The Comparative Politics Workshop provides an opportunity for graduate students and faculty engaged in comparative and historical research to present work "in progress" to an audience that is neither specialized in area or era. Thus, the purpose of the workshop is to draw out themes from papers that are based on specialized historical and comparative research that transcend the period and region covered. Papers will be posted generally by Thursday before the seminar. It will be assumed that all participants have read the paper before the workshop, and little time will therefore be expended in summarizing the paper. All members of the university community are welcome to participate in this workshop. Faculty Conveners: Lisa Blaydes and Beatriz Magaloni
Upcoming Comparative Politics Workshops:
October 17, 2011 - 4:15pm - 6:05pm October 31, 2011 - 4:15pm - 6:05pm
Middleman Minorities and Ethnic Violence: The Rational Choice Perspective
October 24, 2011 - 4:15pm - 6:05pm
Trade Shocks, Mass Mobilization and Decolonization: Evidence from India's Independence Struggle
October 31, 2011 - 4:15pm - 6:05pm
Co-sponsored: Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
November 7, 2011 - 4:15pm - 6:05pm
Professor Karen Ferree (Political Science, UCSD) studies the politics of democracy, elections, and ethnicity, particularly in the context of the developing countries of Africa. She has done field research in South Africa twice, the results of which are presented in her dissertation, Voters and Parties in the Rainbow Nation: Race and Elections in the New South Africa . She also is working on several papers that look at the political economy of elections in Africa and has interests in political methodology, particularly ecological inference and time series cross sectional analysis.
November 14, 2011 - 4:15pm - 6:05pm
Co-sponsored: Southeast Asia Forum - Asia-Pacific Research Center
Professor Edmund Malesky's research focuses on comparative politics and political economy. His current projects include the construction of a provincial economic governance index to rank Vietnam's 64 provinces on transparency, transaction costs, attitude toward private sector reform, and innovative approaches to economic development. Malesky has also devoted considerable time to understanding the impact of foreign direct investment on domestic government institutions and political cleavages. Specific topics include political development in Vietnam and China, comparative political economy in Southeast Asia, and economic transitions in developing economies, especially in Southeast Asia. (Political Science, UCSD)
Sunny Jeon, Risa Kitagawa, Nan Zhang
Field Experiments in Africa
November 28, 2011 - 4:15pm - 6:05pm
December 5, 2011 - 4:15pm - 6:05pm
Melina Platas is a third-year graduate student studying comparative politics, international relations, and quantitative methods. Her interests include democracy and development, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Her research examines the political, economic and social determinants of health outcomes in the developing world. Research experience in Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, and Mexico.
January 23, 2012 - 4:15pm - 6:05pm
Sarah Zukerman Daly is a Post-doc at Stanford University, where she is currently working with Professor Jeremy Weinstein. lShe holds a BA (2003) with distinction in international relations from Stanford University and a MS (2004) with distinction in development studies from the London School of Economics. She is also an alumna of the 2002-2003 CISAC Undergraduate Honors Program.
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