Having assumed the position of Chair on 1 July 2017, I am happy to report that my predecessor Shafiq Huque has left the department of Political Science on very solid ground, and with an enviable list of accomplishments. The past year has been a busy one on many fronts. First, our tradition of faculty research excellence continues. Among the many notable achievements, congratulations go to Dr. Katherine Boothe and Dr. Alina Sajed for their promotions to Associate Professor. Kudos as well to Dr. Peter Nyers on being named a University Scholar. This well-deserved honour recognizes Peter as a global leader in his research field.

We are equally proud of the many successes of our students. Despite a tough job market, our recent MA and PhD recipients have assumed important government and policy sector jobs, as well as academic posts – just a few of which we have noted in these pages. At the undergraduate level, there have been too many accomplishments to list! Special mention goes to Political Science BAs Tim Daly and Atia Bashizadah (both valedictorians for the June Convocation ceremonies), and Chukky Ibe (MSU President for 2017-18). Please be sure to keep us posted on your community contributions and career milestones.

This year was also one of reflection and action upon the recommendations arising from the 2016 external review of our undergraduate and graduate programs. Reflecting on what we do well, the key aim of our undergraduate program is to help develop our students into informed and effective citizens, who can exercise sound logic and critical reasoning, and play a constructive role in developing solutions to persistent social problems and inequities at home and abroad. Because this is an issue not only for political science majors, we will work hard to demonstrate

the wider relevance of this mission, and our contribution to it, throughout the university.At the graduate level, our objective is to train a future generation of political scientists and policy makers, who can provide informed interpretations of world events, educate the next generation of students, and make important contributions to public and private governance. We remain committed to close collaboration between faculty and students, in teaching, research training and mentorship.

Of course, there’s always room for improvement. Together with faculty colleagues, I hope to promote further opportunities for community engagement, international experiences and professional development – consistent with what our students need to ensure success after they leave McMaster. I look forward to supporting each of you over the coming 5 years, as we strive to reach new accomplishments across each of our principal missions – undergraduate teaching, graduate education and training, and faculty research. If you have questions about the department’s activities, do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,Karen Bird

Message from the chair

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Dr. Peter Nyers was recognized for his outstanding work on critical security studies, citizenship, and refugee and migrant politics. He was

named a University Scholar and will continue his research social movements of non-status refugees and migrants, in particular their campaigns against deportation and detention and for regularization and global mobility rights. The Department of Political Science is proud of Dr. Nyers’ accomplishment.

Professor Stephen McBride’s Tier 1 Canada Research Chair appointment was renewed for a further seven year term. He will

work on two recently awarded SSHRC funded projects. Stephen’s “Varieties of Austerity” project (Insight Development Grant) will focus on the policy mix associated with austerity: fiscal and monetary, public sector reform, and labour market restructuring. His “AltAusterity” project (Partnership Development Grant) brings together researchers and practitioners from academia, independent institutions, and NGOs in Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and Germany to stimulate greater conversations about alternatives to austerity. We are pleased to announce formal associations with two McMaster researchers.

Dr. Gail Krantzberg, Professor and former Director of the Engineering and Public Policy Program at the Booth School of Engineering Practice

has been appointed an Associate Member of the Department of Political Science for a period of three years. She has a PhD degree from the University of Toronto and is closely involved with the rehabilitation, conservation and protection of the Great Lakes.

Dr. Katherine Nastovski has been appointed an Adjunct Member of the Department. She has a PhD in Social and Political Thought from

York University. Dr. Nastovski’s research focuses on international labour solidarity and global justice. She will be hosting an international, SSHRC-supported workshop on labour internationalism at McMaster in October 2017.

Awards and appointments

“Together with faculty colleagues, I hope to promote further opportunities for community engagement, international experiences and professional development.”– Karen Bird (pictured left)

We were joined in January by Dr. Maroine Bendaoud. Maroine completed his PhD in Political Science at Université de Montréal. His thesis focused on social housing policy across Canadian provinces, and on understanding the rise

in homelessness in many cities. Working with Peter Graefe, he is now undertaking a comparison of municipal housing policies in Ontario.

Over the next two years the Department, along with the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, will be joined by Dr. John McGuire who is visiting on an EU-sponsored Marie Curie Global Fellowship. John

completed his PhD in Philosophy at University College Dublin. John is coming to work with James Ingram on an interpretive framework for understanding ‘cynical’ disaffection based on Ancient Greek philosophy.

