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3,754 search results for “contemporary american politics” in the Public website

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  Ingrid van Biezen Professor of Comparative Politics

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Michael Meffert Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

• Time and Identity in Indigenous Narrative and Aesthetic Strategies Research project

  This research hopes to contribute to social awareness of the consequences of colonialism for Indigenous Peoples, to the deconstruction of still existing colonial and discriminatory notions and to a better appreciation of Indigenous art and thought.

• The Politics of Heritage in Indonesia. A Cultural History Research output

  This study offers a new approach to the history of sites, archaeology, and heritage formation in Asia, at both the local and the trans-regional levels.

• Belarus under Lukashenka: Adaptive Authoritarianism Research output

  In 2019, Aliaksandr Lukashenka marks a quarter of a century as the first, and so far only president of the Republic of Belarus. This new book by Dr. Matthew Frear, Assistant Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies, offers the most up-to-date analysis of government and politics in a country usually…

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  Amy Verdun Guest professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Natascha van der Zwan Associate professor

  Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

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  Lauren Lauret Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joop van Holsteijn Professor emeritus Political Behaviour and Research Methods

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Mateo Cohen External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Christina Luise Toenshoff Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

• Jelle van Buuren Explains American Boogaloo Boys News - 10 March 2021

  A particular group of counter protesters have been sighted at numerous Black Lives Matter protests that were held in the United States. An extreme right movement known for its characteristic Hawaii Shirts and heavy weaponry that calls itself the Boogaloo Boys. Which is cause for concern among the American…

• From Leiden Pilgrim to American president News - 7 May 2015

  Before founding their American colony, the Pilgrim Fathers first lived in Leiden in the early 17th century. This group has no fewer than nine American presidents among its descendants. The University played an important role in the Pilgrims’ life in Leiden.

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  Eric van Hoof Privacy Officer

  Bestuursbureau

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  Tingting Hui Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Political discourses and the securitization of democracy in post-1991 Ethiopia Research output

  This thesis attempts to interrogate post-1991-2015 political development in Ethiopia, focusing on the political discourses espoused by the government and opposition, using the discourse analysis method and securitization theory.

• About the programme Latin American Studies (research) (MA)

  This programme focuses on the ideas and practices of resistance and change in Latin America and the Caribbean. You will be able to specialise in one of three areas: Culture and identity; State-society relations; and Literature, arts and media.

• Education Political Science

  BSc degrees: ‘Political Science’, ‘International Relations and Organisations’. MSc degree: Political Science, with specialisations ‘International Organisation’; ‘Dutch Politics; ‘Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Development’; ‘International Politics’; ‘Political Legitimacy and Justice’; ‘Democracy…

• Seeking Futures, Shaping Pasts: The fragmented nature of the political in Kashmir Research output

  Idrees Kanth defended his thesis on 7 May 2019

• About the programme North American Studies (MA)

  The multidisciplinary one-year master’s programme in North American Studies provides students with comprehensive knowledge of North American history, literature, film, and culture and their connection to contemporary social, political, literary and cultural developments in an international perspecti…

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  Ruben Gonzalez Vicente Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joyce Outshoorn Emeritus professor vrouwenstudies

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Ruud Koole Professor emeritus Politicologie

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Sebastian Diessner Assistant Professor

  Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

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  Jasper van der Steen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bruno Verbeek Senior University Lecturer Moral and Political Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Rick van Well Lecturer

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Diana Davila Gordillo Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Shawn Donnelly Guest lecturer

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Tim Enwerem External PhD Candidate

  Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

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  Josette Daemen Postdoc

  Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

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  Hans-Martien ten Napel Associate Professor

  Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid

• Femke Bakker, Positive Politics: How Meditation Can Help to Foster Tolerance Research output

  When we think of politics, we tend to think of adversary, antagonism, polarisation, a struggle for power. But politics should serve positive purposes, as well. Political psychologist and meditation teacher Femke Bakker (Leiden University) thinks that positive politics is first and foremost about tolerance.…

• Ethnicity, Orthodoxy, and Policy in Medieval China: The Political Philosophy of Wang Tong (584?-617) Research project

  This research project focuses on the thoughts of ethnicity and political orthodoxy in Medieval China by investigating Wang Tong’s works.

• Latin American diplomats come together at Wijnhaven News - 5 December 2018

  Every year diplomatic representatives of Latin American countries, researchers and students come together during a conference of the GRULAC region group. This year different researchers talked about their work during a visit to the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs in The Hague.

• Lockdowns, lethality, and laissez-faire politics. Public discourses on political authorities in high-trust countries during the COVID-19 pandemic Research output

  This study looks at population response to government containment strategies during initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in four high-trust Northern European countries–Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden–with special emphasis on expressions of governmental trust.

• "Normal" Feelings in "Abnormal" Worlds, On the Political Uses of Emotion in Science Fiction Manga Research output

  Carl Li defended his thesis on 30 June 2015

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  Randal Sheppard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Natter, Czaika & De Haas, Political party ideology and immigration policy reform Research output

  What drives the restrictiveness of immigration reforms? Political scientists Katharina Natter (Leiden University), Mathias Czaika (Danube University Krems) and Hein de Haas (University of Amsterdam) analysed immigration reforms in 21 Western immigration countries between 1970 and 2012. They found that…

• Political Networks and Social Movements: Bolivian State–Society Relations under Evo Morales, 2006–2016 Research output

  Book by Soledad Valdivia Rivera

• Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse - Boats, Votes and Asylum in Australia and Italy Research output

  This book compares the policies of Australia and Italy towards boat people who have arrived in the two countries since the early 1990s.

• Civil Society against Corruption in Ukraine: Political Roles, Advocacy Strategies and Impact Research project

  This project aims to provide evidence-based knowledge on the conditions for successful anti-corruption activism in Ukraine.

• Political exclusion and support for democratic innovations: evidence from a conjoint experiment on participatory budgeting Research output

  In this research note, Van der Does & Kantorowicz aruge that citizens that tend to experience political exclusion are often more supportive of direct and participatory forms of decision-making.

• Four PhD Scholarships at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies News - 13 July 2017

  From September 1, 2017, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) will be awarding several four-year scholarships to complete a PhD in American History / American Studies.

• Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present (research) (MA)

  In the research master Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present at Leiden University you will be at the forefront of a new approach to understand how politics and identities in Europe are conceived.

• Leiden University to partner with Roosevelt Institute for American Studies News - 13 December 2016

  Leiden University and the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) in Middelburg, previously the Roosevelt Study Center, will sign an agreement on 16 December 2017 confirming a strategic partnership.

• Building land tenure systems: the political, legal, and institutional struggles of Timor-Leste Research output

  On 24 September 2020, Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida defended his thesis 'Building land tenure systems: the political, legal, and institutional struggles of Timor-Leste'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. A.W. Bedner. Co-supervisor was Dr. C.I.M. Jacobs.

• Cotton, control, and continuity in disguise: The political economy of agrarian transformation in lowland Tajikistan Research output

  Irna Hofman defended her thesis on 10 January 2019.

• Tracing Shumi: Politics and Aesthetics in Modern Japanese Literary Discourse and Fiction Research output

  On 30 January 2024 Jurre van der Meer successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Research Design in Political Science: The new book by Dimiter Toshkov is now out Research output

  The new book by Dimiter Toshkov - associate professor of Public Administration at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs - has been recently published by Palgrave Macmillan.