Comparative Politics Research Workshop (CPRW)
Director:
This workshop serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of research related to comparative politics. Past seminars have examined political identity, presidential power, voting rules, consolidation of party systems, economic sanctions, language politics, and ethnic mobilization. All methodologies, including case studies, statistics, formal theory, and interpretivist approaches are welcome. We encourage papers with a specific geographic focus, as well as broad cross-regional analyses. The mission of the workshop is to foster a vibrant intellectual exchange among comparativists, to bring students and faculty into contact with nationally recognized figures in the field of comparative politics, and to create a comfortable, professional environment for the development of faculty and graduate student research at all levels.
Presentations for Calendar Year 2008:
February 15, 2008
3:30-5:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Danielle Langfield
February 28, 2008
2:30-4:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Michael Cohen
"Behavioral Expectations, Voter Perceptions, and Regional Parties"
March 14, 2008
3:30-5:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Konstantin Vossing
"The Formation of Social Democratic Parties: Degrees of Inclusion as External Constraints and the Strategic Choices of Labor Elites."
March 28, 2008
3:30-5:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Delia Dumitrescu
"Love Me or Fear Me? Election Posters Content in the 2007 French Elections"
April 11, 2008
3:30-5:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Richard Arnold
April 18, 2008
3:30-5:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Emily Beaulieu, University of Kentucky
"Election Protest & Political Reform"
April 25, 2008
3:30-5:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Sarah Wilson Sokhey
"Divergent Reforms: Health & Pension Reforms in the Post-Communist Countries"
May 2, 2008 - Co-Sponsored by PRISM
3:30-5:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Gary Goertz, University of Arizona
"Two-level theory: what Skocpol, Ostrom, Kingdon, and Nussbaum have in common"
Related chapter from recent book (pdf)
May 9, 2008
1:30-3:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Christina Xydias
"Showing up, Shouting out, Shutting up: Women's Substantive Representation"
May 19, 2008 (note unusual date)
3:30-5:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Delia Dumitrescu
"The Anatomy of Poster Design. Candidate Posters in the 2007 French Legislative Elections"
May 22, 2008 (Thursday)
3:30-5:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Andrea Haupt
"European Parties' Responses to the International Economy"
June 6, 2008
3:30-5:00pm in the Spencer Room, Derby Hall
Irfan Nooruddin
"Voting for Peace"
Presentations for 2006-2007 Academic Year
Presentations for 2005-2006 Academic Year
