{"id":1088,"date":"2021-02-05T14:41:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2024-06-09T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T14:41:59","slug":"organizing-the-biden-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/2021\/02\/05\/organizing-the-biden-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizing the Biden Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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James P. Pfiffner, Ph.D. – University Professor Emeritus, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Friday February 5, 2021
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nOnline Zoom Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Greetings, Happy New Year, and welcome to \u201cSpring\u201d Semester here in Northeast Ohio and Case Western Reserve University. I hope all recipients of this newsletter had a healthy and safe holiday season and can stay very well in this worrisome and socially-distanced time.<\/p>\n

Social distancing continues on campus and the \u201cFriday Lunch\u201d will remain an online event through the semester. But our discussions seemed to do pretty well during the Fall, and I hope the mostly-completed schedule for the coming term will engage and inform.<\/p>\n

Our opening session should certainly qualify! I\u2019m very glad to welcome Jim Pfiffner to lead off the semester, something that the Zoom format makes possible. While lots of people can speculate about what the Biden Presidency might be like, and opine on how it\u2019s doing so far, there are very few people in the country who can do so with Jim\u2019s level of expertise. Professor Pfiffner is author or editor of numerous textbooks on the presidency, including six editions of\u00a0The Modern Presidency<\/em>, and most recently co-authored, with Steve Hess, a new edition of Hess\u2019s classic,\u00a0Organizing the Presidency<\/em>. During the Trump presidency, Jim wrote some of the most careful analyses of President Trump\u2019s unusual behavior. I have benefited immensely from his work and counsel for teaching my course on the presidency for CWRU students, and I can think of nobody who could give us a better overview of how the Biden presidency is beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Signing In<\/h3>\n

This semester’s discussions will begin at 12:30 p.m., the usual time. The meeting will be set up as from Noon to 2:00 p.m., so people are not all signing in at the same time and to allow for the discussion to run a bit long.\u00a0Each week we will send out this newsletter with information about the topic. It will also include a link to register (for free) for the discussion.<\/strong>\u00a0Every Monday the same information will be posted on our website:<\/span>\u00a0fridaylunch.case.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you register, you will automatically receive from the Zoom system the link to join the meeting. This week’s link for registration is:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cwru.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJMucO-orjwsG9VHIbIbVCQs_ElBUHJhQ7V7<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.<\/p>\n

Please e-mail<\/span>\u00a0padg@case.edu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0if you have questions about how the Zoom version of the Friday Lunch will work or any other suggestions. Or call at 216 368-2426 and we’ll try to get back to you. We are very pleased to be partnering this semester with the<\/span>\u00a0Siegal Lifelong Learning Program<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to share information about the discussions.<\/p>\n

Best wishes for safety and security for you and yours,<\/p>\n

Joe White
\nLuxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Our Guest<\/span><\/h3>\n

James P. Pfiffner<\/strong>\u00a0is Professor Emeritus in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. His major areas of expertise are the Presidency, American National Government, public management and the national security policy process. He has lectured on these topics at universities in Europe and throughout the United States as well as at the Federal Executive Institute, the National War College, the U.S. Military Academy, and the Departments of State, Justice, and Defense.<\/p>\n

He has written or edited sixteen books on the presidency and American National Government, including\u00a0The Strategic Presidency: Hitting the Ground Running<\/em>\u00a0(2nd edition, 1996),\u00a0The Character Factor: How We Judge Our Presidents<\/em>, (2004),\u00a0Power Play: The Bush Administration and the Constitution<\/em>\u00a0(Brookings 2008), and\u00a0Torture as Public Policy<\/em>\u00a0(Paradigm Publishers in 2010). He has also published more than 100 articles and chapters in books and scholarly journals.<\/p>\n

His professional experience includes service in the Director\u2019s Office of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (1980-81), and he has been a member of the faculty at the University of California, Riverside and California State University, Fullerton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schedule of Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 12: A Tale of Two Republics: The End of the Roman Republic as a Cautionary Exemplum for America.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Timothy Wutrich, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Senior Instructor, Department of Classics.<\/p>\n

February 19: The Limits of Party, and Prospects for the 117th Congress.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Frances E. Lee, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University<\/p>\n

February 26: Brexit Happened: Now What?<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Elliot Posner, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Professor of Political Science.<\/p>\n

March 5: Effects of the Pandemic on Children\u2019s Resilience and Vulnerability.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Sandra Russ, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Distinguished University Professor and Louis D. Beaumont University Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences.<\/p>\n

March 12: Dictatorship by Degrees: Xi Jinping in China.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Steven P. Feldman, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus in Business Ethics.<\/p>\n

March 19: What\u2019s the Problem With Big Tech?<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Anat Alon-Beck, J.D.<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Law.<\/p>\n

March 26: Student Debt: What Are the Problems? For Whom? And What Could Be Done?<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Richard Kazis<\/strong>, Senior Consultant, MDRC, Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, and Board Chair of The Institute for College Access and Services.<\/p>\n

April 2: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 9: Healthcare, Public Health, and Population Health.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Scott Frank, MD<\/strong>, Associate Professor and Director of Public Health Initiatives, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences.<\/p>\n

April 16: Dropping the Pilot? Assessing Angela Merkel\u2019s Chancellorship.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Kenneth F. Ledford, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Chair, Department of History.<\/p>\n

April 23: Depression\u2019s Past and Future.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Jonathan Sadowsky, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Theodore J. Castele Professor of History.<\/p>\n

April 30: The Republican Party and Demographic Change.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Girma Parris, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science.<\/p>\n

May 7: Defending Disability Insurance.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Kathy Ruffing<\/strong>, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Center for Policy Studies
\nPublic Affairs Discussion Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizing the Biden Presidency<\/strong><\/p>\n

James P. Pfiffner, Ph.D. – University Professor Emeritus, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday February 5, 2021
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nOnline Zoom Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Greetings, Happy New Year, and welcome to \u201cSpring\u201d Semester here in Northeast Ohio and Case Western Reserve University. I hope all recipients of this newsletter had a healthy and safe holiday season and can stay very well in this worrisome and socially-distanced time.<\/p>\n

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