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Honors for Unheavenly Chorus
Congratulations to J. Joseph Moakley Professor of Political Science Kay Schlozman and co-authors Sidney Verba and Henry Brady who won two PROSE Awards for their book, The Unheavenly Chorus: Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy. PROSE … Continue reading
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Inequality in American politics
Well-educated and affluent citizens have an advantage when it comes to participating in politics and getting their political voices heard, according to Moakley Professor of Political Science Professor Kay Lehman Schlozman, co-author of the new book The Unheavenly Chorus: Unequal … Continue reading
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Tip @ 100
Boston College is marking the 100th birthday of the late Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr., a 1936 alumnus who rose from his modest North Cambridge neighborhood to become of one the most powerful figures in American politics, with a special … Continue reading
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Scholzman’s book honored
Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics, co-written by Moakley Professor of Political Science Kay L. Schlozman, has been named winner of the 2012 American Association for Public Opinion Research Book Award, which recognizes influential books that have stimulated … Continue reading
Muslims in Europe
The Emancipation of Europe’s Muslims: The State’s Role in Minority Integration, a new book by Boston College Associate Professor of Political Science Jonathan Laurence, traces how governments across Western Europe have responded to the growing presence of Muslim immigrants in … Continue reading
Looking at presidential elections
On this Election Day BC Bookmarks highlights the new edition of a text co-authored by Boston College Assistant Professor of Political Science David Hopkins, Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics. Hopkins’ areas of study and teaching include American … Continue reading
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On the Constitution
Jack Rakove, one of the nation’s most respected scholars of the American Constitution, will discuss “Beyond Belief: The Radical Significance of the Free Exercise of Religion” on Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m. in McGuinn Hall, room 121. Rakove, a professor of … Continue reading
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