Comparative Politics Workshop
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Introduction
Each semester, the Comparative Politics Subfield within Cornell University's Government Department organizes an in-house workshop with faculty and graduate students. During each workshops, a mix of faculty and graduate student papers are shared and discussed. The purpose of this workshop is to hear about each other's work, provide constructive comments on papers and preliminary research designs, and to learn from one another. Graduate students develop a better understanding of faculty research and about the paper-editing process. Faculty learn about innovative graduate student research. The workshops are usually held in December and May.
Spring 2020
May 8, 2020, Zoom Event, 10:00am-1:30pm
10:00-10:45: Sabrina Karim and Sarah Berens: “Conflict or Crime? How victimization shapes preferences for public goods provision in Liberia” Discussants: Gustavo Flores-Macias and Pauliina Patana, Chair: Ali Cirone
10:45-11:30: Aditi Sahasrabuddhe: “This Time It’s Personal: The Individual Politics of Central Bank Cooperation during the Global Financial Crisis” Discussants: Ken Roberts and Nina Obermeier, Chair: Tom Pepinsky
11:30-12:15: Lincoln Hines: “Righteous Fists: Status, Mobilization, and Conflict in Late Imperial China” Discussants: Nic van de Walle and Alex Dyzenhaus, Chair: Bryn Rosenfeld
12:15-1:30: Lindsey Pruett: “Draft Dodgers and Volunteers: Spatial Determinants of Military Recruitment Outcomes 1919-1938” Discussants: Rachel Riedl and Laura Huber, Chair: Sabrina Karim
Fall 2019
December 13, 2019, White Hall 104, 10:00am-4:00pm
10:00-10:45: Bryn Rosenfeld: “Protest Participation and Attitude Change in Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution” Discussant: Ken Roberts and Vincent Mauro, Chair: Tom Pepinsky
10:45-11:30: Gustavo Flores-Macias and Jessica Zarkin: “The Consequences of Militarizing Law Enforcement: Evidence from Mexico” Discussant: Tom Pepinsky and Yamile Guibert, Chair: Bryn Rosenfeld
11:30-12:15: Darin Self: “Putting on the Civilian's Uniform: Political Contestation by Military Elites in Post-New Order Indonesia” Discussant: Jeremy Wallace and Darin Self, Chair: Gustavo Flores-Macias
12:15-1:30: Lunch
1:30-2:15: Nic van de Walle and Thalia Gerzo: “The Politics of Legislative Expansion in Africa” Discussant: Ali Cirone and Pauliina Patana, Chair: Darin Self
2:15-3:00: Tessa Evans: “Norm Entrepreneurs from the Global South: LGBT Rights after Conflict” Discussant: Bryn Rosenfeld and Angie Torres, Chair: Thalia Gerzo
3:00-3:15: Coffee Break
3:15-4:00: Shiqi Ma: “Space, Information, and Slum Clearance: A Case Study of Beijing” Discussant: Gustavo Flores-Macias and Cameron Mailhot, Chair: Tessa Evans
4:30-5:00: Social Hour
Spring 2019
May 31, 2019, White Hall 104, 10:00am-3:30pm
10:00-10:45: Sid Tarrow and Emilio Lehoucq: “The Rise of a Transnational Movement to Protect Privacy” Discussant: Thalia Gerzo
10:45-11:30: Ken Roberts: “Bipolar Disorders: Varieties of Capitalism and Subtypes of Populism in Latin America and Europe” Discussant: Nina Obermeier
11:30-12:15: Lindsey Pruett, Alex Dyzenhaus, and Sabrina Karim: “Police, Youth and Election Violence: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Liberia” Discussant: Nic van de Walle
12:15-1:00: Lunch
1:00-1:45: Julius Lagodny: “The Effect of Discrimination and Co-Ethnic Neighborhoods on Political Behavior for Immigrant Origin Citizens in Germany” Discussant: Sabrina Karim
1:45-2:30: Yamile Guibert: “Petty Corruption and Social Desirability in Peru: A Mixed Methods Approach” Discussant: Jeremy Wallace
2:30-2:45: Coffee Break
2:45-3:30: Vincent Mauro: “The Political Origins of Social Policy in Liberal Democracies” Discussant: Tom Pepinksy
3:45-5:00: Social Hour: The Statler Hotel Bar
Fall 2018
December 7, 2018, White Hall 110, 10:00am-4:00pm
10:00-10:45: Tom Pepinsky and Jeremy Menchik “Islam, Identity, and the Organizational Roots of Political Tolerance.” Discussant: Sabrina Karim
10:45-11:30: Jeremy Wallace, Panle Jia Barwick, Shanjun Li, and Jessica Chen Weiss, “Commercial Casualties: Political Boycotts and International Disputes” Discussant: Tom Pepinsky
11:30-12:15: Ali Cirone and Sergio Garcia-Rios, “Research Design: Pitching Methods.” Discussant: Jeremey Wallace
12:15-1:30: Lunch (catered by Taste of Thai)
1:30-2:15: Vincent Mauro, “Party System Development and Inequality in Subnational Brazil.” Discussant: Ali Cirone
2:15-3:00: Nina Obermeier, “The anti-internationalists: Political parties and the backlash against globalization in Europe.” Discussant: Vincent Mauro
3:00-3:15: Coffee Break
3:15-4:00: Jimena Valdez, “What capital wants: business interests and labor market reform in Portugal and Spain.” Discussant: Nina Obermeier
4:30-6:00: Social Hour: First Friday – Department Lounge
Spring 2018
May 11, 2018, White Hall 104, 10:00am-3:30pm
10:00-10:45: Sabrina Karim “How International Post-Conflict Reforms Improve Public Opinion of State Bureaucracies: Experimental Evidence with the Liberian National Police”
10:45-11:30: Tom Pepinsky “A New Approach for Discovering Social Beliefs about Ethnic Structure”
11:30-12:15: Junyan Jiang and Jeremy Wallace, “Informal Institutions and Authoritarian Information Systems: Theory and Evidence from China”
12:15-1:00: Lunch (catered by Taste of Thai)
1:00-1:45: Sebastian Dettman, “Party Broadening and Coalition Building: Opposition Dilemmas under Competitive Authoritarianism”
1:45-2:30: Mona Krewel and Christian W. Martin, “Voter attachment, room-to-maneuver, and the demise of Social Democracy”
2:30-2:45: Coffee Break
2:45-3:30: Michele Fenzly, “Income Inequality and Unions: The Watchdog that Stopped Barking”
3:45-5:00: Social Hour: The Statler Hotel Bar