CP Workshop – Jennifer Pan
CP Workshop - Jennifer Pan DateApril 11, 2016 Time12:30pm to 2:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
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CP Workshop – Arturas Rozenas, New York University
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 […]
AP Workshop – Robert Van Houweling, UC Berkeley
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
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 […]
Earning and Learning the Latino Vote: Campaign Effects in 2008 – 2012
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 […]
PT Workshop – Arash Davari
PT Workshop - Arash Davari DateApril 15, 2016 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Swarr Prize Lecture: Libby Barringer
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
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 […]
International Relations Workshop with Barbara F. Walter
International Relations Workshop with Barbara F. Walter DateApril 20, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Barbara F. Walter, UC San DiegoTitle: “The Logic of Rebel Strategies in Civil War”Abstract: paper … is part of a book about rebel groups and how competition affects their behavior during civil wars. It starts from […]
IR Workshop – Brandon Kinne, UC Davis
IR Workshop - Brandon Kinne, UC Davis DateApril 17, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Why do states join international organizations (IOs)? Cooperation theory offers a number of plausible answers to this question. However, empirical analysis of IOs has not kept pace with theory. We identify three key limitations in existing empirical […]
