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.” […]
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 […]