American Political Landscape

Dr Eben Kirksey, the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor at Princeton University who is also a senior lecturer at the UNSW analyses the changes to the American political landscape that have come to influence the current presidential election.

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To what extent did the global financial crisis and September 11 shape the current political environment in the USA? How have a dysfunctional Congress and corruption in the US political system impacted on public opinion? Dr Eben Kirksey, from Princeton University looks to the impact of Americas recent past on its future.