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The Climate of Opinion: American Beliefs about Climate Change and Policy Preferences 12/11/08 - Climate change has conventionally been portrayed as a global challenge necessitating an international governing regime. This was clearly the animating principle behind the Kyoto Protocol more than a decade ago. But the subsequent reality in the United States and abroad has been far more complex, with an unexpectedly large role for sub-national units of governments, such as American states and localities. Here Sidney Milkis chairs the session as part of the Miller Center's National Conference on Climate Governance. The other speakers include Martha Derthick, Paul Posner, Christopher Borick, Anne Khademian and Suellen Keiner. |
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Regulatory Approaches to Climate Governance 12/11/08 - Many policy options could achieve reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, including those that impose firm governmental regulations on various sectors of the economy. In some instances, these policies already exist either nationally or sub-nationally but may well be expanded in the coming years. Brian Balogh chairs this session of the Miller Center's National Conference on Climate Governance. Other speakers are Pietro Nivola, Ian Rowlands, Marc Landy, Judith Layzer
and Daniel Fiorino. |
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Market Approaches to Climate Governance 12/11/08 - Abundant literature in the economics field documents the merits of market-based systems of environmental protection, with perhaps the most celebrated innovation involving the so-called "cap-and-trade" program established for sulfur dioxide emissions in the 1990s. This session will examine the governance challenges of two oft-discussed alternatives that take a market approach, namely cap-and-trade and taxation schemes for carbon emissions meant to deter the use of fossil fuels. Vivian Thomson, Department of Environmental Sciences, Department of Politics, University of Virginia chairs. Other speakers are Leigh Raymond, Barry Rabe,
Timothy Conlan,and Christopher James. |
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Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 12/8/08 - MICHAEL JOSEPH SMITH has written extensively on the ethical dilemmas raised by contemporary international politics, most recently contributing to the United Nations International Commission on Sovereignty and Intervention. He is the Thomas C. Sorenson Professor of Political and Social Thought and Associate Professor of Politics at U.Va. He has taught as an Assistant Professor of Government and Social Studies at Harvard, and came to U.Va. in 1986, where he currently directs the interdisciplinary, undergraduate program in Political and Social Thought. Smith teaches courses on human rights, political thought, and ethics and international relations, and won the All-University Teaching Award in 2002. Here he speaks at the Miller Center on December 8, 2008. |
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U.Va. Sets Teach-In on Issues Surrounding Recent Terror Incidents in Mumbai 12/3/08 - A teach-in on issues surrounding the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, was held Wednesday, December 3rd, in Newcomb Hall Art Gallery at the University of Virginia. Faculty, students and members of the Charlottesville community were invited. Faculty with expertise in areas related to South Asia, such as history, economics, literature and anthropology, as well as representatives of various religious communities and Pakistani and Indian expatriates living in the community, discussed the tumultuous events of last week and the background and context in which they occurred. The event was sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for International Programs, the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures and the International Studies Office. |
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A Virginia Dynasty? James Monroe and the Presidential Elections of 1816 and 1820 12/3/08 - DANIEL F. PRESTON is Editor of The Papers of James Monroe at the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library. His articles include "James Monroe: Occasional Lawyer" in America's Lawyer-Presidents: From Law Office to the Oval Office (Northwestern University Press, 2004) and "James Monroe" in The American Presidents (Readers Digest, 2001). Preston has delivered numerous presentations and conference papers on James Monroe and other historical figures, and his awards include a fellowship at the David Bruce Centre for American Studies at Keele University (United Kingdom) and a Mellon Fellowship Grant from the Virginia Historical Society. This is the annual Gordon and Mary Beth Smyth Forum on American History that took place at the Miller Center on December 3, 2008. |
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Napolitano  12/1/08 - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, a 1983 graduate of the Law School, has been nominated as the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a cabinet-level post. President-elect Barack Obama announced his decision today. Napolitano also spoke at the Law School |
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10th Annual American Democracy Conference: Larry Sabato Moderates 11/21/08 - Each year, the Center for Politics presents the American Democracy Conference. Growing from the first National Post Election Conference in 1998, these gatherings examine not only the most recent election cycle and/or primaries in hindsight, but also current campaigns, upcoming elections and prospects for the future of American democracy. This year the Center for Politics and CQ Politics brought together today's leading journalists, Beltway insiders, political analysts and academics to examine the presidential and congressional races. Professor Larry Sabato hosted this second panel that took place on Friday, November 21, at the University of Virginia Alumni Hall. |
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