Rethinking comparison: Innovative methods for qualitative political inquiry (Erica Simmons, Nick Rush Smith)
Seminar
Qualitative comparative methods – and specifically controlled qualitative comparisons – are central to the study of politics. They are not the only kind of comparison, though, that can help us better understand political processes and outcomes. Yet there are few guides for how to conduct non-…
Misunderstanding ethnography: Evidence in law, journalism and political ethnography (Sharon Batt, David Forrest, Anastasia Shesterinina, Dvora Yanow, Nick Cheesman)
Seminar
In Interrogating Ethnography: Why Evidence Matters (2018), law professor and lawyer Steven Lubet mounts a concerted attack on ethnography for relying upon evidence that would not meet the standards that obtain in legal proceedings. What is ethnography, and why should this concern political…
Promoting (reflexive) methodological pluralism: An autoethnographic account of mapping the political science research on judicialization (Leila Kawar)
Seminar
Promoting methodological pluralism has been a major theme of discussion across multiple political science subfields. But, notably, qualitative methodologists have set forth meaningfully different visions of how this disciplinary norm should be implemented in practice, differing on whether emphasis…
APSA/GIWL workshop on Parliament as a Gendered Workshop : Towards a New Code of Conduct
Conference
In the wake of explosive allegations of rape in a ministerial office, GenParlNet members are holding an international workshop to examine how parliaments are dealing with the issue of sexual harassment in this distinctive employment environment and to draft a model code of conduct. The…
Boundary or Pandemic Control? Exploring the Use of Subnational Border Restrictions and Closures During COVID19 in Federal Systems
Webinar/Online
This webinar will explore the use (or, non-use) of subnational border restrictions and closures to control the spread of COVID19 in federal systems. Expert panelists from Australia, Canada, the USA, Italy, Argentina, and Brazil will discuss the legal considerations and potential political motives…
Boundary or Pandemic Control? Exploring the Use of Subnational Border Restrictions and Closures During COVID19 in Federal Systems
Webinar/Online
This webinar will explore the use (or, non-use) of subnational border restrictions and closures to control the spread of COVID19 in federal systems. Expert panelists from Australia, Canada, the USA, Italy, Argentina, and Brazil will discuss the legal considerations and potential political motives…
Online: James Morrow - The Domestic Foundations of International Law: Non-Intervention versus Territorial Integrity
Seminar
The UN Charter and the Covenant of the League of Nations sought to legalize norms of territorial integrity and non-intervention. The growth of the size of domestic winning coalitions over time resulting from the decline of traditional systems, the spread of democracy, and the expansion of…