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Let’s Shutdown the Government: An Instructional Game

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Lets Shutdown the Government: An Instructional Game By Michelle M. Buehlmann , University of North Dakota, Grand Forks In Lets Shutdown the Government: An Instructional Game , Dr. Buehlmann argues that government shutdowns are the crisis in a negotiation strategy, commonly called brinkmanship.

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Using Social Media in American Government Classes to Encourage Political Engagement and Media Literacy

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Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Reflections By Elizabeth Dorssom ( mdorssome@lincolnu.edu ) College classrooms are often awash with screens, revealing a generation of students who grew up immersed in technology.

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Learn more about: Examining Women’s Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles

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Project Title:Examining Womens Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles Tessa Provins, University of Arizona Tessa Provins is an assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. She received her M.A. in economics from Stanford University in 2013.

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Learn more about: Exploring Indigenous Governance and Cultural Evolution in Oaxaca, Mexico

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Project Title:Exploring Indigenous Governance and Cultural Evolution in Oaxaca, Mexico Mauricio Fernndez Duque, Dartmouth College Mauricio Fernndez Duque is an assistant professor at CIDE and a visiting scholar at Dartmouth. Read about the funded projects.

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The Effect of Populist Incumbents on Democracy

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Mitchell , Brigham Young University Populisms effects on democracy after populists gain control of government (hereafter, populist incumbents) are some of the best theorized and documented consequences. The Effect of Populist Incumbents on Democracy By Kirk A. Hawkins and Grant A. Read the full article.

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Perspectives on Politics: Call for Papers – Political Science and the University

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In this call for papers of Perspectives on Politics , we invite political scientists to use their expertise to explain what is and ought to be happening at institutions of higher education. Universities as means of political control and global diplomacy Governments around the world seek to control their higher education systems.

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Teaching U.S. Constitutional Design: The Case of the “Genovian Revolution”

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The simulation is designed to foreshadow key concepts in American government and politics. The Journal of Political Science Education is an intellectually rigorous, path-breaking, agenda-setting journal that publishes the highest quality scholarship on teaching and pedagogical issues in political science.