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GREAT NEWS: NEW PUBLICATION BY DANIEL XU!
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Xu, who in collaboration with Ljubinka Andonoska, has just published “Political budget cycle and unfunded pension liabilities in states in the USA” in Public Money & Management.
Abstract: By using panel data for the period 2006–2019 and dynamic models, this article examines the relation between state pension funding ratio and gubernatorial elections, controlling for a set of fiscal institutions, fiscal health indicators, and economic and political factors. The findings suggest that the political budget cycle is associated with funding state employees’ pensions. This article contributes to the academic literature on pension funding by providing empirical evidence from the USA states.
See: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540962.2023.2250090
WHAT? ANOTHER PUBLICATION FOR OUR VERY OWN DR. KASSAB?!
Yes, it’s true: “Post-Cold War Historicism: Perceptions, Progress, and Praxis” was just published in The International History Review.
Abstract: Post-Cold War literature was a historicist effort to remake the international order and prolong American hegemony. Major works by Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington describe a world of conflict and disorder while Francis Fukuyama and Thomas Friedman showed that the world was headed toward unstoppable progress. Some were critical of these efforts. John Mearsheimer, Michael Hardt, and Antonio Negri saw the world as a product of power, albeit from different ontological standpoints: the state versus unseen forces, respectively. The first section defines historicism and highlights how literature can be considered historicist, what Karl Popper would deem pseudoscientific. One goal of historicism is the transformation of the world to fit a specific vision. Antonio Gramsci refers to this as praxis. The second section will summarize the Post-Cold War literature and highlight historicism.
Yes, it’s true: “Post-Cold War Historicism: Perceptions, Progress, and Praxis” was just published in The International History Review.
Abstract: Post-Cold War literature was a historicist effort to remake the international order and prolong American hegemony. Major works by Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington describe a world of conflict and disorder while Francis Fukuyama and Thomas Friedman showed that the world was headed toward unstoppable progress. Some were critical of these efforts. John Mearsheimer, Michael Hardt, and Antonio Negri saw the world as a product of power, albeit from different ontological standpoints: the state versus unseen forces, respectively. The first section defines historicism and highlights how literature can be considered historicist, what Karl Popper would deem pseudoscientific. One goal of historicism is the transformation of the world to fit a specific vision. Antonio Gramsci refers to this as praxis. The second section will summarize the Post-Cold War literature and highlight historicism.
LAST DAY TO CHANGE STUDENT SCHEDULES
The add/drop period ends today, Friday Aug. 25, at 5:00.
ADDING OR DROPPING CLASSES
REMEMBER: The last day to add or drop a class – to make changes to your schedule – is THIS Friday, Aug. 25 (at 5:00 pm). Contact your adviser with any questions.