The American Academy of Political and Social Science

The November 2011 ANNALS special issue on work, family and workplace flexibility is the centerpiece of a Congressional Briefing to be held in the spring. Kathleen Christensen, a leading expert on workplace flexibility from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Hank Jackson, President and CEO of Society of Human Resources Management, to lead the discussion. The briefing, “Workplace Flexibility: Creating a 21st Century Workplace for the 21st Century Workforce,” is being sponsored by U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and Michael Crapo.…

This month, Rogers Smith, 2011 Theodore Roosevelt Fellow of the AAPSS and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, published with Princeton University Press Still a House Divided: Race and Politics in Obama's America (with Desmond S. King).

The book opens with a look back at the history that Obama has "inherited": "The leaders of America's founding generation," it recalls "knew well that of all the challenges they faced, slavery and racial equality…

In a statement on Monday, August 29, 2011, President Obama announced that he has chosen Alan Krueger to be the Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, calling Krueger "one of [America's] leading economists." As the Chairman of the White House Council, Krueger is tasked with decreasing national unemployment, specifically focusing on long-term joblessness.

Following his time as Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy, also under the Obama administration, Krueger returned to Princeton University, where he was the…

A unique power sharing agreement in Russia between President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is one of intrigue. In the following interview with Stephanie Marudas, Stephen Hanson examines what this relationship is about, its implications for Russia and the major social and political issues facing this former Soviet country. Hanson contributed a related article to the July 2011 volume of The Annals, "Patrimonial Power in the Modern World." Stephen Hanson is the Vice Provost for International…

Special Editor: Matt L. Huffman

This volume highlights cutting-edge research by notable and highly visible scholars working in the area of gender, race and management. Their diversity in both theoretical orientation and methodological approach gives the volume a decidedly interdisciplinary flavor, making it of wide appeal to both academics and policy makers. Contributors come from the social sciences, psychology,…

Special Editors: Kathleen Christensen and Barbara Schneider

Workplace flexibility, work-family conflict, and time famine have taken the spotlight in recent years as politicians from all sides of the political spectrum have pointed to the need for increasing workplace flexibility. In today’s economy and work environment, what does workplace flexibility mean; how does it affect different groups of people; and is…

Not often enough do scholars think of state formation in China and Europe on parallel levels. That's one of the cases Julia Adams and Liping Wang make in the following interview with Stephanie Marudas. They also discuss the obstacles today's Chinese bureaucratic political structure faces in the rise of social media. Adams and Wang have written an article in the…