Politics
- October 20, 2010
Professor's new book explores the political discourse of Russia's elite
In a new book, UC Santa Cruz politics professor and post-Soviet-era expert Michael Urban interviewed 34 prominent members of the administrations of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin.
- August 20, 2010
Chancellor helps fund Olive Tree Initiative
Two UCSC politics majors want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict, but they refuse to put their blind trust in TV, blogs, and newspaper coverage.
- August 03, 2010
Politics professor named campus director of UC Washington D.C. program
Eva Bertram, associate professor of politics, will become the new UC Santa Cruz campus director for the UC Washington Program (UCDC).
- July 19, 2010
UCSC grad's Washington Post articles investigate 'Top Secret America'
The first installment of "Top Secret America," co-written by UC Santa Cruz alumna Dana Priest, sparked an atmosphere of anxious anticipation in Washington D.C. and across the country long before it appeared online and in the <i>Washington Post</i> Monday.
- July 07, 2010
UCSC professor examines how dysfunctional politics drive defense spending up
In a new book, UC Santa Cruz professor Daniel Wirls writes that the "peace dividend" the nation was supposed to enjoy after the end of the Cold War was hijacked by dysfunctional national security politics that continue to push the defense budget ever high
- April 07, 2010
Articles by UCSC alumna Dana Priest named in top 10 for the decade
A two-part series by <i>Washington Post</i> reporter Dana Priest, a 1981 UC Santa Cruz graduate, on the woeful treatment of wounded war veterans, was named one of the top 10 works of journalism of the decade, 2000-2009.
- March 30, 2010
Economic meltdown prompts a rethinking of capitalism
Two dozen scholars from around the world will gather at UC Santa Cruz April 8-10 to explore the social and political effects of modern-day capitalism and the global economy in light of esoteric financial instruments that nearly brought it down.
- March 15, 2010
Politics professor's new book explores branding in big-city politics
A new book by politics professor Eleonora Pasotti explores the emergence of "brand" politics taking hold in cities that have historically been entrenched in poor government, patronage, corruption, lack of development, social conflict, and political apathy
