Up to fourteen individuals (from Ireland and Northern Ireland) including political party policymakers and strategists, leaders of NGOs, and representatives from relevant research and policy organisations, will be selected to participate in a study visit examining how different social values, concepts of identity, and economic policies feature in American politics. Participants will attend academic seminars and will meet with political policymakers, relevant NGOs, party representatives, and elected officials in order to discuss ways in which contrasting political world-views can be accommodated in a single flexible polity. The programme is sponsored by the Irish Institute at the Centre for Irish Programmes, Boston College, and the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs. Programme-related costs including travel, accommodation, tuition, and the majority of meals are provided. The programme is not open to U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, or past participants of U.S. Government-funded Irish Institute programmes. Short-listed applicants must be available for interview either 29th September in Belfast or 1st October in Dublin. Please note that the programme is by necessity highly selective, and that consequently, not all applicants will be interviewed and not all interviewees will be invited to participate.
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