Political Science

Who watches over the party-state? In this engaging analysis, Maria Repnikova reveals the webs of an uneasy partnership between critical journalists and the state in China. More than merely a passive mouthpiece or a dissident voice, the media in China also plays a critical oversight role, one more frequently associated with liberal democracies than with authoritarian systems..

Students give posters on their semester-long work mapping global environmental governance in key areas. In doing so, they will show 1) how the international society has structured governance in important areas, such as coral reef management, transboundary pollution, and species conservation, by illustrating which are the major treaties/organizations/institutions affecting governance; 2) what some of the major challenges to governance are (e.g., lack of enforcement; unclear obligations; competing treaties/institutions); 3) what scope (if any) there is for improvement in this area.

International and Global Studies Colloquium lecture “Refugees in the USA - Law and Politics” by Rebecca Hamiln, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; suggested $5 donation for others; RSVP by 4/26 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Sponsored by Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs. Department of Political Science. 

Robert Doar will be speaking on a fifty year reflection of the Great Society, and what has gone right and wrong in the construction of America’s safety net.

“Finding Common Ground For Economic Progress In The Trump Era”

A Conversation with Former Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) and Former Republican Governor of New Hampshire John Sununu.

Commencement reception for Polical Science Seniors and their families.

Maurits van der Veen is Associate Professor of Government at the College of William & Mary, where his research focus is on applying machine learning and automated text analysis techniques to key issues in international relations. His talk, “Brexit and the Politics of Xenophobia” will discuss how the British tabloid press linked the European Union to problems with refugees and immigration in the mind of voters, driving many people to support Brexit for reasons having little or nothing to do with the European Union itself.

Berlin Calling is a never-before-told account of the Berlin Wall’s momentous crash, narrated through the divided city’s street artists and punk rockers, impresarios and underground agitators.

There are currently 22.5 million refugees world wide and yet their stories seem to often be
forgotten. Where are people going? Why are they going? Are their international human rights
being respected? The stories, experiences, and rights of refugees and migrants need to be
respected, heard and understood. In our current geopolitical climate, this is an issue that not
only deserves our attention more than ever, but also our sincere interest and concern. Please
join us to delve deeper into the polemic issue of refugee and migrant rights across the globe