Comparative Politics Workshop Schedule 2009-2010

FALL 2009

September 22. Alexandra Hartman, Yale University. “Bad Neighborhood? Refugees, Transnational Ethnic Groups and the Diffusion of Civil War”. Discussant: Francesca Grandi.

September 29. Adria Lawrence, Yale University. “Political Equality and Nationalist Mobilization in the French Empire”. Discussant: Paul Kenny.

October 6. Marcelo Leiras, Yale University (YPD) / Universidad de San Andrés. “Who wants an Independent Court? Political competition and Supreme Court instability in the Argentine provinces”. Discussant: Juan Rebolledo.

October 13. Thariq Thachil, Yale University (YPD). Selections of The Saffron Wave Meets the Silent Revolution: Why the Poor Vote for Hindu Nationalism in India. Chapter 3: “Organizing Nationalism: Uncovering the Potency of Seva”, and Chapter 4: “Saffron Forests: The Rise of Hindutva in Chhattisgarh”. Discussant: Leonid Peisakhin.

October 20. Christian Leuprecht, Yale University. “Modeling Deception: Speeches of Candidates for Public office”. Discussant: Lara Chausow.

October 27. (4.30pm) Adam Przeworski, New York University. “Force, Wealth and Elections”. Discussant: Mario Chacón.

November 3. Naunihal Singh, Notre Dame University, “Seizure of power: why some military coups d’etat fail while others succeed”. Discussant: Robert Blair.

November 10. Ernesto Calvo, University of Houston. “Selecting Clients: Partisan Networks and the Electoral Benefits of Targeted Distribution” (coauthored with María Victoria Murillo). Discussant: Paolo Spada.

November 17. Kurt Weyland, University of Texas at Austin. “Diffusion Dynamics in European and Latin American Democratization”. Discussant: Anne Nguyen.

December 1. Jonathan Caverley, Northwestern University. “The Political Economy of Democratic Militarism”. Discussant: Cameron Ballard-Rosa.

December 8. Isabella Mares, Columbia University. “Deindustrialization and social policy expansion: theoretical relationship and a new empirical test". Discussant: Luis Schiumerini.