Crowd-sourced text analysis: reproducible and agile production of political data
Seminar
Abstract: Empirical social science often relies on data that are not observed in the field, but are transformed into quantitative variables by expert researchers who analyse and interpret qualitative raw sources. While generally considered the most valid way to produce data, this expert-…
The Polsby Paradox and Asymmetric Polarisation in the U.S. Congress
Seminar
Abstract: In this paper, I examine the relationship between the size of a party’s delegation in Congress and the party median voter. The Polsby Paradox indicates that when the Democrats (Republicans) gains seats in Congress, the party median voter should be more conservative (liberal) – so…
Fourth European Conference on Politics and Gender at Uppsala
Conference
Marian Sawer and Joan Grace convened two GenParlNet panels for the Governance, Institutions and Public Policy stream of the Fourth European Conference on Politics and Gender at Uppsala, 11-13 June 2015. They were as follows: Panel #1 Gender mainstreaming: The role of…
European Studies Graduate Workshop Researching the EU. Critical Perspectives for Critical Times.
Workshop
Graduate Students are warmly invited to participate in a workshop on all aspects of European studies. It will be convened at Australian National University on behalf of Australia and New Zealand EU Centres including RMIT University, the New Zealand Centres Network, the University of…
Polarization vs. Polarisation: Comparing Party Divergence in the US and Australia
Seminar
A defining characteristic of American politics over the past generation has been the growing ideological divide between the nation's two major parties. Measuring this polarization is straightforward, using roll call records from Congress where every vote is a conscience vote. Asking how Australian…
The European Union as a Normative Power? Some reflections on the literature on external perceptions of the EU
Seminar
The debate on the European Union as a Normative Power (NPE) has been running for more than a decade. At the same time, studies of the EU as a normative power have been conducted in three major research projects. These two lines of research have been running relatively independently of each…
The Mass Political Consequences of Economic Reform in Latin America
Seminar
Democracy works when citizens can hold policy makers to accounts. Nowhere is this connection between the governed and their representatives more evident than the economy. Citizens expect strong economic performance from incumbents, and executives who fail to live up to popular expectations will…