Spring 2005
January 18. Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard University.“Rethinking Federalism's Origins: Puzzle, Theory, and Evidence from Nineteenth Century Europe.”
January 25. Steven Shewfelt, Yale University.“Peacebuilding Success? Understanding Peacebuilding at the Local Level.”
February 1. Nasos Roussias, Yale University.“Party System Evolution in "Transitional Democracies": Learning and Strategic Competition.”
February 8. Keith Darden, Yale University.“Resisting Occupation: Ideational Sources of Insurgency.”
February 15. David Waldner, University of Virginia. “ Democracy and Dictatorship in the Post-Colonial World.”
February 22. Philip Gorski, Yale University.“Premodern Nationalism: An Oxymoron? Evidence from England.”
March 1. Vineeta Yadav, Yale University.“A Comparative Analysis of Special Interest Group Behavior.”
March 22. Jennifer Smith, Yale University.“The Politics of Campaign Professionalization. ”
March 29. Melanie Manion, University of Wisconsin. “Official Candidate Losses and Communist Party Gains: Electorates, Selectorates, and Delegates in Mainland China.”
April 5. Laia Balcells i Ventura, Yale University.“Political Decentralization and Civil War.”
April 12. David Mayhew, Yale University.“Wars and American Politics.”
April 19. Jim Scott, Yale University.“Why Civilizations Can't Climb Hills: Statecraft, Flight, and Ethnicity in Mainland Southeast Asia.”
April 26. Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Stanford University.“The Centralization of Fiscal Authority: An Empirical Investigation of Popitz's Law.”