We are pleased to welcome two new post-doctoral fellows to the Department. Events and invited guestsDissecting the 2016 US Presidential Election

The Department engaged in a series of events around the US Presidential election. In October, Dr. Henry Jacek hosted a panel discussion featuring US politics experts Dr. George Breckenridge (McMaster), Dr. Barry Kay (Wilfrid Laurier University), and Dr. Anthony Neal (SUNY Buffalo). Following the election, the Department of Political Science along with the Department of History co-organized a teach-in event: Racism, Resistance and Strategies for Building Alliances in the World of Trump. Speakers included PhD student sasha kovalchuk. In November, Drs. Katie Boothe and Netina Tan organized an innovative panel on the implications of a Trump presidency on multiple fronts. In “Trump Election Three Weeks Out: Now What?” a panel of a dozen speakers each had 90 seconds to address the impact of the US election result for liberalism and race, gender equality, global governance, Canadian party politics, environmental, health, immigration policy, and more.

Mapping the Global Dimensions of Policy 6

The sixth graduate student conference on Mapping the Global Dimensions of Policy was held at McMaster on February 6-7, 2017, with participants from across Canada and beyond. About half the presenters were from programs at McMaster. This year a special panel was organised on Indigeneity, while others focused on the extractive industries and the environment, and various aspects of social and economic policy. A highlight was the professional development session featuring experts on public sector employment, careers in academic publishing, and civil society think tanks. The conference featured guest speakers: Dr. Heather Whiteside (Waterloo) on Austerity, Debt and Finance; and Dr. Candace Johnson (Guelph) on Gender and Global Public Health.

Ruby Sahota, MP

Ruby Sahota, Member of Parliament for Brampton North, visited the Political Science Department in September 2016. Ruby, an alumna of the Department, later gave a talk under the Academic Women’s Success & Mentorship (AWSM) Lecture Series. In her speech, Ruby reiterated her strong belief in engaging youth in political action, and reflected on the leadership experience she gained while at McMaster.

Daughters of the Vote

We were pleased to watch Katrina Oleniuk and Azra Alagic take their seats in the House of Commons as part of the 2017 Daughters of the Vote initiative, recognizing the 100th anniversary of the first wave of Canadian women securing the right to vote in federal elections.

Planning for the future: Methodology training in the Social Sciences

In May 2017, Dr. Michelle Dion (McMaster, pictured above) and Dr. Laura Stephenson (Western) hosted a workshop at Mac to begin a discussion between academics, practitioners and experts from around the world about how best to train our students to conduct cutting-edge research and meet the needs of employers. The event built on ideas Dion and Stephenson present in their recently published article in the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

Jessica Merolli, Ph.D. 2015 – Professor, Faculty of Humanities & Social Science, Sheridan College

Stephanie Tombari, Ph.D. 2016 – Research Manager, World Green Building Council

Danielle Blab, Ph.D. 2017 – Part-time Professor, University of Ottawa Research Officer, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

Kassandra Loewen, M.A. 2017 – Ontario Legislature Internship

Jaskiran Shoker, M.A. 2017 – Ontario Legislature Internship

Daryl Gonsalves, B.A.(Hons) 2017 – Policy and Program Assistant, Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services

Kirsty MacKay, B.A. (Hons) 2017 – Executive Assistant, Fort Erie Economic Development and Tourism Corporation

Claudia Diaz Rios (left) and Hubert Rioux Ouimet are each recipients of a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship in the 2016-17 competition. Their accomplishments are noteworthy because only 23 awards are available for all of

the disciplines in the social sciences, humanities and business.

Claudia Diaz Rios completed her dissertation on the politics of education reform in Argentina, Chile and Colombia in 2016, under the supervision of Dr. Michelle Dion. Her postdoctoral project is entitled, “The Role of Public-Subsidized Private Schools in Latin America: How do They Work, in What Contexts, and Who Benefits from Them?” She will work at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr. Scott Davies.

Hubert Rioux Ouimet’s thesis, supervised by Dr. Peter Graefe, is on the role of minority nationalism in the development of venture capital in Quebec and Scotland. He continues to examine the role of nationalist ideology in economic policy with a project entitled “Public Regional Economic Development Agencies: Origins, Forms and Responsibilities.” He will undertake his research at the École Nationale d’Administration Publique in Montreal, with Stéphane Paquin as supervisor.

