversial President, an unpopular Congress, and a midterm election all make 2018 a battleground for political control. Who will win? How will they do it? And what role do you play? This is story of the most consequential game ever Read more…
Politics and the death penalty: for Clinton and Trump, safest stance may be silence
The Guardian (UK) quoted Professor Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School about why neither presidential candidate has addressed the death penalty on the campaign trail. In campaign 2016, the safest stance on the ultimate punishment may be silence. Both candidates need to woo disaffected members of the other’s Read more…
Hillary Clinton struggles to endear herself to voters
The San Jose Mercury News quoted Bedrosian Faculty Affilitate Sherry Bebitch Jeffe in an article titled “Hillary Clinton struggles to endear herself to voters” on the Presidential candidate’s vulnerabilities. Clinton’s favorability rating with voters has ebbed and flowed through the years, peaking at nearly 70 percent when she was U.S. secretary of state. Read more…
Democracy Is an Act of Inclusion: Why Home Matters in Election Season
by Raphael Bostic If you list the 34 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development—generally considered to be the most highly developed, democratic nations in the world—and you rank them by the percent of citizens who voted in the last major election, the United States will come in Read more…
Richard II
What is the great tragedy in The Tragedy of Richard II? What makes a good leader – a king, a president? Can Shakespeare inform political discussions today? Listen and see what our guests think.
Congressional Development of the Institutional Presidency
Governance Salon featuring Sean Gailmard, UC Berkeley November 22, 2010 Sean Gailmard, is the Judith E Gruber Associate Professor and Vice Chair of The Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses primarily on problems of accountability in American government, particularly Read more…