Social Sciences Faculty Search Job Talk - Aram Hur, New York University DateMarch 16, 2017 Time2:00pm to 4:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Citizen Duty and the Ethical Power of Communities: Evidence from East Asia Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Economic Shocks and Civic Engagement: Evidence from the 2010-11 Pakistan Floods DateMarch 31, 2014 Time5:00am to 6:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact How countries transition from autocracy to democracy is a key question in both economics and political science. A number of recent studies have examined links between natural disasters and democratization. Using diverse data […]
Popular Tyranny and Athenian Democracy DateApril 3, 2014 Time10:00am to 11:50am Location Hillel Center, Gindi Dining Room (2nd Floor); 574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Contact My task in this paper is to consider whether the Athenian democracy of the late fifth century BCE can be described as “popular sovereignty.” Both terms are problematic. […]
International Relations Workshop with Christina Schneider DateApril 6, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Christina Schneider, UC San DiegoTitle: “The Globalization of Electoral Politics in the European Union”Abstract: analyzes the globalization of electoral politics in the European Union (EU), arguing that the integration of policies in areas that affect everyday life […]
Democratic Peace and the Wisdom of Crowds: A Theory and Experimental Evidence of Collective Intelligence in Ultimatum Bargaining DateApril 11, 2014 Time8:00am to 9:30am Location 11377 Bunche Hall Contact The well-established democratic peace finding that there are few, if any, clear cases of war between mature democratic states has generated a great deal of scholarly […]
Eroded Unity and Clientele Migration. Explaining The Demise of the PRI Regime DateApril 14, 2014 Time5:15am to 6:45am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Sebastián Garrido de Sierra is the 2012 recipient of The Swarr Prize. Abstract: This paper offers a new explanation of the demise of the PRI regime. I argue that by late 1995 […]