Affective Response to a Territorial Threat in International Relations
Seminar
This paper (co-authored with Thomas Wynter) investigates the emotional impact on citizens of international security threats, with an emphasis on the difference between territorial threats and non-territorial threats. It uses an online survey experiment and borrows tools for measuring emotional…
Navigating Law, Politics and Informality: A Study of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, 1986-2015
Seminar
Our talk is structured into two parts: First, drawing on insights from ongoing research of ours on judicial politics in Southeast Asia, we propose a relational approach to studying judicial politics in non-Western societies - a framework for the systematic analysis of informal relations between…
American Council of Young Political Leaders: The political climate in the US today
Seminar
The School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University proudly invites staff and students to join delegates from the American Council of Young Political Leaders for a panel and discussion on the Political situation in the U.S.A today. The panel will be chaired by…
UK Parliamentary Delegation Panel and Discussion: The political situation in the UK today.
Seminar
The School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University proudly invites staff and students to join the CPA UK Delegation to a discussion on the political situation in the UK today featuring the following members of the UK Parliament: Rt Hon. Ian Liddell-Grainger MP…
How Desirable is Intra-Party Democracy? Evidence from the Political Party Database Project
Seminar
Few scholars on political parties would disagree that intra-party democracy (IPD) is desirable. Yet, this is exactly where agreement ends. Precisely how we should conceptualize IPD is open to debate. This paper suggests a two-dimensional conceptualization of IPD based on the nature of the process…
What have we learned about constitutional design in deeply divided societies over the last quarter of a century?
Lecture
In the aftermath of the end of the cold war, constitutional transitions in South Africa (1994), Bosnia (1995), Fiji (1997), Northern Ireland (1998) and Iraq (2005) aimed at ameliorating ethnic conflict, fostering resilient democracy and achieving political stability. This paper asks what these…
Gendered ministerial careers in three Westminster countries
Seminar
In recent years there has been an increased scholarly interest in the descriptive representation of women in executives. Particular emphasis has been given to women’s (s)election to cabinet, the allocation of portfolios and, more recently, the opportunities for the substantive representation of…