Rogues, Cowards and Ideologues: Social Networks and Regime Transformation in Georgia
Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York CityJoin for a talk by Julie George, Visiting Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, SIPA and Associate Professor of Political Science, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. How do politicians in weakly institutionalized states make decisions on whether and when to defect from teetering regimes? What considerations haunt politicians as they decide to stay with a ruling party or to join…