Online: Charles Butcher - Friday on my mind: Re-assessing the Impact of Protest Size on Government Concessions
Seminar
Do more protesters on the streets make regimes more likely to concede to protester demands? Several studies have linked protest size and the likelihood of government concessions. Yet existing research has three limitations: many studies fail to distinguish between distinct causal mechanisms, are…
Online: Alex Opera - Defending Education: A Democratic Role for Courts in Education Policy
Seminar
On January 11th, 2007, the McCleary family from Jefferson County and the Venema family from Snohomish Country filed a lawsuit on behalf of their children against the State of Washington. The petitioners demanded that the court force the state government to produce the “ample provision for the…
Online: Lee Ann Banaszak - Party Activism and Protest outside the Convention: A Look at the 2016 RNC and DNC Protests
Seminar
The recording of this seminar is available to watch online now via facebook. Protest participation may be motivated by a number of different strategic considerations; protestors -- who are generally seen as outsiders from the political system -- might try to achieve new policy outcomes or alter…
Online: Renard Sexton - Deadly Populism: How Local Political Outsiders Drive Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines
Seminar
Zoom link: https://anu.zoom.us/j/95674924059 Around the world, populists have won elections on the strength of crowd-pleasing, but norm-defying, policy proposals. Although effective at mobilizing support at election time, these policies are often difficult to implement in practice because…
Online: Worry, anger and hopefulness: Do emotions stimulate or depress political participation? Prof Eric Plutzer
Seminar
Thursday 7 May 2020, 10 00 am - 11 30 am AEDT Zoom link: https://anu.zoom.us/j/95674924059 Politicians, activists and academics have long debated whether emotions mobilize citizen participation. Using novel measures of emotions based on pairs of open-ended…
CANCELLED - Beyond Turnout: How Compulsory Voting Shapes Citizens and Political Parties
Seminar
Please note all seminars have been cancelled to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading among our community via public and social events. About the presenter: Read more about Dr Shane Singh here.
CANCELLED - Partisan Activists and Protest outside the 2016 Republican and Democratic Party Conventions
Seminar
Please note all seminars have been cancelled to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading among our community via public and social events. About the presenter: Professor Lee Ann Banasak is the Department Head in Political Science and Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender…