Comparative Politics Workshop with Stephan Haggard DateApril 13, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Stephan M. Haggard, UC San DiegoTitle: “Inequality, Distributive Conflict and Reversions from Democracy during the Third Wave”About the Topic:This talk reports on findings from a book manuscript on inequality, distributive conflict and regime change (co-authored with Robert […]
American Politics Workshop with Michael Tomz DateApril 13, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Michael Tomz, Stanford UniversityTitle: "Political Repositioning: A Conjoint Analysis"Abstract: A persistent puzzle in contemporary American politics is the polarization of political officeholders. One possible cause is the two-stage electoral process in the United States, which requires candidates […]
AP Workshop - Robert Van Houweling, UC Berkeley DateApril 10, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:I formalize the intuition that legislators would prefer not to take roll calls that divide the median voter in their district from the median voter in their party’s primary electorate. Such votes inevitably create a "smoking […]
IR Workshop - Richard Steinberg, UCLA DateApril 10, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:This study examines how arrests of militia leaders pursuant to international criminal warrants have affected demobilization of Rwandan militias in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Hypotheses as to causes of demobilization were derived from the […]
CP Workshop - Arturas Rozenas, New York University DateApril 10, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 6275 Bunche Hall (History Conference Room) Contact Abstract:It is commonly believed that autocratic governments censor negative news and amplify positive news. We argue that such simplistic fact-censoring may have only a limited value when it comes to economic news, because […]
Earning and Learning the Latino Vote: Campaign Effects in 2008 - 2012 DateApril 16, 2014 Time5:00am to 7:00am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Amidst double digit unemployment in the Latino community, Barack Obama nevertheless made substantial gains in the Latino vote in 2012. This project explores how candidates adapt and learn new strategies in targeted […]
Swarr Prize Lecture: Libby Barringer DateApril 21, 2014 Time12:15pm to 1:45pm Location Contact UCLA Department of Political Scienceinvites you to the Speaker SeriespresentingLibby BarringerUCLA Political Science, Ph.D. Candidatewho is the 2011 recipient ofThe Swarr Prize"A Vocation Unto Death: Mortality and Politics in Max Weber's Thought" Monday, April 21, 201412:15 – 1:45 PM 4357 Bunche Hall ABSTRACT:In this paper […]
A Vocation Unto Death: Mortality and Politics in Max Weber's Thought DateApril 21, 2014 Time5:15am to 6:45am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Libby Barringer is the 2011 recipient of the Swarr Price. In this paper I take up Max Weber’s familiar interpretation of disenchanted modernity and the problem it poses for meaningful life—and in particular […]
