Political Theory Workshop with Claudia Moatti
2018-04-27 00:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Political Theory Workshop with Claudia Moatti
DateApril 24, 2015
Time4:00pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu
Presenter:Claudia Moatti, USC and Université Paris VIIIRespondent:Anthony Pagden, UCLATitle: “Saving the City: Roman Ideas on the Permanence of the ‘Public Thing’”Abstract:At the end of the Roman Republic, the issue of the permanence of the “public thing” is at the heart of the political struggle: “Save the city” (conservare civitatem or rem publicam) is the slogan of the senatorial elite. Under the Empire, the expression is visible on coins and stones, in many forms (re publica conservata, ob cives servatos, etc.). What is exactly meant by “saving”? How to ensure the permanence of a people or a city, when everything dies on earth? The question of the continuity and identity of a thing through time is an old philosophical issue; in Rome it is addressed in legal literature, as well as in philosophical treatises and in political speeches. In this paper, I will discuss some sources, with an emphasis, in the second part, on the Dream of Scipio, a section of Cicero’s “De Republica,” which offers an original response to our questions and reveals the co-existence in that time of conflicting definitions of res publica.Paper:Click here to download.
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REP Workshop - Paul Apostolidis
2018-04-27 00:00
REP Workshop – Paul Apostolidis
DateApril 22, 2016
Time4:00pm to 6:00pm
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4357 Bunche Hall
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PT Workshop - Simone Chambers, UC Irvine
2018-04-27 00:00
PT Workshop – Simone Chambers, UC Irvine
DateApril 21, 2017
Time4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Abstract:Deliberative democracy often includes an unrealistic ethical and/or psychological expectation that individuals be willing to revise their positions in light of counter arguments and alternative reasoning. Public reason advocates introduce an equally unrealistic standard of public debate when they insist that citizens and their representatives ought to be constrained by a duty of civility – a form of epistemic humility. Rather than revisability or publicness, in this paper I introduce the weaker standard of criticizability. Criticizability is an attribute of utterances and is dependent on systemic features of the public sphere in which the utterances are made. It is not an ethical or psychological disposition. In stressing criticizability, this model of deliberative democracy shifts the focus from speakers to audience in the public sphere. What becomes important is not whether individual speakers are willing to change their mind or suppress their deepest convictions it is whether those who hear them speak also hear the counter arguments and criticisms.
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In Your Face Politics
2018-04-30 00:00
In Your Face Politics
DateApril 28, 2014
Time5:00am to 6:30am
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4357 Bunche Hall
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Journalists and academics regularly decry incivility in political discourse, and public opinion polls suggest that average Americans share a similar disdain. Foundations and civic groups likewise fund initiatives to call attention to this problem. Even politicians themselves express concerns about uncivil discourse and its potential consequences. Nonetheless, this near-universal condemnation does not appear to have affected the prevalence of political incivility. Moreover, I am not convinced that the political advocates of today are necessarily any more uncivil than politicians of previous centuries. Nonetheless, I am convinced that the way the American public experiences these uncivil exchanges has changed in important ways. “In Your Face Politics” explores the practical and historical consequences of televised politics that appears in our faces in two different respects: it is both uncivil and also has the appearance of close physical proximity.
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Comparative Politics Workshop with David Laitin
2018-04-30 00:00
Comparative Politics Workshop with David Laitin
DateApril 27, 2015
Time12:30pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu
Presenter:David Laitin, Stanford UniversityTitle: “Language Policy and Human Development”Abstract:[We] explore how language policy affects the socio-economic development of nation-states through two channels: the individual’s exposure to and (in reference to an individual’s mother tongue) linguistic distance from the official language. In a cross-country framework, we first establish a robust and sizeable negative relationship between an official language that is distant from the local indigenous languages and proxies for human capital and health. To establish this relationship as causal, we instrument language choice with a measure of geographic distance from the origins of writing. Next, using individual-level data from India and a set of twelve African countries, we provide micro-empirical support on the two channels — distance to the official language and exposure — and their implications for educational, health, occupational and wealth outcomes. Finally, we present narrative evidence on why, given the welfare implications of language policy, postcolonial elites have sustained inefficient policies.Paper:Click here to download.
