Do Politicians Reward Their Supporters? Evidence from the Spatial Allocation of Constituency Development Fund Spending in Kenya DateFebruary 24, 2014 Time4:00am to 5:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact We draw on data on the spatial allocation of more than 50,000 constituency development fund projects in more than 200 electoral constituencies in Kenya to test leading […]
Choosing (All) Together DateFebruary 26, 2014 Time7:00am to 9:00am Location 4276 Bunche Hall Contact This article provides a game theoretic analysis of group decision making, investigating how agents’ communication behavior is affected by different voting systems. We show that in an ideal state where communication is noisy but agents can communicate without opportunity costs, agents […]
Life After Degree Series DateFebruary 26, 2014 Time10:00am to 12:00pm Location Career Center, 3rd Floor, Conference Room Contact Looking to explore ways to apply your degree to the professional world? Meet UCLA Political Science graduates and hear stories of how they leveraged their degree to launch a successful career in the law, entertainment, marketing, finance, […]
REP Workshop with Cristina Beltrán DateFebruary 26, 2015 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Cristina Beltrán, New York UniversityTitle: "Undocumented and Acting Up: Queering Sovereignty in the Immigrant Rights Movement”Abstract: on the insights of queer theory to analyze the political practices of undocumented activists, particularly those who identify now or […]
Lecture - The Prince, the Fat Man, and the Staff: Shakespeare’s Henry IV DateFebruary 25, 2016 Time7:30pm Location UCLA Law School Building, Room 1447 Contact Professor Allen’s lecture is free and open to all. No RSVP is required.Light refreshments will be available. Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
Adam Berinsky - Rumors, Truths and Reality: A Study of Political Misinformation DateFebruary 25, 2016 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
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 […]
