Stabilizing Minority Government: Would New Zealand's Confidence Protocol or European Constructive Non-Confidence be good for Canada (and perhaps Australia)?
Seminar
Seminar 18Date: 4 November , 2014Time: 4 - 5.15pmVenue: Building 24, Copland, Room 1171, LJ Hume CentreSpeaker: Rainer Knopff is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. His work ranges broadly across the areas of public law, public policy, and…
Who Won the Election? Lessons from the Canadian Coalition Crisis in 2008
Seminar
Seminar 5Date: 25 March, 2014Time: 4 - 5.15pmVenue: Building 24, Copland, Room 1171, LJ Hume CentreSpeaker: Louis Massicotte is a professor at the Department of Political Science at Universite Laval, in Quebec City, Canada. He taught at the University of Montreal for 14 years,…
Game On: A Defence of former Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Seminar
Seminar 11Date: 13th May, 2014Time: 4 - 5.15pmVenue: Building 24, Copland, Room 1171, LJ Hume CentreSpeaker: Mary…
Party Cohesion in Westminster Systems: Inducements, Replacement and Discipline in the House of Commons, 1836-1910
Seminar
Speaker: Arthur Spirling’s undergraduate education took place at the London School of Economics, where he graduated in 2000 with a BSc in Government and Economics. In 2001, Arthur received a Masters degree in Public Administration and Public Policy, also from LSE. From 2001 through 2003, he…
Talking with Like-Minded People- Equality and Efficacy in Enclave Deliberation
Seminar
Seminar 1 25 February 2014 Venue: Building 24, Copland, Room 1171, LJ Hume CentreSpeaker: Kimmo Grönlund is a Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Social Science Research Institute at Åbo Akademi…
Australian Election Study Workshop
Workshop
Political opinion polls are an inescapable part of everyday life. Government or opposition policies rarely see the light of day without some poll evidence to gauge the public’s response to them. Party leaders are constantly evaluated against their poll ratings, not least by their colleagues, and…
The Class Basis of Canadian Elections
Seminar
Seminar 6Date: 1st April, 2014Time: 4 - 5.15pmVenue: Building 24, Copland, Room 1171, LJ Hume CentreSpeaker: Richard Johnston is…