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American Politics Workshop with Cheryl Boudreau
2018-04-30 00:00
American Politics Workshop with Cheryl Boudreau
DateApril 27, 2015
Time4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu
Presenter:Cheryl Boudreau, UC DavisTitle:”Racial or Spatial Voting? The Effects of Candidate Ethnicity and Ethnic Group Endorsements in Low-Information Elections”Abstract:Voters face difficult choices in elections where party labels do not distinguish the candidates’ ideological positions. In these contexts, racial/ethnic cues may help voters to choose ideologically-similar candidates (spatial voting), or make choices based on race/ethnicity (racial voting). In most elections, these behaviors are observationally equivalent because race/ethnicity and ideology are strongly correlated (i.e., minority candidates and voters are typically more liberal than whites). We disentangle racial and spatial voting by examining local elections where this is not the case. Using original surveys and exit polls, we create comparable measures of candidate and voter ideology and examine how race/ethnicity and ideology affect voters’ choices. We also embed experiments that manipulate ethnic group endorsements. We find that ideology powerfully shapes voters’ choices, but that ethnic group endorsements diminish spatial voting. We also show that co-ethnic voters react favorably to endorsements from their group, while whites’ reactions are driven by racial/ethnic stereotypes.About the Speaker:Cheryl Boudreau (Ph.D. 2007, UC San Diego) is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. Prof. Boudreau’s research examines whether and when different types of political information help uninformed voters to make political decisions that improve their welfare. This information may come from trusted endorsers, encouraging citizens to vote for a particular candidate or initiative, or from politicians competing in a debate. Citizens may also rely on the statements their peers make during discussions, the opinions of the masses — as reflected in public opinion polls — or the detailed policy information contained in voter guides. Using laboratory and survey experiments, as well as observational studies, her research sheds light on when these different types of information help uninformed voters to behave as though they are more informed.
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CP Workshop - Laura Paler
2018-04-30 00:00
CP Workshop – Laura Paler
DateApril 25, 2016
Time12:30pm to 2:30pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Abstract:While there is a growing literature on the determinants of ex-combatant reintegration, few studies have examined why former combatants turn to criminal activity following demobilization. This paper investigates the economic, security, psychological, and social determinants of criminality among demobilized combatants in Colombia. We combine confidential administrative data with original survey data from a representative sample of ex-combatants in and out of prison and employ techniques for eliciting honest responses to sensitive questions on surveys. Our results reveal no support for a predominant explanation that economic vulnerability drives ex-combatants into crime, showing instead a strong relationship between conflict networks and criminality. We also shed light on why conflict networks correlate with crime, finding that they explain both individual and group crime; that ties to both peers and commanders matter; and that status-seeking and susceptibility to pressure are plausible mechanisms. The results provide some of the first quantitative evidence of the relative importance of conflict networks vis-a-vis other explanations for ex-combatant criminality, with important implications for the design of reintegration interventions.
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AP Workshop - Robert Van Houweling
2018-04-30 00:00
AP Workshop – Robert Van Houweling
DateApril 25, 2016
Time3:00pm to 5:00pm
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4357 Bunche Hall
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CP Workshop - John Ahlquist, UC San Diego
2018-04-30 00:00
CP Workshop – John Ahlquist, UC San Diego
DateApril 24, 2017
Time12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Abstract:How do international monetary and financial shocks influence domestic politics? Taking advantage of a surprise revaluation of the Swiss franc in early 2015, we examine the policy preferences and voting behavior of individuals particularly exposed to this event in Poland: holders of mortgages denominated in foreign currency. Using original survey data collected prior to the 2015 Polish parliamentary elections, we show that the material economic interests of this group strongly influenced their preferences over proposed policy responses to the shock. Their preference for a generous resolution scheme then translated into distinct voting behavior. Among former government voters, Swiss franc borrowers were more likely to desert the government. The evidence suggests that the PiS used the CHF mortgage issue opportunistically to build a winning electoral coalition that included not only its core populist constituencies, but also a subgroup of voters materially affected by the shock who were otherwise unlikely to support the party. Our analysis demonstrates that international financial shocks can influence domestic politics through multiple channels. For individuals and households with clear, well-defined material interests, such shocks strongly and directly influence policy preferences and voting behavior. At the same time, parties and candidates can also exploit such shocks for broader political effect, using them as focal points to appeal to a larger populist coalition of voters.
