The Political Science Department at the JFKI cordially invites you to attend the upcoming Ernst Fraenkel Lecture
Prof. Barbara Sinclair (UCLA):
"The Obama Presidency, Congress and the Development of the Party System"
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 6 p.m., room 340.
Barbara Sinclair has publsihed extensivly on Congress, Political Polarization and law-making in the United States. In 2012 she recieved the Samual J. Eldersveld (life achievemnt) Award of the American Political Science Association.
Her talk will evaluate the first term of the Obama Presidency, focussing on issues like party polarization, the role of the Tea Party, the legislative achievements of President Obama and the upcoming legislative problems in his second term.