Closer to home

Jennifer Fitzgerald: Best Book Award

June 8, 2022

By Andrew Nonnemacher and Andy Baker ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Political Science Professor Jennifer Fitzgerald was the 2018 recipient of the Best Book on European Politics and Societies, an award granted by a section of the American Political Science Association. Her pathbreaking book, Close to Home: Local Ties and Voting Radical Right in...

Marinus Smith Award

2019 Marinus Smith Award Winners

April 23, 2019

The Political Science Department would like to congratulate Professor Sarah Wilson Sokhey and Professor Jennifer Fitzgerald on recieving the 2018-2019 Marinus Smith Awards. We feel grateful to have such amazing faculty! "The Marinus Smith Awards are presented each spring to nominated faculty, advisors and staff members who have made a...

West

The roots of trust in local government in western Europe.

Fitzgerald J, Wolak J. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW . 37 (1) (January 01, 2016): 130-146. Abstract: When people say that they trust local authorities, is it simply because they have generalized trust in national government? Or is trust in local government rooted in distinctive considerations, connected to the character of...