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Guest Dr. Andrew Roberts (Northwestern University) will present "The Quality of Democracy in the New EU Member States".
Free and open to the public. RSVPs are appreciated by Tuesday, April 14, 2009 to allison.smith@inta.gatech.edu.
Join us for the first in a series of discussions on the Institutional and Cultural Transformations of the EU: From 6 to 27 Member States.
Andrew Roberts is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science at Princeton University in 2003. He has a forthcoming book to be published by Cambridge University Press titled, "The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe: Public Preferences and Policy Choices." He has also published a book titled, "From Good King Wenceslas to the Good Soldier Svejk: A Dictionary of Czech Culture (Central European University Press, 2005)". His main fields of interest are Eastern Europe, democracy, democratic institutions, and social policy. He also recently completed a manuscript titled "The Not For Dummies Guide to College".