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REP Workshop - Davin Phoenix, UC Irvine
2018-04-30 00:00
REP Workshop – Davin Phoenix, UC Irvine
DateApril 24, 2017
Time3:00pm to 4:30pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Abstract:Extant political psychology literature provides a framework for understanding how the emotion state of anger both activated the racial attitudes of white Americans and mobilized them toward greater electoral activity during the contentious 2016 election. Absent from this literature, however, is an account of how anger is engendered and translates to political behavior among racial outgroup members themselves. I seek to fill this gap by uncovering the racial differences in the antecedents of anger for Black and White Americans. Additionally, I examine differences in the mobilizing influence of anger among Blacks and Whites. I present findings from the 2016 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS) that illuminate the manners in which anger was activated and leveraged toward distinct political actions among Blacks and Whites. Contending with the intersection of race and emotions in politics advances our understanding of how the racially divisive political climate shapes the mobilization and political behavior of the distinct racial/ethnic groups making up an increasingly diverse electorate.
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REP Workshop - Paulina Ochoa Espejo
2018-05-04 00:00
REP Workshop – Paulina Ochoa Espejo
DateApril 29, 2016
Time4:00pm to 6:00pm
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4357 Bunche Hall
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Entrepreneurship, the Electoral Connection, and Office Location: Estimating the Electoral Connection by Designing Stronger Instruments
2018-05-07 00:00
Entrepreneurship, the Electoral Connection, and Office Location: Estimating the Electoral Connection by Designing Stronger Instruments
DateMay 5, 2014
Time5:00am to 6:30am
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4357 Bunche Hall
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Both political science scholars as well as House members believe that being an effective representation will be electorally rewarded. In this paper we investigate the extent to which there exists an electoral connection with respect to legislative entrepreneurship. Using the freshmen House office lottery as an instrumental variable, we find little evidence that voters reward entrepreneurship (despite the observational evidence to the contrary) and discuss how methods designed to strengthen instrumental variables are appropriate in this context.
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International Relations Workshop with Aila Matanock
2018-05-07 00:00
International Relations Workshop with Aila Matanock
DateMay 4, 2015
Time12:30pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu
Presenter:Aila Matanock, UC BerkeleyTitle: “International Insurance: Explaining Electoral Participation Provisions in Peace Agreement Design”Abstract:Peace agreement design is a crucial component of conflict termination, but how do combatants choose which provisions to center these settlements on? In particular, “electoral participation provisions” . . . for post-conflict elections in which militant group and government parties [both] participate — have become prevalent in peace agreements. But elections potentially complicate dividing or sharing power, while often failing to usher in democracy in these contexts. Why are they chosen? I propose that international involvement is crucial. I consider several ways in which it may make these electoral participation provisions desirable, including a novel theory which, under the right conditions, these provisions help combatants credibly commit to mutually beneficial settlements. The mechanism relies on electoral processes as coordinating cycles that ease enforcement — detecting and increasing the cost of noncompliance with the agreement for both sides — especially as international actors involve themselves in democracy promotion programs. Analysis of new quantitative evidence on peace agreement design shows the expected relationships with proxies for these expectations of external engagement, and additional qualitative evidence from Guatemala demonstrates the anticipated mechanism.
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IR Workshop - Andrew Bertoli, USC
2018-05-07 00:00
IR Workshop – Andrew Bertoli, USC
DateMay 1, 2017
Time3:00pm to 4:30pm
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4357 Bunche Hall
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Abstract:Does nationalism make interstate conflict more likely? I tackle this question by analyzing one of the most powerful sources of nationalism in the modern era—international sports. I first investigate several cases where surges of nationalism from sporting events led to military or political conflict between countries. I then analyze a regression discontinuity created by the format of the World Cup qualification process from 1958 to 2010. The results provide strong evidence that World Cup nationalism increases state aggression, especially for countries where soccer is the most popular sport.