Graduate student awards & recognitionOldrich Bubak: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

Michael Gordon: SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Award; GSA Travel Assistance Award

Roomana Hukil: International Excellence Award

Casey Hunley: SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s Award

sasha kovalchuk: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

Kelsey Leonard: Harvey E. Longboat Graduate Scholarship; Philomathia Travel in Water Policy & Research Scholarship

Marguerite Marlin: Ellen Louks Fairclough Memorial Scholarship

Marrissa Mathews: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

Valerie Muzik: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS); Harry Lyman Hooker Senior Fellowship Award; Outstanding Paper Award (US-Canada Science Diplomacy Workshop & Model Arctic Council)

Colette Nyirakamana: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS); SGS Grant in Aid of Travel Research & Field Study Fund

Angela Orasch: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

Zeina Sleiman-Long: Hamlin Family Fund Ontario Graduate Scholarship

Nicolette Stuart: Harry Lyman Hooker Senior Fellowship Award

Nowrin Tabassum: William D. Coleman Award

PhD GraduatesBerkay Ayhan: Cultural Political Economy of Financial Literacy in Turkey

Danielle Blab: Muslims of Interest: Practices of Racialization in the Context of the War on Terror

Claudia Diaz Rios: When Global Ideas Collide with Domestic Interests: the Politics of Secondary Education Governance in Chile, Argentina and Colombia

Andrew Rowe: Designing Equality of Opportunity in National Innovation Systems Moving Towards Gender Conscious Policy, Performance Measurement, and resource allocation

Alumni employment Banting Fellowships

One of McMaster’s newest bursaries is the Huque Family Bursary, established to assist Political Science students who demonstrate financial need, with preference given to international students. We are grateful to Dr. Shafiq and Yasmin Huque for their generous gift in support of our students.

Major SSHRC Grants awarded 2016-2017Katherine Boothe – Ideas and social policy in Canada: Origins, stability and change.

Michelle Dion and Chelsea Gabel – Indigenous futures: Research sovereignty in a changing social science landscape.

Netina Tan – Electoral integrity in East and Southeast Asia

Lana Wylie – The Other Diplomat: Canadian and Cuban Encounters in Tourism

Major SSHRC Grants awarded 2015-2016Stephen McBride – Austerity and its alternatives.

Stephen McBride – Varieties of austerity.

Tony Porter – Role of numbers in transnational governance.

Major Gifts

Award-winning research

“We are grateful to Dr. Shafiq and Yasmin Huque for their generous gift.”

Karen Bird

Michael McGregor, Aaron A. Moore, Karen Bird, Samantha Jackson, and Laura B. Stephenson (2017). “Why so Few Women and Minorities in Local Politics? Incumbency and Affinity Voting in Low Information Elections.” Representation (online).

Nicole Goodman, Karen Bird, Chelsea Gabel (2017). “Toward a More Collaborative Political Science: A Partnership Approach.” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 50(1): 201-218.

Karen Bird, Samantha Jackson, Michael McGregor, Aaron A. Moore and Laura B. Stephenson (2016). Sex (and Ethnicity) in the City: Affinity Voting in the 2014 Toronto Mayoral Election.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 49(2): 359-383.

Chelsea Gabel, Nicole Goodman, Karen Bird and Brian Budd (2016). “Indigenous Adoption of Internet Voting: A Case Study of Whitefish River First Nation.” The International Indigenous Policy Journal 7(3): 1-20.

Katherine Boothe

Steve Morgan and Katherine Boothe (2016). “Universal prescription drug coverage in Canada: long-promised yet undelivered.” Joint Issue of Healthcare Management Forum (Canada) and Health Services Management Research (Europe), 29(6):247-254.

Michelle Dion

Michelle L. Dion and Laura B. Stephenson. (2017). “Planning for the Future: Methodology Training in Canadian Universities.” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 50, 1.

Catherine Frost

Catherine Frost and Elke Winter (2017). “Making and authenticating the Citizen: Naturalization and passport application in Canada,” Review of Russian and European Affairs 11(1).

Catherine Frost (2017). “Summoning Sovereignty: Constituent Power and Poetic Prophesy in Ireland’s 1916 Proclamation of the Republic,” Constellations 42 (1).

Catherine Frost (2016). “Disempathy and emotional witnessing in passport photography,” Intensions Fall/Winter 2016.

