Why have traditional immigrant-receiving states historically permitted high levels of immigration and to what degree can its political and social fallout be managed?

In a new book titledThe Logics and Politics of Post-WWII Migration to Western Europe,University of Notre Dame political scientist Anthony M. Messina explores the phenomenon ofEuropes immigration after World War II and its political and social disruptions.

Post-WWII migration has historically served the macroeconomic and political interests of the receiving countries,saidMessina, associate professor of political science.Moreover, it is the role of politics in adjudicating the claims presented by domestic economic actors, foreign policy commitments, and humanitarian norms that creates a permissive environment for significant migration toWestern Europe.

Each chapter of the book deals with a distinct subject related to the politics of immigration, and includes a comprehensive and cross-national treatment of the phenomenon of migration toWestern Europe. The book was published by Cambridge University Press.

Among other publications, Messina is the author ofRace and Party Competition in Britain,the editor ofWest European Immigration and Immigrant Policy in the New Century: A Continuing Quandary for States and Societies,and the co-editor ofEthnic and Racial Minorities in the Advanced Industrial Democracies,The Migration Reader,andThe Year of the Euro: The Social and Political Import of Europe’s Common Currency.

A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1999,Messinais a fellow in the Universitys Kellogg Institute for International 91ÊÓƵ and the Nanovic Institute for European 91ÊÓƵ.

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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, a founding member of Mexicos Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática – PRD) and former head of government for the countrys Federal District, will deliver a lecture titledA Progressive Agenda for Mexicoat 6 p.m. Tuesday (April 10) in theHesburghCenterauditorium at the University of Notre Dame.

The lecture is sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International 91ÊÓƵ and the Institute for Latino 91ÊÓƵ and is free and open to the public

In his talk, Cárdenas will analyze the challenges toMexicos left and its legislative agenda, considerMexicos role inLatin America, and provide perspective on U.S.-Mexico bilateral relations.

A prominent Mexican politician, Cárdenas is a senior member of the PRD and is considered themoral leaderof the party. In addition to serving as head of government of the Federal District (a position similar to mayor ofMexico City) from 1997 to 1999,Cardenaswas senator of the state of Michoacán (1976 to 1980) and governor of the same state (1980 to 1986).

Cárdenas split with the party in 1987. The following year he headed a coalition comprised of socialists and former communists and made a bid for the presidency.

He narrowly lost to Carlos Salinas de Gortari in an election that was widely believed to be fraudulent.

In 1989, Cárdenas and other leading center-left and leftist politicians formally founded the PRD, and he served as its president from 1990 to 1993, and as the party’s candidate in the 1994 and 2000 presidential elections.

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Experts on the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) – including two policymakers who played key roles in negotiating agreements for their respective countries – will discuss the implications of this new trade zone in a roundtable discussion at 4:30 p.m. March 28 (Wednesday) in theHesburghCenterauditorium at the University of Notre Dame.

Panelists will include Norman Garcia Paz, Honduran ambassador to the United States and former Honduran minister of trade and industry, and Alberto Trejos, Costa Ricas former minister of foreign trade and a professor at Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas.

Joining them will be Notre Dames Jeffrey Bergstrand, a professor of finance who specializes in free trade agreements, and Jaime Ros, a professor of economics who researches development and trade issues. Scott Mainwaring, director of the Kellogg Institute for International 91ÊÓƵ and the Eugene Conley Professor of Political Science, will chair the panel.

By the time it is fully implemented, the new CAFTA trade zone (officially known as DR-CAFTA) will create the second largest Latin American export market forU.S.producers, behind onlyMexico, amounting to $15 billion of goods annually. Two-way trade amounts are estimated to exceed $32 billion. In 2006, all but one country in the Central American Free Trade Agreement either approved or implemented the treaty, and the remaining nationCosta Ricaappears likely to approve it this year.

Proponents argue that DR-CAFTA will help create stronger institutions, spur economic growth, and improve enforcement of labor and environmental legislation, while affording consumers better quality and lower cost products. Critics cite the prospect of higher prices for pharmaceuticals and the potential for increasing poverty among Central American farmers.

Sponsored by the Kellogg Institute, the presentation is free and open to the public.

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The journal PS: Political Science&Politics __ has __ named the University of Notre Dames Scott Mainwaring and Guillermo ODonnell among the 400 most-cited scholars teaching inU.S.political science graduate departments.

InThe Political Science 400: A 20-Year Update,the authors ranked the top 25 scholars according to their doctoral year in cohorts of five years from 1940 to 1999. The authors also ranked scholars by subfield and gender.

