Join Us To Celebrate the Life of Professor Mark Sawyer DateMay 11, 2017 Time3:00pm Location UCLA Faculty Center California RoomUCLA CampusSelf-pay parking available in Structure 2 Contact Contact Information Kelli O'LearyPhone (310)825-4038koleary@support.ucla.edu Laura E. Gómez Interim Dean of Social Sciencesrespectfully invites you to attend a memorial service celebrating the life ofProfessor Mark Sawyer UCLA Departments of African […]
Catherine de Vries DateMay 17, 2018 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone 3102067558bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu There will be two talks by Catherine de Vries: Thursday, May 17th: 12:00-1:30pm; 4357 Bunche HallWhen the Money Stops: Fluctuations in Financial Remittances and Incumbent Approval in Central Eastern Europe the Caucasus and Central Asia Flyer Thursday may 17th: 4:00-5:30p; 4357 […]
Dilemmas of Nonproliferation Statecraft DateMay 16, 2014 Time8:00am to 9:30am Location Bunche Hall 10367 Contact The effects of international inducements on the internal politics of states that violate nuclear nonproliferation commitments remain highly contested. How have sanctions, trade, aid, investments, diplomacy, financial measures and military threats affected different groups? How, when and why were those […]
Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research DateMay 16, 2014 Time3:15am to 4:30am Location 314 Royce Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
American Politics Workshop with Ryan Enos DateMay 18, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Ryan Enos, Harvard UniversityTitle: “How and Why Segregation Affects Political Behavior”Abstract:A broad literature demonstrates, both cross-nationally and within the United States, that intergroup residential segregation is correlated with poorly functioning states and civil societies. Recent research also […]
AP Workshop - Thomas Schwartz DateMay 16, 2016 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Here is a full statement of the theory of political parties as long coalitions, ones organized and elected to stick together on most legislative votes. The incentive to form, join, and elect them comes from the external cost of […]
REP Workshop - Vanessa Tyson, Scripps College DateMay 15, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Multiracial Coalitions and Minority Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
CP Workshop - Margaret Roberts, UC San Diego DateMay 15, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Conventional wisdom assumes that increased censorship will strictly decrease access to information. We delineate circumstances when increases in censorship will expand access to information. When governments suddenly impose censorship on previously uncensored information, citizens accustomed to […]
U HEARD IT HERE: 2016 Presidential Election Series DateMay 17, 2016 Time6:00pm Location California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus Contact Chair and Professor Jeffrey B. Lewis invites you toSave the datesfor theU HEARD IT HERE: 2016 Presidential Election SeriesOn the Media: Covering Donald TrumpFeaturingDylan ByersSasha IssenbergModerated byLynn VavreckTuesday, May 17, 6:00 p.m.California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus […]
The Runner-up Effect DateMay 23, 2014 Time7:00am to 8:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Exploiting regression discontinuity designs in samples of Brazilian, Indian, and Canadian first-past-the-post elections, we document that second placed candidates are substantially more likely than close third finishers to run and win subsequent elections. This identifies the effect of being labeled the […]
