"Why Elections Fail"

Speaker:

Pippa Norris, Paul. F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Harvard Kennedy School.

Conveners:

Gwyneth McClendon, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Daniel Smith, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Co-Sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Kai Thaler
thaler@fas.harvard.edu

"Including the Other Half: How Financial Modernization Disrupts Patronage Politics"

Speaker:

Nancy Hite, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Conveners:

Gwyneth McClendon, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Daniel Smith, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Co-Sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University.

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"Democracy through Strength: Asia's Development and Democratization"

Speaker:

Dan Slater, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago.

Co-Sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University.

Conveners:

Gwyneth McClendon, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Daniel Smith, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Kai Thaler
thaler@fas.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Reflections on Research: Choosing Questions and Pursuing Them across the Globe"

Speaker:

Alfred Stepan, Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government, School of International and Public Affairs and Department of Political Science, Columbia University.

Conveners:

Gwyneth McClendon, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Daniel Smith, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Kai Thaler
thaler@fas.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

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Speaker:

John Gerring, Professor of Political Science, Boston University.

Contacts:

Mai Hassan
hassan@fas.harvard.edu

Jonny Phillips
jonathanphillips@fas.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Political Machines at Work: Voter Mobilization and Electoral Subversion in the Workplace"

Speaker:

Tim Frye, Director, Harriman Institute; Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy.

Contacts:

Mai Hassan
hassan@fas.harvard.edu

Jonny Phillips
jonathanphillips@fas.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Compliance and Resistance in Iraq under Saddam Hussein: Evidence from the Files of the Ba'th Party"

Speaker:

Lisa Blaydes, Department of Political Science, Stanford University.

Contacts:

Mai Hassan
hassan@fas.harvard.edu

Jonny Phillips
jonathanphillips@fas.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Does Warfare Matter? Duration, Severity, and Outcomes of Civil Wars"

Speaker:

Laia Balcells, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Duke University.

Co-sponsored by the Government Department.

Contacts:

Mai Hassan
hassan@fas.harvard.edu

Jonny Phillips
jonathanphillips@fas.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series

"Colonial Democratic Legacies"

Speaker:

Steven Wilkinson, Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies, Yale University.

Co-sponsored by the Government Department.

Contact:

John Marshall
jlmarsh@fas.harvard.edu

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"Party Cohesion in Westminster Systems: Inducements, Replacement and Discipline in the House of Commons, 1836–1910"

Speaker:

Arthur Spirling, Faculty Associate. John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Co-sponsored by the Government Department.

Contact:

John Marshall
jlmarsh@fas.harvard.edu

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"Muslims in France: Identifying a Discriminatory Equilibrium"

Speaker:

David Laitin, James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor of Political Science, Stanford University.

Co-sponsored by the Government Department.

Contact:

John Marshall
jlmarsh@fas.harvard.edu

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"The Roots of the Industrial Revolution: Political Institutions or (Socially Embedded) Know-How?"

Speaker:

Carles Boix, Robert Garrett Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University.

Co-sponsored by the Government Department.

Contact:

John Marshall
jlmarsh@fas.harvard.edu

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"Do Elected Councils Improve Governance? Experimental Evidence on Local Institutions in Afghanistan"

Speaker:

Fotini Christia, Associate Professor of Political Science, MIT.

Co-sponsored by the Government Department.

Contact:

John Marshall
jlmarsh@fas.harvard.edu... Read more about Comparative Politics Speaker Series