Panel discussion with John Fortier and Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

NB The discussion has been moved to room 1V.001

Looking ahead to 2008

After the mid-term elections, attention turns to the coming presidential contest. Over the next few months, Democratic and Republican hopefuls will seek funds, ‘frame’ their political identities, and establish campaigns. The intentions of Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain have been scarcely concealed. But who else will be in the running? What are their chances? What hurdles do they face? And what will be the consequences of the mid-term elections? This panel will be addressing these questions.

Speakers:

John Fortier (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington DC)

John C. Fortier is an American Enterprise Institute research fellow, executive director of the Continuity of Government Commission, and a weekly columnist for The Hill. He has held teaching positions at University of Pennsylvania, the University of Delaware, Boston College, and Harvard University.

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard (Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen)

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard, Professor of Political Theory and Comparative Politics at Copenhagen University, specializes in political theory, comparative politics and political economy, especially from a rational choice perspective. His interests include electoral systems, constitutions and Danish and American politics. He is European Editor of the journal Public Choice.

Edward Ashbee (CBS Center for the Study of the Americas)

Edward Ashbee is an associate professor at Copenhagen Business School. His latest book, The Bush Administration, Sex and the Moral Agenda, will be published by Manchester University Press in January 2007.

Moderator

Niels Bjerre-Poulsen (CBS Center for the Study of the Americas).