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Dynamic Coalitions
2018-05-09 00:00
Dynamic Coalitions
DateMay 7, 2014
Time8:00am to 10:00am
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4276 Bunche Hall
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BRAZIL'S CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS:
2018-05-09 00:00
BRAZIL’S CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS:
DateMay 4, 2016
Time4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location
UCLA Public Affairs Bldg #4357
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Featuring Panelists:William Summerhill, Professor of History, UCLABarbara Geddes, Professor of Political Science, UCLARoberto Véras de Oliveira, Associate Professor at Federal University of ParaíbaManoel Gehrke, PhD student in Political Science at UCLAModerator: Fabrício M. Fialho, PhD Candidate, Political Science, UCLA
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Recruitment Job Talk with Ami Pedahzur
2018-05-10 00:00
Recruitment Job Talk with Ami Pedahzur
DateMay 7, 2015
Time12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu
Presenter:Ami Pedahzur, University of Texas at AustinTitle: “Bureaucratic Commandos: The Rise of Israel’s Special Operations Forces”About the Speaker:Ami Pedahzur is Professor of Government — and Arnold S. Chaplik Professor in Israel and Diaspora Studies — at the University of Texas, Austin. He is also the founding director of the Institute for Israel Studies at The Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies. His most recent book is: The Triumph of Israel’s Radical Right, published in 2012 by Oxford University Press, and he is currently working on the next, entitled: Military Entrepreneurs and the Evolution of Israel’s Special Operations Forces.
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Courts After Conflict
2018-05-11 00:00
Courts After Conflict
DateMay 9, 2014
Time7:00am to 8:30am
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4357 Bunche Hall
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Can legal institutions maintain impartiality in the face of violent ethnic conflict? Can a steep decline in the intensity of violence help restore impartiality to ethnically biased courts? How persistent are the effects of violence? Given the ubiquity of ethnic conflicts in the past half century, understanding the institutional and cultural legacies of conflict seems vital. This paper studies ethnic bias in the legal system using decisions made by Arab and Jewish judges in Israeli courts. Data on conflict-related fatalities allow us to relate the extent of the bias to the court’s and the judge’s history of exposure to ethnic violence. In Shayo and Zussman (2011) we found that during the conflict of 2000–2004 (the Second Palestinian Intifada) judges exhibited a significant degree of ethnic ingroup bias which was strongly associated with the recent intensity of violence around the court. The present paper asks whether the drop in violence in subsequent years (2007–2010) was accompanied by attenuation in ethnic bias. We find no evidence of such attenuation at the country level. Judicial bias remains positively associated with past exposure to violence, but the association weakens over time and courts seem to converge toward a relatively high level of bias. To the extent that we see a persistent local effect of exposure to violence, it operates at the institutional (court) level rather than at the individual (judge) level.
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REP Workshop - Hahrie Han
2018-05-11 00:00
REP Workshop – Hahrie Han
DateMay 6, 2016
Time4:00pm to 5:30pm
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4357 Bunche Hall
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Ecochella!
2018-05-11 00:00
Ecochella!
DateMay 6, 2016
Time3:30pm to 9:00pm
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Ecochella is a student-run, bike-powered music and sustainability festival at UCLA that aims to educate and engage students on current strides in green innovation. Join us on May 6th for music, biking, yoga, food, free goodies and more! First 200 attendees will get a free Tender Greens tote bag (#totescute)! Be sure to RSVP to our Facebook Event! and sign up to bike and/or volunteer here!
