The grant ensures the continued operation of the Program in Politics and Law and enables it to award undergraduate student fellowships during the 2017-2018 academic year.
Hanover, N.H. (November 6, 2017) – The Sphinx Foundation is pleased to announce the award of a $12,500 grant to the Program in Politics & Law, a uniquely successful...
[more]Professor Brendan Nyhan and recent graduate, Clara Wang '17 have published Critical Dynamics in Population Vaccinating Behavior in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Abstract: Vaccine refusal can lead to renewed outbreaks of previously eliminated diseases and even delay global eradication. Vaccinating decisions exemplify a complex, coupled system where vaccinating behavior and disease...
[more]In this essay in the French foreign policy journal Politique étrangère, Professor Lind examines the roots and remedy of the populist backlash to the liberal international order. English version here: https://www.ifri.org/en/publications/politique-etrangere/articles-de-politique-etrangere/saving-liberal-order-itself .
Professor of Government, Yusaku Horichi's recent article, "Why Should the Republicans Pray for Rain? Electoral Consequences of Rainfall Revisited," has been publised in a recent edition of American Politics Reserach.
Abstract: Existing studies—most importantly, Gomez, Hansford, and Krause—provide empirical support for an idea often embraced by popular media: The vote share of the Republican...
[more]Professor Friedman's paper, "Analytic Confidence and Political Decision-Making: Theoretical Principles and Experimental Evidence from National Security Professionals," has been published in a recent editoin of Politial Psychology.
Abstract: When making decisions under uncertainty, it is important to distinguish between the probability that a judgment is true and the confidence analysts possess...
[more]Dartmouth Alum and Government Major, Alex Azar has been nominated to run the Department of Health and Human services.
The full press release may be found here.
Professor Brendan Nyhan discusses fake news in this peice from Dartmouth News.
Read the original story here.
The new study by Government Professors Michael Herron, Sean Westwood and Dr. David Cottrell shows that Trumps allegations of votor fraud during the 2016 election are mostly false.
Link to the original paper can be found here.
"Populists are concerned that the working class is struggling but ... the rich are flourishing," says assistant professor of government, Kathleen Powers and her co-authors in an opinion piece about populism and its roots.
Find the article here.