Political Theory Workshop with Megan Gallagher DateOctober 17, 2014 Time4:00pm Location Bunche 4357 Contact Title: "In Excess: Emotional Regimes in Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes"Presenter: Megan Gallagher Respondent: Anna-Elisabeth ScheidtAbstract: In this paper, I read Montesquieu’s Lettres persanes as an attempt to theorize a virtuous, republican alternative to despotic rule. As Montesquieu argues in the Esprit des lois, fear - specifically […]
Party Activists as Campaign Advertisers: Why the Ground Campaign Can't Move to the Middle DateOctober 21, 2013 Time5:00am to 6:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Recent Presidential campaigns have emphasized recruiting workers to engage in direct voter contact. We develop a model of direct contact as a principal-agent problem. Unlike other political activists, workers engaged […]
International Relations Workshop with Brian Rathbun DateOctober 20, 2014 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location Bunche 4357 Contact Presenter:Brian Rathbun, University of Southern CaliforniaTitle: "Variation in Strategic Rationality"Click here for information on the presenter. Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Sarah Anzia, UC Berkeley - AP Workshop DateOctober 17, 2016 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:The idea that public policy is biased in favor of groups of citizens who vote at high rates is central to scholarship on American politics, but few studies have actually tested it. In this paper, I carry […]
2nd Annual Wolfenstein Memorial Lecture DateOctober 23, 2014 Time4:30pm Location Faculty CenterCalifornia RoomUCLA CampusParking available for $12 in Structure 2 Contact Contact Information Kelli A O'LearyPhone 310-825-4038koleary@support.ucla.edu E. Victor Wolfenstein Memorial Lecture “Fugitives’ Democracy: The Political Worlds of Toni Morrison’s Essays and Fiction”Presented byKatharine Lawrence Balfour, Professor of Politics, University of VirginiaThis lecture will be streamed live […]
American Politics Workshop with Larry Bartels DateOctober 24, 2014 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:Larry Bartels, Vanderbilt UniversityTitle: "Democracy for Realists"Overview:Prof. Bartels’ presentation will address the promise and pitfalls of "retrospective voting," in which voters reward or punish incumbents for past performance. While the approach sounds appealing, findings detailed in his upcoming book […]