Obama versus Romney 2012:
Domestic and international perspectives on the US Presidential race
Renehan Hall, South Campus, NUI Maynooth
Friday, October 5th: 10am-3.30pm
All Welcome. No attendance fee. To register to attend please contact nirsa@nuim.ie
Confirmed speakers
Prof. Phil Abbott, Wayne State University: Obama, Romney and the Outsider Strategy
Prof. Abbott has written eleven books on the US presidency and presidential politics and is a distinguished professor of Political Science.
Harry Browne, DIT: The US Paradox: strong partisan cleavage in politics, narrow bipartisan consensus in government
Prof. Gary Murphy, DCU: How the Republicans became Democrats and vice versa
Prof. Charles Pattie, Sheffield University: TBA
Dr Adrian Kavanagh, NUI Maynooth: Red states, blue states, purple states: Why the where matters in US presidential elections
Sponsored by: Centre for the Study of Wider Europe, Geographical Society of Ireland, the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, and the Irish Social Sciences Platform.
Rob Kitchin