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Explaining the Rapidity of Social Change
2018-05-14 00:00
Explaining the Rapidity of Social Change
DateMay 12, 2014
Time5:00am to 6:30am
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4357 Bunche Hall
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Social change, for example, public support of same-sex marriage, often has the following dynamic: existing behavior or norms persist for a long time, and then change to the new normal very rapidly. This rapidity is not easily explained by processes of social learning and influence, which occur more gradually. Another example is the 2007 financial crisis, in which financial institutions gradually became aware of the shakiness of mortgage-backed securities but continued to accept them as collateral in trades for years, only to suddenly stop accepting them altogether. I present a simple game-theoretic model of this dynamic. In the model, people care about the actions of other people but also about fundamentals. When fundamentals change, people gradually learn about the change but still persist in the old behavior even after almost everyone has learned about it. Only after people realize that other people know (the change becomes not just widely known but common knowledge) does behavior change. Behavior changes rapidly for two reasons. First, the more people care about the actions of others, the more people are locked in with each other and the longer the old behavior persists, even as it grows more fragile. Second, learning about a change in fundamentals happens gradually, but simple models illustrate that learning about the knowledge of others occurs rapidly. In other words, metaknowledge substantially lags knowledge but when it increases, it increases very rapidly.
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American Politics Workshop with Seth Masket
2018-05-14 00:00
American Politics Workshop with Seth Masket
DateMay 11, 2015
Time12:00pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu
Presenter:Seth Masket, University of DenverTitle:“Do Voters and Activists Nominate the Same Sort of Candidates? A Look at Legislative Vacancy Appointments in Illinois and Colorado”Abstract: In Colorado and Illinois, local partisan vacancy committees are charged with appointing replacements for state legislators who have recently resigned or died. This presents researchers with a rare opportunity to determine whether those elected officials selected by party elites differ in important ways from those chosen by voters. This particular study examines whether vacancy appointees – with less experience, fewer established ties to voters and groups, and less time to raise funds than their traditionally nominated colleagues – suffer in terms of funds raised and votes won in the next election cycle. In fact, vacancy appointees end up with more funds and higher vote shares, on average, than those nominated through traditional means. However, this advantage does not appear to be tied to party donor networks. These findings are suggestive that party elites are able to pick highly skilled politicians who are talented at fundraising, wooing voters, and impressing interest groups.Paper:Click here to download.
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AP Workshop - Christopher Warshaw, MIT
2018-05-14 00:00
AP Workshop – Christopher Warshaw, MIT
DateMay 8, 2017
Time12:30pm to 2:00pm
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4357 Bunche Hall
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Abstract:There is a large literature on economic voting in the United States, which shows that the economy matters in presidential and congressional elections. Puzzlingly, however, the state politics literature has failed to find clear evidence for economic voting in gubernatorial elections. In this study, I use population-based datasets of county-level economic conditions from 1969-2016 to examine economic voting in gubernatorial elections. I find strong evidence that voters hold gubernatorial candidates accountable for local economic conditions. Although the degree of economic accountability has diminished slightly in recent years, possibly due to the nationalization of elections, voters have continued to hold gubernatorial candidates accountable for the economy into the 2000s. In addition, I find no evidence that voters reward or punish gubernatorial candidates for the economy based on whether they share the president’s party. Overall, my findings show that there are strong electoral incentives for governors to pursue policies that grow the state economy.
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30th Annual Bollens-Ries-Hoffenberg Lecture
2018-05-16 00:00
30th Annual Bollens-Ries-Hoffenberg Lecture
DateMay 10, 2017
Time7:00pm
Location
Charles E. Young Grand SalonKerckhoff HallUCLA Campus
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About the SpeakerSheila Kuehl, Los Angeles County Supervisor, District 3″Too Many Governments: How Local, State and Federal Jurisdictions Can Clash or Collaborate”Click here to learn more about Sheila KuehlAbout the SeriesThe annual series’ aim is to bring together the worlds of academic exploration and practical politics to illuminate discussion of the broader principles and ideas of representative government. Such a synthesis is true to the spirit of the lecture’s honorees – John C. Bollens, John C. Ries, and Marvin Hoffenberg – former distinguished professors in UCLA’s Department of Political Science. Click here to RSVP
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REP Workshop with Lisa Garcia Bedolla
2018-05-17 00:00
REP Workshop with Lisa Garcia Bedolla
DateMay 14, 2015
Time12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location
4357 Bunche Hall
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Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu
Presenter: Lisa Garcia Bedolla, UC BerkeleyTitle: “Latino Political Engagement and the Future of U.S. Politics”Abstract: After the 2012 election, there was much talk about the importance of the Latino vote for both major U.S. political parties. Yet, by 2014, the conversation had flipped, with President Obama bowing to pressure from fellow Democrats not to provide administrative relief to unauthorized immigrants, under the assumption that showing support for Latino immigrants would hurt Democrats’ chances to retain control of the U.S. Senate. These assumptions stem from one source: voter turnout. Latino turnout in presidential elections is always significantly higher than in midterm elections and is concentrated in areas that matter for presidential politics. But, this ebb and flow in pundits’ focus on Latino voters ignores a critical question – what is the best way to understand Latino political engagement patterns in the United States? In this talk, Professor García Bedolla attempts to answer that question, using what we know about Latino politics to develop a new framework for thinking about U.S. Latino political engagement, one that does not use white voter behavior as the norm but rather considers Latino participation patterns as a rational response to their history of exclusion and subordination in the United States. She then considers what such a reorientation would mean for the future of U.S. democratic politics.
