Deliver the Vote! Micromotives and Macrobehavior in Electoral Fraud DateFebruary 28, 2014 Time6:00am to 7:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Most election fraud is not conducted centrally by incumbents but rather locally by a machinery consisting of hundreds of political operatives. How does an incumbent ensure that his local agents deliver fraud when needed and […]
International Law/IR Workshop with Karen Alter DateFebruary 27, 2015 Time2:00pm to 3:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Karen Alter, Northwestern Universitywith co-author Laurence Helfer, Duke UniversityTitle: “Backlash Against International Courts in West, East, and Southern Africa: Causes and Consequences”Abstract:This paper discusses three efforts to restrict the jurisdiction of sub-regional courts by […]
Seminar - Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale DateFebruary 27, 2016 Time10:30am to 12:30pm Location Room to be announced Contact Enrollees in the seminar will be asked to read Shakespeare’s play and be ready to participate in the conversation. A pizza lunch will be delivered following the seminar.The seminar is free and open to all, but you must […]
Do Legislator Positions Affect Constituent Voting Decisions in U.S. House Elections? DateMarch 3, 2014 Time4:00am to 5:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact The theory of spatial voting has dominated recent scholarship on voting and elections. The spatial voting theory’s most important implication is that candidates’ ideological positions should influence voters’ decisions at the ballot box. […]
Comparative Politics Workshop with Edmund Malesky DateMarch 2, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Edmund Malesky, Duke UniversityTitle: “Participation in Legal Drafting and Compliance with Business Regulation: Evidence from Vietnam” About the Speaker:Edmund Malesky is Associate Professor of political economy, and a specialist on Southeast Asia -- particularly Vietnam. Currently, […]
CP Workshop - Dominik Hangartner, London School of Economics DateFebruary 27, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Does exposure to the refugee crisis fuel anti-immigrant sentiment among natives and increase voting for extreme-right parties? Despite heated debates about the political repercussions of the refugee crisis in Europe, there exists very little, and […]