About the Workshops
Interdisciplinary Workshops on Politics and Policy are weekly seminars hosted by the Center for Political Studies. Speakers present current research on a wide range of topics. Archives of past workshops are available in the menu to the right.
Workshops typically take place on Wednesdays at noon, in room 6080; check back to confirm the location; alternative rooms will be starred below.
Abstracts will be added as they become available.
2015-2016 Workshops
Perceptions of Inequality: Preliminary Results from the Detroit Metropolitan Area Communities Study
September 9, 2015
Elisabeth Gerber and Jeffrey Morenoff
Motives in Pork Distribution: Partisan Bias or Patronage?
September 16, 2015
Nico Ravanilla
The Advantage of Disadvantage: Legislative Responsiveness to Collective Action by the Politically Marginalized
September 23, 2015
LaGina Gause
Racial Sympathy in American Politics
September 30, 2015
Jennifer Chudy
Breaking Up is Hard to Measure (and Other Challenges to Calculating Volatility and Change in Political Party Systems)
October 7, 2015
Kevin Deegan-Krause (Wayne State University)
Switching Sides: How Campaigns and Media Change Public Opinion about Politicians
October 14, 2015
Michael Tesler (University of California – Irvine)
Disgust and Public Opinion Toward LGBT Issues
October 21, 2015
Logan Casey
The Canadian Party System: Toward an Analytic History (With Reflections on the 2015 Election)
October 28, 2015
Richard Johnston (University of British Columbia)
Female Legislators and Economic Growth: Evidence from State Elections in India
November 11, 2015
Yogesh Uppal
A Broader Approach to Identity Politics – Socio-Partisan Sorting and the Deepening Partisan Divide
November 18, 2015
Lilliana Mason (University of Maryland)
Uninformed: Why People Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It
January 13, 2016
Arthur Lupia
Harnessing ’Corruption’ for Early Development: The Case of Prebendal Bureaucratic Compensation in China
January 27, 2016
Yuen Yuen Ang
The Changing Norms of Racial Political Rhetoric and the End of Racial Priming
February 3, 2016
Nicholas Valentino and Fabian Neuner
Exploring Attitudes toward Government
February 10, 2016
Michael Traugott
Making his World Safe for Autocracy, 2012-2015
February 24, 2016
Bill Zimmerman
Why Does Segregation Cause Prejudice?
March 9, 2016
Ryan Enos (Harvard University)
Modernization and Inequality: Why Equality is Likely to Stage a Comeback
March 16, 2016
Ron Inglehart
In Search for Normalization: the Islamist Party in Morocco
March 23, 2016
Driss Maghraoui (Al-Akhawayn University)
Social Mobilization and Regime Resilience: Is Morocco the Exception?
March 30, 2016
Saloua Zerhouni (Mohamed V University of Rabat)
The (Conditional) Effects of Media Cues on Public Opinion: The Case of Immigration
April 27, 2016
Amber Boydstun (University of California – Davis)
Out of Options? Blacks and Support for the Democratic Party
May 4, 2016
Vincent Hutchings and Hakeem Jefferson
House and Senate Negotiations and Policy Choice
May 11, 2016
Dan Magleby (Binghamton University–SUNY) & Pamela Clouser McCann (University of Southern California)
Platforms, Portfolios, Policy: Electoral competition and welfare policy in Multiparty Governments
May 18, 2016
Despoina Alexiadou