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 […]

Instruction begins, March 30, 2015 – Monday DateMarch 30, 2015 Time6:00am Location Contact Instruction begins, March 30, 2015 – Monday Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

AP Workshop - Marisa Abarjano DateMarch 28, 2016 Time3:00pm to 5:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

CP Workshop - Jennifer Pan DateApril 11, 2016 Time12:30pm to 2:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

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 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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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Life After Degree Panel DateApril 26, 2018 Time12:00pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone (310)206-7558bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

PT Workshop - Simone Chambers, UC Irvine DateApril 21, 2017 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract:Deliberative democracy often includes an unrealistic ethical and/or psychological expectation that individuals be willing to revise their positions in light of counter arguments and alternative reasoning. Public reason advocates introduce an equally unrealistic standard of public debate […]

Political Theory Workshop with Claudia Moatti DateApril 24, 2015 Time4:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Claudia Moatti, USC and Université Paris VIIIRespondent:Anthony Pagden, UCLATitle: “Saving the City: Roman Ideas on the Permanence of the ‘Public Thing’”Abstract:At the end of the Roman Republic, the issue of the permanence of the “public thing” is […]

A Symposium on Privacy and Security: UCLA Joins the National Debate DateApril 25, 2014 Time9:30am to 5:00pm Location UCLA School of Law Contact Title: "A Symposium on Privacy and Security: UCLA Joins the National Debate"Abstract: On Friday, April 25 the UCLA Department of Political Science, the UCLA School of Law, and the Office of Information Technology brought […]

CP Workshop - Laura Paler DateApril 25, 2016 Time12:30pm to 2:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:While there is a growing literature on the determinants of ex-combatant reintegration, few studies have examined why former combatants turn to criminal activity following demobilization. This paper investigates the economic, security, psychological, and social determinants of criminality among demobilized […]

AP Workshop - Robert Van Houweling DateApril 25, 2016 Time3:00pm to 5:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

REP Workshop - Davin Phoenix, UC Irvine DateApril 24, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract:Extant political psychology literature provides a framework for understanding how the emotion state of anger both activated the racial attitudes of white Americans and mobilized them toward greater electoral activity during the contentious 2016 election. Absent from […]