About the Author

Pawel Laidler is a professor at the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora at Jagiellonian University. In 2015, he is visiting professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies in Berlin.

Maciej Turek is an assistant professor at the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora of the Jagiellonian University. He is the author of Office of the Vice President of the United States. Political Analysis and co-editor of 2012 Presidential Election in the United States: Expectations and Challenges.