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Center for Legislative Studies Spring 2009 Lecture Series
"New Direction in American Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities for Change"
"What is Old is New Again: The Return of Pragmatism in American Foreign Policy"
- Wednesday, February 25, 7:30 p.m. Weatherspoon Art Museum Auditorium
- Featured Speaker: Dr. Jerry Pubantz, UNC Greensboro
"U.S. Security Policy Under the Obama Administration "
- Wednesday, March 25, 7:30 p.m. Weatherspoon Art Museum Auditorium
- Featured Speaker: Dr. Mark Crescenzi, UNC Chapel Hill
"Addressing Global Poverty"
- Tuesday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. Weatherspoon Art Museum Auditorium
- Featured Speaker: Dr. Anirudh Krishna, Duke University
For more information, contact Libby Michel at (336) 334-4360.
Center for Legislative Studies Spring 2008 Lecture Series
"Governance, Democracy, and Development"
"Why Don't the Poor in Poor Countries Vote for Economic Development? "
- Wednesday, February 27, 7:30 p.m., Weatherspoon Art Museum Auditorium
- Featured Speaker: Phillip Keefer, World Bank
"How the Bond Markets Keep Governments Honest, or Not"
- Wednesday, March 26, 7:30 p.m., Weatherspoon Art Museum Auditorium
- Featured Speaker: James Mahon, Williams College
"Does Democracy Matter for Development? A Historical Perspective"
- Wednesday, April 16, 7:30 p.m., Weatherspoon Art Museum Auditorium
- Featured Speaker: John Gerring, Boston University
For more Information please call: 334-4360
Co-Sponsors:
- Department of Political Science
- Political Awareness Club
- International and Global Studies Program
- Kohler Fund
- BB&T Program on Capitalism, Markets and Morality