Wednesday, 08 Feb 2006
The Global Implications of Identity Theft - Steffen Schmidt
Steffen Schmidt is professor of Political Science at Iowa State University, an Associate of the Latin American Institute at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and an Affiliate of Nova Southeastern University, Oceanographic Center. He has also been "Dr. Politics" for 16 years on WOI Public Radio and has commentated for CNN in Spanish, the BBC, and other major international media. Schmidt is author of 11 books, including American Government and Politics Today and most recently Who is You? The Coming Epidemic of Identity Theft (2005). Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.
Defining Values in American Politics - Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank is the author of What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America?, and One Market Under God. He received a doctorate in History from the University of Chicago with his dissertation, "The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism," which became a national bestseller. He was also founding editor of The Baffler.Part of the National Affairs Series.