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Controversy has recently arisen around James M. Buchanan, the economist and Nobel laureate who died in 2013, because of the book “Democracy in Chains” by Nancy MacLean. MacLean calls Buchanan “the missing piece of the puzzle” to understanding the rise of the “radical right.” Responding to MacLean’s claim that Buchanan’s ideas helped justify a “return to oligarchy,” Georg Vanberg writes that Buchanan […]
“What one does when faced with the truth is more difficult than you would think.” — Wonder Woman, in the movie released last month. This goes for all of us, not just superheroes. The nuances of how people react when faced with the truth have come into focus in today’s increasingly polarized political climate.
UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck took a turn in Zócalo Public Square’s green room to answer some frothy questions before taking part in a Zócalo/UCLA panel discussion, “Does the expansion of presidential power threaten the Constitution?” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles.
“Trump has focused on winning the short-term news cycle” every day, said UCLA political science professor Lynn Vavreck. “That’s an unusual strategy for someone governing.” “Most people who want to be president of the United States have some long-term vision and want to lead to achieve that vision,” she said. Trump, so far, has not […]
Daniel Treisman, an expert of Russo-American relations and political science professor at UCLA, said in an email he agrees with Putin on the criminal nature of the missile strike.
Tucker has a bachelor’s in political science from UCLA and founded her company American Lives in 2000 with the desire “to bring history to life for students and museum visitors [and] to help them understand our culture, rights and responsibilities as Americans by exploring the lives of our predecessors.”
Daniel Treisman, a professor of political science at UCLA, discusses the relationship between Russia and Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Mark Sawyer spoke Spanish with a Cuban accent, despite growing up in the United States. While leading study abroad programs in San Juan, Puerto Rico, locals would call him “El Cubano.” Sawyer, a political science and African American studies professor known for his work on race relations in Cuba, died March 26 in Los Angeles. […]
UCLA faculty, students and staff in the Division of Social Sciences in the UCLA College are mourning the loss of Mark Sawyer, who was a professor of African-American studies and political science. Sawyer died Sunday, March 26, in Los Angeles. He was 45.
