Events

Methods Workshop with Branislav Slantchev DateDecember 4, 2014 Time2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Branislav Slantchev, UC San DiegoTitle: "Rich Subjects, Poor Kings: Rebellion Relief and the Ratchet Effect in Taxation”Abstract:Rulers face serious difficulties in their efforts to extract wealth from society through taxation. Historically, taxation was often not very high and […]

GSC Meeting DateDecember 3, 2015 Time3:30pm Location 4280 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

Dramatizing Democracy: Crisis, Civic Education, and the Common Good DateDecember 6, 2013 Time8:00am to 9:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact After 9/11, hope arose that democracy in America would be revitalized. Crisis, it was said, “represents an opportunity” for social and political reformation, and the American people will “come together and rise to the occasion.” […]

Is War Disappearing? DateDecember 6, 2013 Time7:00am to 8:30am Location 11377 Bunche Hall Contact There is a large and growing belief, based on a handful of recent scholarly works, that the propensity of states to use force against one another is on the decline. I take issue with two lines of argument that support this […]

IR Reading Group DateDecember 4, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4276 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

Stacey Greene - Practice Job Talk DateDecember 4, 2015 Time1:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

REP Reading Group DateDecember 4, 2015 Time4:00pm Location 4280 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

Amanda Robinson DateDecember 4, 2017 Time12:15pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone 3102067558bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

Recruitment Job Talk with Erin Hartman DateDecember 11, 2014 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Erin Hartman, UC BerkeleyTitle: "Call and Non-response: A Design Based Solution for Unit Non-response"Abstract:With the decrease in response rates to surveys, the potential for differential non-response to bias our estimates of public opinion is growing.  Changing […]

Political Theory Workshop with Ella Myers DateDecember 12, 2014 Time4:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Ella Myers, University of UtahRespondent:Kye Barker, UCLATitle: "Invisible Men: Racial Indifference in Theories of Neoliberalism”About the presenter:Ella Myers (Ph.D. 2006, Northwestern) is assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Utah with a joint appointment in […]