The Women and Politics Working Group has been active in the School of Politics and Global Studies since 2013.  Within the working group, we have a large group of scholars whose research focuses on women’s role in politics, including:

Victor William Kramer was born in Phoenix, AZ in September 1921 and lived in Phoenix his entire life.  He earned a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Santa Clara in California in August of 1943.  He was an Army Veteran of WWII and Korea, a member of American Legion Post #1, the Disabled American Veterans Phoenix Chapter 1 and the Military Order of the Purple Heart #463.

What is symbolic representation? This conference seeks to improve our understanding of the dynamics of representation by untangling the causal connections between changes in descriptive representation, substantive representation, and symbolic representation. Political representation is composed of three related dimensions: descriptive, substantive, and symbolic representation (Pitkin 1967). Descriptive representation refers to the composition of the legislative body. In other words, does the legislative body look like the electorate, in demographic terms?

Ethnic / Religious Identities and Party Competition | Spring 2017

Febrary 16 & 17, 2017 | Contact: Lenka Bustikova

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Faculty members include: 

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Letter from the Director

Dear Friends,

In 2015 we continued to execute the School’s mission to generate and diffuse knowledge that contributes to society’s understanding of politics and governance at local, national and global levels.   [[{"fid":"798","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":""},"type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"style":"float: right;","class":"panopoly-image-original media-element file-default"}}]]

Letter from the Director

Dear Friends,

In 2015 we continued to execute the School’s mission to generate and diffuse knowledge that contributes to society’s understanding of politics and governance at local, national and global levels.   [[{"fid":"798","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":""},"type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"style":"float: right;","class":"panopoly-image-original media-element file-default"}}]]