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Join Us To Celebrate the Life of Professor Mark Sawyer
2018-05-17 00:00
Join Us To Celebrate the Life of Professor Mark Sawyer
DateMay 11, 2017
Time3:00pm
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UCLA Faculty Center California RoomUCLA CampusSelf-pay parking available in Structure 2
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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 American Studies and Political ScienceLive stream will be available at the following link: https://youtu.be/0tBbtt5ILR0 Thursday, May 11, 2017 3:00 p.m.UCLA Faculty Center California RoomUCLA Campus RSVP to koleary@support.ucla.edu or (310) 825-4038 RSVP early, seating is limited. Livestreaming will be available.Self-pay parking available in Structure 2Learn more about the life and career of Professor Sawyer If you would like to make a gift to the Political Science subfield of Race, Ethnicity and Politics in memory of Mark Sawyer, please click here.
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Catherine de Vries
2018-05-17 00:00
Catherine de Vries
DateMay 17, 2018
Time12:00pm to 1:30pm
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4357 Bunche Hall
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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 Bunche HallEuroscepticism and the Future of European Integration FlyerTo schedule an appointment to meet with Professor de Vries on Friday, May 18, please use this link or email Professor Golden (golden@ucla.edu).
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Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research
2018-05-18 00:00
Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research
DateMay 16, 2014
Time3:15am to 4:30am
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314 Royce Hall
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Dilemmas of Nonproliferation Statecraft
2018-05-18 00:00
Dilemmas of Nonproliferation Statecraft
DateMay 16, 2014
Time8:00am to 9:30am
Location
Bunche Hall 10367
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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 effects translated into compliance with non-proliferation rules? Have inducements been sufficiently biting or too harsh, too little, too late or just right for each case? Professor Solingen will discuss conditions that influence relative receptivity to positive and negative inducements. This talk is based on Chapter 1 of a volume published by Cambridge University Press entitled Sanctions, Statecraft, and Nuclear Proliferation.
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American Politics Workshop with Ryan Enos
2018-05-21 00:00
American Politics Workshop with Ryan Enos
DateMay 18, 2015
Time3:00pm
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4357 Bunche Hall
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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 connects segregation to individual voting behavior and political attitudes. I take up the question of why segregation affects political outcomes. Drawing on research in political science and cognitive and evolutionary psychology, I develop a theory of the relationship between space, intergroup attitudes, and political behavior, with a special emphasis on segregation. Then, using a series of experiments involving thousands of subjects, I directly manipulate spatial segregation and demonstrate that segregation affects human perception, prejudicial attitudes towards other groups, and even the tendency to show bias in costly decision-making.About the Speaker:Ryan Enos (Ph.D. 2010, UCLA) is Assistant Professor of Government and a faculty associate in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard. He studies political behavior and intergroup attitudes through laboratory and field experiments and other methods. Prof. Enos directs the Working Group in Political Psychology, an interdisciplinary forum for research on the microfoundations of citizen and elite behavior, and the Harvard Digital Lab for the Social Sciences. His research has been published in the American Political Science Review, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Journal of Political Science, in addition to other outlets, and has been covered in major media outlets such as the New York Times and the Washington Post. He also earned his MA in political science from UCLA. Before entering academia, he was a teacher at Paul Robeson High School in Chicago.
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