Hutton Honors College

Reassessing the Role of Race in American Politics:
Discussion Lunch with Political Scientists
Paul Sniderman of Stanford University
and Edward Carmines of IU

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 * 12:30-2 p.m. * Harlos House (1331 E. Tenth St.)
SIGN-UP REQUIRED (See below for procedure.)

In their prize-winning 1997 book Reaching Beyond Race, Paul Sniderman and Edward Carmines examined racial prejudice in the United States at the close of the twentieth century and found it still existed but was no longer the norm. What is their assessment of attitudes on race in the United States a decade later? Professor Sniderman has also co-authored The Clash of Rights: Liberty, Quality, and Legitimacy in Pluralist Democracies and The Outsider: Prejudice and Politics in Italy; and he is on campus as the guest of the Institute for Advanced Study to deliver a public lecture on "Islamophobia and Liberal Democracies in Western Europe" (Thursday, Sept. 17, 4 p.m., Maple Room, IMU). What is his assessment of the public support in Western Europe for the rights of Muslim and other immigrants? Professor Carmines, director for research at IU's Center for the Study of Congress, is also working on books on attitudes toward Congress and on electoral politics. What roles does he think public attitudes, media coverage, and other factors play in issues such as health care reform and efforts to revive the economy? Professors Carmines and Sniderman's newest project addresses "Ideology and American Politics." Join them for an informal discussion that can range as widely as your questions.

SIGN-UP INFO: If you are interested in attending this event, please e-mail hdubina indicating you wish to sign up for the Sniderman/Carmines lunch and including your name, e-mail address, year in school, and field(s) of study. Space is limited so we will let you know by e-mail if a space was available when you replied.

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