Mainwaring, the Eugene P. and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science and the director of the Kellogg Institute for International 91ÊÓƵ, ranked 15 ^th among those who received their doctorates between 1980 and 1984.

ODonnell ranked seventh among those receiving their doctoral degrees from 1970 to 1974 and was one of only five scholars of Hispanic, Latino or Asian heritage included on the top 400 list. ODonnell, who is the Helen Kellogg Professor of Political Science and a faculty fellow of the institute, was Kelloggs academic director from 1982 to 1997.

Rather like the Fortune 500, which ranks corporations by their total gross revenue, we identify the ‘notablesof our time by ranking individual scholars based on their cumulative citation counts,according to the surveys authors, who studied data from the Social Sciences Citation Index.

The authors noted that citation data can be preferable to publication data since many publications, even those in prestigious journals, havelittle or no impact orvisibility in the field.

Moreover, work published in less-prestigious journals may nonetheless come to be highly visible and influential. Finally, the article notes,judging visibility only by article publication discriminates against those scholars whose publications come as books.

PS: Political Science&Politics is published by the American Political Science Association. It is the only quarterly professional news and commentary journal in the field and is the prime source of information on political scientists’ achievements and professional concerns.

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Each fall, around about the time the Notre Dame band reassembles to take its first lap around campus, Sue Cunningham began to get a parade of her own.

Students who had spent their summers engaged in the Center for Social ConcernsSummer Service Project (SSP) landed at Cunninghams office door to recount the trials of a summer spent trying to make the world a better place.

As she had for 19 years, Cunningham, the programs director, listened intently, compareed the stories to similar trials in years gone by, offered guidance on writing papers about the studentsadventures, and chortled at just about everything else.

Cunningham retired in December, having grown SSP from about 50 students in 1985 to almost 200 in 2004. Of 3,100 students who have been through the program, Cunningham worked with 2,833 of them.

Although she didnt start the SSP, her name is synonymous with the program, having forged its academic component. She spearheaded the effort to ensure that students receive three credits for their SSP project and that the experience has a meaningful academic element.

And while she cant take credit for starting the service programs at alumni clubs around the country, her ebullience and indefatigable promotion has played a significant role in nurturing SSP as a major initiative in at least 115 alumni clubs.

I cannot begin to explain the profound impact Sue has had on the center,said Rev. Bill Lies, C.S.C., executive director of the Center for Social Concerns.Through her dedication and passion, she has helped us to deepen our commitment to service and learning, not only on campus, but throughout the country.

The Summer Service Project was started in 1980 as anexperiential learning programmeant to encourage Notre Dame students to assist those in need while learning about the Catholic Churchs response to social problems. The learning would come as students developed a deeper, more nuanced understanding of social problem through service to such organizations as the Boys&Girls Club, Catholic Charities agencies or local homeless shelters.

The SSP was established by the centers former executive director, Rev. Don McNeill, C.S.C.; Richard Conklin, now retired associate vice president for University Relations, and University Trustee Kathleen Andrews in the name of her deceased husband, Jim. Funding from Andrews, who continues to be active in the program, and Jim Andrewsbusiness partner, John McMeel, created an endowment to help alumni clubs pay scholarships to students. Local alumni clubs also contribute funds to help underwrite the student service stipend.

The program was innovative from the start.

No one was doing anything like this,explains Cunningham.There were service trips that students organized, but no institution was actively promoting an intensive eight-week program that relied so heavily on alumni support.In the first year, five students participated. By 2004, there were 191 participants and every student received a $2,000 tuition scholarship.

Alumni support may be the key ingredient that keeps the Summer Service Project from being duplicated by other schools. Cunningham explains that the clubs assure free room and board for each student. They also work closely with the local community organizations to ensure that students receive the appropriate placement. Most clubs also provide continuing support to the agency after the student has left.

Sue has seen the value of having alumni play a key role in the program and has nurtured those relationships,says Chuck Lennon, executive director of the Notre Dame Alumni Association.Because of the alumni component, the students come to see that they are part of a ‘Notre Dame family.

Cunningham says her greatest satisfaction has been to see former students become the support system for a new generation.Today, these doctors, lawyers and executivestwo work for the Center for Social Concernstrace their community involvement to the Summer Service Project.

Andrea Smith Shappell, director of senior transitions at the Center for Social Concerns, will take over for Cunningham. Shappell has been with the center since its inception and directed SSP before Cunningham.I know this program will continue to prosper,Cunningham said.It has tobecause Ill be watching.

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