Politics

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  • Forecasts Predict Bush Victory
    9/7/04
    George W. Bush has a very good chance of winning a second term in the White House, according to "trial-heat-and-economy" and "convention bump" forecasts produced by James E. Campbell, professor of political science at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½.
  • States Should Develop Procedures Now to Deal with Potential Terrorist Disruption of Presidential Election
    7/29/04
    Though the law is somewhat ambiguous on the subject, the power to postpone November's presidential election as a result of terrorist threat or attack lies mostly with individual states, according to an election-law expert at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ School of Law.
  • Rumsfeld Should be Dismissed or Resign, Says UB Expert on Human Rights
    5/6/04
    Abuse of Iraqi prisoners by members of the U.S. military spotlight a lack of leadership at the U.S. Department of Defense so profound that Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld should resign or be dismissed, according to a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ professor, who is an international expert on human rights and international law.
  • Dean's Grip on Democratic Nomination Appears Shaky, Says UB Political Scientist
    1/16/04
    Conventional wisdom says Howard Dean will win the Democratic presidential nomination, but there are very strong reasons to be wary of this conclusion, according to a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ political scientist who studies presidential elections.
  • Prosecuting Saddam Hussein: History Shows the Way to Gain "Greater Global Legitimacy," Says UB Political Scientist
    1/12/04
    Lessons learned from past and ongoing war-crimes trials provide a useful backdrop for discussions on how Saddam Hussein should be tried, and by whom, according to a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ political scientist who studies human rights.
  • Supreme Court's Ruling on McCain-Feingold Will Further Complicate Campaign Financing, Says UB Political Scientist
    12/11/03
    The Supreme Court's majority decision on Wednesday upholding the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act -- better known as the McCain-Feingold law -- was surprising in several respects and will further complicate campaign financing, according to a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ political scientist who studies campaign-finance reform.
  • New Book by UB Law Professor Focuses on Making Sense of Globalization
    12/10/03
    A new book by a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ law professor attempts to make sense of the debate about whether globalization is a pathway to unprecedented global prosperity or increased poverty, among other benefits and ills.
  • 2004 Election Should be Close, but Bush May Have a Historical Edge, Says UB Expert on Presidential Campaigns
    9/29/03
    Circumstances leading up to the 2004 presidential election seem to point to another tightly contested race, though probably not the nail-biter of 2000, predicts a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ political scientist who studies U.S. presidential campaigns.
  • Important Scientific and Technological Advances to be Topic of Series Sponsored by UB Libraries
    9/11/03
    Western New Yorkers will have the opportunity to learn about and discuss some of the important scientific and technological advances of our time during "Research Revolution: Science and the Shaping of Modern Life," a free video and discussion series to be offered during October by the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Libraries.
  • UB Experts Available to Discuss War with Iraq
    3/12/03
    Faculty members from the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ are available for members of the media covering the political, economic and cultural implications of a U.S. war with Iraq.