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The article offers information on the program of the 2023 Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference. It includes workshops, panels, roundtable discussions, and presentations on various topics such as converting research into policy change, securing collaborative and international grants, individual and household decision-making during disasters, learning from past elections, and the role of race and ethnicity in politics.

The article discusses the Alliance for Progress in Latin America to examine the effectiveness of the efforts by the U.S. to promote legitimate government and stability in the region, focusing on the experience of Nicaragua during 1961-1979. Also examined are how the U.S.' interventions to promote economic liberalization and democratic reforms in Nicaragua resulted in the creation of political dynasties in the country, and how the Alliance was used by the elites to promote themselves.

The article discusses economic and political issues in Pennsylvania as of January 2016, particularly the failure by Democratic state Governor Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled General Assembly to agree on the 2015-2016 state budget. Among the budget issues are the proposed severance tax on natural gas drilling, higher income and sales taxes, and higher education spending. Also examined is the correlation between the ideological nature of gubernatorial and assembly rhetoric in the state.

The article discusses the evolution of the reconciliation process as a technical component of the enactment of budget by the U.S. Congress in the period 1980-2015. Also examined are the provision of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 on the reconciliation process, the procedure in developing legislation to comply with reconciliation instructions, and the special rules from the House of Representatives Rules Committee that govern the creation of reconciliation laws.

The article examines the concept of political memory in relation to gender, violence, and terrorism. Also discussed are such topics as the composition of the feminist countermemory framework, the application of such framework in terrorist activities in Spain and femicide in Juarez, Mexico, as well as the two types of gender and memory, namely, the gendered memory in war, terrorism and political conflict, and the gendered memory related to gender violence.

The article discusses the teaching of political philosophy by historian and philosopher Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, focusing on his comic dramas, The "Clizia" and "Mandragola." Topics discussed include the plots and prologues of Machiavelli's plays and the novel and controversial character of his teaching in the prologue of "Clizia."

The article focuses on life and career of Eduardo A. Gamarra, Founder of Integrated Communications and Research (ICR). Topics include his work as professor of political science in the department of politics and international relations at Florida International University; focus of his work that involves security, democratization, and drug trafficking; and information on ICR, a consulting firm with an active portfolio of public and private sector clients throughout Latin America and Caribbean.