President Vladimir Putin met with pilot cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. The President in person congratulated her on the remarkable date – the 55th anniversary of her single-person flight around the Earth aboard the Vostok-6 spaceship, which began on June 16, 1963, and lasted almost three days. (more…)
Voters are wrong to think they can pick the best politician based on their looks, according to new research which shows this leads to less effective people being elected. (more…)
Jeff Hou is a professor of landscape architecture and adjunct professor of urban design and planning in the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. His research, teaching and practice focus on community design, design activism, cross-cultural learning and engaging marginalized communities in planning and design. (more…)
Einer Studie zufolge vergibt die Regierung in Indonesien Finanzmittel an die Distrikte nach politischen Gesichtspunkten
Wie verteilt die zentrale Regierung in Indonesien öffentliche Gelder auf die Kommunen, und welche Aspekte spielen dabei eine Rolle? Diese Fragen haben die Ökonomen Prof. Dr. Günter G. Schulze, Gerrit Gonschorek und Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir von der Universität Freiburg anhand einer einzigartigen Datensammlung aus mehr als 400 indonesischen Bezirken für die Jahre 2005 bis 2013 untersucht. (more…)
With their loved ones sometimes deployed far away from home, potentially in harm’s way, the families of soldiers face challenging circumstances that can place a strain on everyday life. (more…)
Paul Frymer, a professor of politics at Princeton University and the director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, studies democratic representation in the United States. His particular interests are the historical place of political institutions such as courts and parties in responding to racial and class inequality. (more…)
ANN ARBOR — In Donald Trump’s first three quarters as president the U.S. economy has averaged a solid 2.4 percent growth rate, still well short of the 4 percent he promised as a candidate and under the 3 percent his first federal budget proposal assumed. (more…)
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