Political Economy Days
October 17th and 18th, 2007
Wednesday, October 17th | Thursday, October 18th
Dr. Sanford Lakoff
Topic: “Making Sense of the Senseless: Why the Middle East Is Now the World’s
Most Dangerous Conflict Zone”
Archive: http://3cmediasolutions.acrobat.com/p73118519/
Dr. Lakoff is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UCSD.
He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard where he taught in the Department of Government.
His publications include Democracy: History, Theory, Practice and Max Lerner: Pilgrim
in the Promised Land”.
Dr. Kaare Strom
Topic: “Delegation and Accountability in European Parliamentary Democracies”
Archive http://3cmediasolutions.acrobat.com/p18347775/
Dr. Strom is Professor of Political Science at UCSD. He is the author
of the book Minority Government and Majority Rule and co-author of Coalition Governments in Western Europe: Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary democracies as well as the textbook Comparative Politics Today: A World View. He has published many articles and served on the editorial boards of numerous publications in Political Science. He is a Fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences and was a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford.
Dr. Thomas Enger
Topic: “Impact of Oil Exports on the MENA’s (Middle East and North Africa) Economy and Finances
Archive: http://3cmediasolutions.acrobat.com/p13605313/
Dr. Thomas Enger has been Adjunct Professor of Economics at Palomar College.
He has his Ph.D. in Economics from Ohio State University. He is currently an economic consultant on projects in Bahrain, Egypt, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. He has worked for the International Monetary Fund Middle East Department and also as Chief Economist for Riyadh Bank, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Chalmers Johnson
Topic: “Can We End the American Empire Before It Ends Us?”
Archive: http://3cmediasolutions.acrobat.com/p88077612/
Dr. Johnson is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UCSD.
He received his Ph.D. from Berkeley, where he taught for many years before coming to UCSD. In this capacity, he was Director of the Center for Chinese Studies and Chair of the Political Science Department at Berkeley. His book on Chinese peasant nationalism heralded much new study of China in the social sciences. His book MITI and the Japanese Miracle was the preeminent study of Japanese development.
Dr. Johnson is President of the Japan Policy Research Institute. His most recent books are examinations of the American empire. They include Blowback, The Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic.
Dr. Gordon Hanson
Topic: Why Does Immigration Divide America?”
Archive: http://3cmediasolutions.acrobat.com/p54013762/
Dr. Hanson is Professor of Economics in the Economics Department and in the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD.
He is also Director of the Center on Pacific Economies at UCSD. Dr. Hanson received his Ph.D. from MIT. Prior to coming to UCSD, he was on the faculty at the University of Michigan and the University of Texas. His current research includes examination of the international migration of high skilled labor, the causes of Mexican migration to the United States, and the consequences of immigration on labor market outcomes.
His most recent book is Why Does Immigration Divide America: Public Finance and Political Opposition to Open Borders.
Teresa Laughlin and Jose Esteban
Topic: Flattened by Globalization: The Ups and Downs of the New Global Economy”Archive: http://www.cccsat.org/Accordent/CampusExplorations/CE10172007/
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Topic: “Interesting Times: Why the Immigration Debate Went Off-Track and How to Get It Back on Track”
Archive: http://3cmediasolutions.acrobat.com/p47823048/
Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a nationally syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group. His twice weekly column appears in more than 175 newspapers, including the San Diego Union Tribune. He is one of fewer than 10 Latino syndicated columnists and one of the youngest. Mr. Navarrette has two degrees from Harvard. He has been a radio talk show host and records commentaries for NPR’s Morning Edition. He has been a guest analyst on CNN, on PBS, on The Chris Matthews Show”, and on The O’Reilly Factor”.
Dr. Linda Dudik
Topic: “World War II Stories: Veteran David Roderick Recalls D-Day – June 6, 1944”Archive: http://3cmediasolutions.acrobat.com/p35951861/
Linda Dudik has been Professor of History at Palomar College since 1975. She has her Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has taught many classes in History including a class on World War II.
Dr. Melissa Famulari
Topic: “Health Care and the 2008 Presidential Election: Key Issues and Reforms Proposed by the Candidates”
Archive: http://3cmediasolutions.acrobat.com/p37699092/
Dr. Famulari is Lecturer and Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education at UCSD. She is a specialist in Health Care Economics with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Prior to coming to UCSD, she was a faculty member in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas and a Research Economist for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. She is the author of numerous publications.
Mark Weston
Topic: “California Water: Does the Patient Need A Heart Bypass?”
Archive: http://3cmediasolutions.acrobat.com/p96444670/
California water is complex, dynamic, and threatened. This lecture will explore the
many forces shaping California’s water future.
Mark Weston is General Manager of the Helix Water District, the second largest water district in San Diego County. Helix Water District supplies water to some 250,000 people.
Dr. William Weeks
Topic: “Aspects of American Empire”
Archive: http://3cmediasolutions.acrobat.com/p54411304/
Dr. William Weeks is Professor of History at San Diego State University specializing in 19th century American history.
His work examines the cultural, ideological, and political links between the American nation and the American empire. He is the author of several books. His most recent work is a book entitled American Nation/American Empire: The Revolution that Changed the World.
