Comparative Politics Workshop with David Laitin DateApril 27, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:David Laitin, Stanford UniversityTitle: “Language Policy and Human Development”Abstract: explore how language policy affects the socio-economic development of nation-states through two channels: the individual’s exposure to and (in reference to an individual’s mother tongue) linguistic distance from the […]
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. […]
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 […]