Peter Graefe

Peter Graefe and X-H Rioux (2017). Austerity of Imagination: Quebec’s Struggles in Translating Resistance into Alternatives. In Stephen McBride and Bryan Evans (eds), Austerity: The Lived Experience of Austerity. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 272-292.

Peter Graefe (2016). Retooling social reproduction for neoliberal times: the example of the social economy. In Simon Springer, Kean Birch and Julie MacLeavy (eds.) The Handbook of Neoliberalism. New York: Routledge, 284-293.

Shafiqul Huque

Bill Chou and Shafiqul Huque (2017). “Governance for inclusive development in South and East Asia: A comparison of India and China,” in N. Ahmed, ed., Inclusive Governance in South Asia – Parliament, Judiciary and Civil Service, London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Bill Chou and Shafiqul Huque (2016). “Does public participation matter? Inclusive growth in East Asia,” The Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 163-181.

James Ingram

James Ingram and S.D. Chrostowska, eds. (2017). Political Uses of Utopia: New Marxist, Anarchist, and Radical Democratic Perspectives (New York: Columbia University Press), including my introduction, “Utopia and Politics.”

James Ingram (2017). “Limits of Law, Limits of Legal Theory,” Contemporary Political Theory 16.2, 257-262.

James Ingram (2016). “Cosmopolitanism from Below: Universalism as Contestation,” Critical Horizons 17.1, 66-78.

James Ingram (2016). “The Point of the Lesson: On Samuel Chambers’ The Lessons of Rancière,” Syndicate (online).

James Ingram (2016). “La politique révolutionnaire des droits humains,” Raison publique (online).

Inder Marwah

Inder S. Marwah (2017). “A Dangerous Turn: Manipulation and the Politics of Ethos.” Constellations, Vol. 24 (2): 167-179.

Inder S. Marwah (2017). “Rethinking Resistance: Spencer, Krishnavarma and The Indian Sociologist.” In Burke Hendrix and Deborah Baumgold (eds.), Colonial Exchanges: Political Theory and the Agency of the Colonized (Manchester University Press).

Inder S. Marwah, “Liberalism and Empire, at the Intersection of Theory and History”. Symposium on Duncan Bell’s Reordering the World: Essays on Liberalism and Empire. The Disorder of Things.

Stephen McBride

Stephen McBride and Sorin Mitrea (2017). “Austerity and Constitutionalizing Structural Reform of Labour in the EU.” Studies in Political Economy 96

Peter Nyers

Peter Nyers (2017) ‘Incipient Cosmopolitanisms’ in Eddy Kent and Terri Tomsky, eds., Negative Cosmopolitanism: Cultures and Politics of World Citizenship after Globalization (Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press).

Peter Nyers (2016) ‘Citizenship and International Political Sociology’ in Pinar Bilgen and Xavier Guillaume, eds., Routledge Handbook of International Political Sociology (London: Routledge).

Tony Porter

Paul Huebener, Susie O’Brien, Tony Porter, Liam Stockdale, and Yanqui Rachel Zhou, eds. (2017). Time, Globalization and Human Experience: Interdisciplinary Explorations. London: Routledge.

Hans Krause Hansen and Tony Porter (2017). “What Do Big Data Do in Global Governance?” Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations: January-March, 23(1), pp. 31-42.

Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn, Marcel Goguen and Tony Porter (2017) “Big Data and Algorithmic Governance: The Case of Financial Practices,” New Political Economy. March, 22(2), pp. 219-36.

Alina Sajed

John M. Hobson and Alina Sajed (2017). “Navigating Beyond the Eurofetishist Frontier of Critical IR Theory: Exploring the Complex Landscapes of Non-Western Agency.” International Studies Review (online)

Alina Sajed (2017). “Race and International Relations – What’s in a Word? A debate around John Hobson’’s The Eurocentric Conception of World Politics.” Postcolonial Studies, 19(2): 168-172.

Alina Sajed and Naeem Inayatullah (2017). “On the Perils of Lifting the Weight of Structures: An Engagement with Hobson’s Critique of the Discipline of IR.” Postcolonial Studies, 19(2): 201-209.

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Correction: The panel on “The Syrian Conflict and International Violence” in November 2016 was organized by Sarah Shoker and sponsored by the Department of Political Science. We regret the inadvertent oversight.