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Mara Revkin: How militants in Iraq and Syria recruit and use children Mara Revkin’s article in the Washington Posts’s Monkey Cage, How Militants in Iraq and Syria Recruit and Use Children, is a deep look into the recruitment and use...	Professor Frances Rosenbluth recipient of the William Clyde DeVane Award for Distinguished Teaching and Scholarship. Yale’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has selected our colleague and friend Frances Rosenbluth as this year’s recipient of the William Clyde DeVane Award for Distinguished...	Professor Charles Lindblom passes away at the age of 100. The department mourns the loss of Charles Edward Lindblom, former Chair and one of the giants of the modern field of Political Science. He died January 30th 2018 at age 100,...
Stephen Skowronek has a new publication available. The Policy State: An American Predicament Policy is government’s response to changing times, the key to its successful adaptation. It tackles problems as they arise, from foreign relations and economic affairs to...	Elisabeth Wood named Franklin Muzzy Crosby Professor of the Human Environment In recognition of her many achievements as a researcher, advisor, and teacher, Elisabeth Wood, Department of Political Science, has been named Franklin Muzzy Crosby...	Drew Stommes on the Political Violence at a Glance website. Drew Stommes, graduate student in the Department of Political Science at Yale University, has written an article on the Political Violence at a Glance website. “Civilians,...
David Mayhew on C-SPAN Congressional Reform Roundtable Discussion In June of 2017, three political scientists and two former members of Congress talked about their perspectives on congressional dysfunction and the possibilities for reform...