Announcement | 15. October 2006
ISERP Newswatch, Fall 2006
Former Graduate Fellow Joe Bafumi was on the Leonard Lopate Show discussing predicting mid-term elections.
A September 11 Reuters article reported on Richard Betts's assessment of the efficacy of American counterrorist efforts.
Reuters reported on Yaeli Bloch-Elkon, Robert Shapiro, and colleague Brigitte Nacos's study on public opinion to presidential speeches on terrorism.
Cynthia Colen and colleagues' findings on racial disparities in infant birthweight appeared in Reuters.
The Christian Science Monitor highlighted Rodolfo de la Garza's views on Mexico's 2006 presidential elections.
Robert Erikson commented on how security shapes Republican and Democrat politics in an AP article.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reviewed Dana Fisher's new book on young canvassers and activists, Activism, Inc.
Jeffrey Henig discussed the movement of children from private schools to public schools in a Wall Street Journal article.
In an AP article, Macartan Humphreys commented on Leopold Senghor's legacy and African unity.
CDS director, Eric Johnson, and former associate director, Daniel Goldstein, wrote an article in the Financial Times about accepting the consequences of default options in contracts.
The New York Times reviewed Ira Katznelson's book When Affirmative Action was White. The Chronicle of Higher Education also reported that Katznelson spoke about the politics of power at the American Political Science Association's annual meeting.
In an NYT article, Bruce Link argued that violence is not as common among people with mental illness as people assume.
Michael Morris's analysis appeared in two NYT articles: one on Hilary Clinton's new campaign strategies and another on the theory of mentor-protégé dynamics.
China expert Andrew Nathan commented on China's business climate in Agence France Presse.
Brendan O'Flaherty analyzed Newark's finances for a NYT article on campaign promises in the city.
David Rosner discussed his new book, Public Health Since 9/11 (also reviewed in the Chronicle of Higher Education), on the Leonard Lopate Show.
Jeffrey Sachs commented on foreign direct investment for Dow Jones Newswires and wrote about climate change for Scientific American.
Elliott Sclar commented on the proposed use of the Freedom Tower by the government in the NYT.
Public opinion expert Robert Shapiro analyzed the consequences of the economic downturn for the GOP.
Joseph Stiglitz's new book, Making Globalization Work, was reviewed by the NYT, Sunday Herald, Reuters, and the Daily Record. Stiglitz also went on the Leonard Lopate Show, wrote a NYT op-ed, and joined the IHT.com globalization blog.
The AP reported on the closure of the Robert Taylor Homes, the major subject of Sudhir Venkatesh's work for over a decade.
