Meeting No. 1452 — “Assaults on Democracy: At Home and Abroad”

Event time: 
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 5:00pm
Location: 
The Whitney Center See map
200 Leeder Hill Road
Hamden, CT 06517
Event description: 
Joseph LaPalombara is the Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science and Management Emeritus, and a Senior Research Scholar in the Center for Comparative Research. He is a member of the American and the Connecticut Academies of Arts and Sciences, and has held fellowships from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Guggenheim, Rockefeller and Ford Foundations, the Twentieth Century Fund, the Social Science Research Council and the Fulbright Program. He has been awarded the Medals of Honor by the Presidency of the Italian Republic and by the Italian Constitutional Court. He is editor-in-chief of Italy Italy magazine, editor of the Journal of International Business Education and a member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals. His current research is focused on the relationship between public policies, global corporations and the flow of foreign direct investment to less-developed countries. Publications include: Politics Within Nations (1974); Democracy, Italian Style (1987); Multinational Corporations and Developing Countries (1981);  two chapters (“Underestimated Contributions of Political Science to Organizational Learning,” and “Power and Politics in Organizations”) in Handbook of Organizations Learning (2001) and Stati uniti? Italia e USA a confronto  (2009).
 
 

This meeting was free and open to the public. The meeting began at 5 p.m. with a reception. 

The lecture presentation was from 5:30-6:30 p.m. with discussion.
 
Dinner followed for CAAS members and guests. 
 
For information, dinner reservations, and directions, phone the CAAS office at (203) 432-3113 ext. 2 or email: caas.membership@yale.edu
 
Dinner reservations are required by the Thursday prior to meeting. Any cancelations must be received 48 hours before the meeting in order for us to refund dinner cost.  
 
Free parking is available.