Congratulations to our 2025 Baron Award Winners and Honors Society Students

Join us in congratulating this year’s Jacob Abraham Baron and Mildred Amelia Baron Fund Award winners, Joseph Lescht and Guneet Kaur! This award is presented each year to political science students for their exceptional academic achievement and leadership.   Our 2025 guest speaker was New Jersey Assemblyman Don Guardian, who spoke about the challenges and … Continue reading Congratulations to our 2025 Baron Award Winners and Honors Society Students

Dr. Beth Rabinowitz a guest on News12 “Power and Politics”

Our own Dr. Rabinowitz was recently a guest on Power and Politics, and has also written recent articles on yellow journalism and fake news, US civil conflict, and Qanon rhetoric.  See more at: This is why we need to take Qanon’s Crazy Rhetoric Seriously, December 2020, NJ.COM  Can America Devolve into Civil Conflict? January 2021, … Continue reading Dr. Beth Rabinowitz a guest on News12 “Power and Politics”

“Coups, Rivals, and the Modern State” by Beth S. Rabinowitz

Coups, Rivals, and the Modern State Why Rural Coalitions Matter in Sub-Saharan Africa

Description “State development in Africa is risky, even life-threatening. Heads of state must weigh the advantage of promoting political and economic development against the risk of fortifying dangerous political rivals. This book takes a novel approach to the study of neopatrimonial rule by placing security concerns at the center of state-building. Using quantitative evidence from … Continue reading “Coups, Rivals, and the Modern State” by Beth S. Rabinowitz