Center for Politics and Governance

The Center is the nexus of the theoretical and practical in the teaching of politics and political leadership. We teach not simply how to master the existing system, but how to make it function more effectively to achieve better results.

Spotlights

Perspectives Series in Partnership with Texas Monthly Talks Presents A Conversation with Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham, Editor of Newsweek, will discuss the changing role of the media in covering public affairs. Evan Smith will host the conversation as part of the Center's Perspectives Series and Texas Monthly Talks on February 8.

Perspectives: A Conversation with Robert Draper, Journalist and Author

Robert Draper, contributor to the New York Times Magazine, GQ and National Geographic, and Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush will be the Center's guest on February 25.

Journalist Anne Kornblut to participate in Perspectives Series

Anne Kornblut, Washington Post reporter and author of Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What it Will Take for a Woman to Win, will discuss her book on March 9.

See new Money & Politics Poll Results

Data released in conjunction with 2009 Fall Forum: Money & Politics

11.11.2009

The LBJ School’s Center for Politics and Governance (CPG) to Examine ‘Money and Politics’ at 2009 Fall Forum

10.08.2009

LBJ School of Public Affairs Center for Politics and Governance to Partner with the Texas Tribune; Tribune CEO Evan Smith Named Center Fellow and invited to Teach Beginning Spring 2010

10.06.2009

LBJ School of Public Affairs Professor Ben Sasse Joins Center for Politics and Governance As Fellow