We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Mobilizing Without the Masses: Control and Contention in China, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is Diana Fu, an assistant professor of Asian politics at the University of Toronto. Mobilizing Without the Masses was awarded the 2018 Gregory … [Read more...]
Watch Duncan McCargo Speak on “Populist Plutocrats” at Harvard Law School
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and expert on Southeast Asian politics, participated in the "Populist Plutocrats: Lessons from Around the World" conference on September 23, 2017. The conference was sponsored by Harvard Law School and the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State at the University of Chicago Booth … [Read more...]
“Mobilizing Without the Masses: Control and Contention in China”
Lecture "Mobilizing Without the Masses: Control and Contention in China" Diana Fu, Assistant Professor of Asian Politics, University of Toronto Moderated by Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. Please join us for a discussion with … [Read more...]
Duncan McCargo talks about Populism in Global Politics on the Philippines’ ABS-CBN TV
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, was interviewed on ABS-CBN TV in the Philippines about the role of Populism in Global Politics on June 26, 2017. Watch the video here: Prof. Duncan McCargo talks about the changes in the behavior of politicians who are likely to win … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis Writes in East Asia Forum About the Current State of Japan’s Democratic Party
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, wrote about the current state of Japan's Democratic Party in an April 30, 2017 East Asia Review article titled "Japan's Democratic Party Doomed to Opposition." "Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, may have taken a hit in the polls over recent weeks, but the prospect that the … [Read more...]
