President Obama, 2008 vs. 2012: Assessing His Election, Presidency and Reelection Campaign
Speaker
Professors Ira Katznelson, Fredrick Harris, M. Elizabeth Sanders (Cornell) and Dorian Warren
Sponsor
2012 ISERP Election Series
Columbia University International Politics SeminarCenter on African American Politics and SocietyWorkshop on 20th Century American Politics and SocietyAmerican Politics Workshop
Location
Room 801, 8th Floor IAB (Seating Limited to first 45)
Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Description
This panel is co-sponsored by: the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, American Politics Workshop, Columbia Center on African American Politics and Society, Department of Political Science, the Columbia University International Politics Seminar, and the Workshop on 20th Century American Politics and Society.
About the Speakers:
Fredrick C. Harris is Professor of Political Science and Director of Columbia University's Center on African-American Politics and Society and Institute for Research in African-American Studies. His research interests include American Politics with a focus on political participation, social movements, religion and politics, political development, and African-American politics. Professor Harris's current book project is on the implications of the Obama candidacy for black politics, which is tentatively titled The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Fall of Black Politics.
Ira Katznelson is an Americanist whose work has straddled comparative politics and political theory, as well as political and social history. He is currently completing Fear Itself, a book dealing with American democracy from the New Deal to the Cold War, and Liberal Reason, a collection of his essays on the character of modern social knowledge.
M. Elizabeth Sanders: Her principal research interests lie in American political development and popular politics. Her book in progress is currently entitled Presidents, War, and Reform. It analyzes the contribution of presidents (since World War II) to major reform legislation and U.S. foreign policy choices between diplomacy and war, and investigates the relationship between major organized groups and presidential actions since the turn of the 20th century.
Dorian Warren specializes in the study of inequality and American politics, focusing on the politics of marginalized groups. His research and teaching interests include labor organizing and politics, race and ethnic politics, urban politics and policy, American political development, community organizing, public policy, and social science methodology.
ABOUT THE 2012 ISERP ELECTION SERIES:
The yearlong ISERP 2012 Election Series is a forum for academics, journalists, and other experts to comment on the issues at stake in the 2012 presidential election. The series fosters interdisciplinary conversations on themes including health care, the emergence of grassroots movements, international affairs, economics, President Obama’s legacy, and more.
