Behind the News: Venezuela; the Making of American Political Science
Historian Alejandro Velasco sorts fact from fiction when it comes to contemporary Venezuela. Then, Jessica Blatt, author of Race and the Making of American Political Science, on the racist origins of the discipline.
May 14, 2018
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Summary
Historian <a href="https://gallatin.nyu.edu/people/faculty/av48.html" rel="nofollow">Alejandro Velasco</a> sorts fact from fiction when it comes to contemporary Venezuela. Then, Jessica Blatt, author of <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Making-American-Political-Science-Governance/dp/0812250044/ref=sr_1_1" rel="nofollow">Race and the Making of American Political Science</a>, </em>on the racist origins of the discipline.
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