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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:

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 […]

IR Workshop - Brandon Kinne, UC Davis DateApril 17, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract:Why do states join international organizations (IOs)? Cooperation theory offers a number of plausible answers to this question. However, empirical analysis of IOs has not kept pace with theory. We identify three key limitations in existing empirical […]

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 […]

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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:

Hobbes and Natural Law in Context DateApril 25, 2014 Time9:00am to 10:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Early-to-mid-seventeenth century Englishmen (1620-51) debated and contested natural law within what I call the Pauline framework. After unearthing this framework, I locate Hobbes's account of natural law within it and discuss how this reading of Hobbesian natural law […]

REP Workshop - Paul Apostolidis DateApril 22, 2016 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact 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 […]

In Your Face Politics DateApril 28, 2014 Time5:00am to 6:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Journalists and academics regularly decry incivility in political discourse, and public opinion polls suggest that average Americans share a similar disdain. Foundations and civic groups likewise fund initiatives to call attention to this problem. Even politicians themselves express concerns about […]

American Politics Workshop with Cheryl Boudreau DateApril 27, 2015 Time4:00pm to 5:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Cheryl Boudreau, UC DavisTitle:"Racial or Spatial Voting?  The Effects of Candidate Ethnicity and Ethnic Group Endorsements in Low-Information Elections"Abstract:Voters face difficult choices in elections where party labels do not distinguish the candidates’ ideological positions. […]

CP Workshop - John Ahlquist, UC San Diego DateApril 24, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract:How do international monetary and financial shocks influence domestic politics? Taking advantage of a surprise revaluation of the Swiss franc in early 2015, we examine the policy preferences and voting behavior of individuals particularly exposed to […]