IJM Research seminars

3 Research Seminars, 2002-2003 academic year (6 hours in total, Instituto Juan March, Madrid, Spain)

3.-› Jon Elster (Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Science at the University of Columbia), “Preference Formation in Transitional Justice” (Friday, 15^th November 2002)

2.-› Jon Elster, “Rational-Choice Theory and Its Rivals” (Thursday, 14^th November 2002)

1.-› Richard Breen (Official Fellow in the Nuffield College, University of Oxford), “The Persistence of the Sexual Division of Domestic Labour” (Wednesday, 30^th October 2002)

16 Research Seminars, 2001-2002 academic year (32 hours in total, Instituto Juan March, Madrid, Spain)

57.-› Wolfgang Merkel (Full Professor of Political Science at the Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, University of Heidelberg), “The Schröeder-Government and Its Veto Players (1998-2002)” (24^th May 2002)

56.-› Wolfgang Merkel, “Social Justice and the Different Worlds of Welfare Capitalism” (8^th May 2002)

55.-› Jacint Jordana (Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra), “Cambio institucional y transformación de las redes de políticas públicas. Un estudio empírico del sector de las telecomunicaciones en España” (29^h April 2002)

54.-› Adam Przeworski (Full Professor of Political Science and Economics at New York University), “Globalizaton and Democracy” (17^th April 2002)

53.-› Carles Boix (Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago), “Are You Being Served? Political Accountability and Governmental Performance” (6^th March 2002)

52.-› Carles Boix, “Democracy, Inequality and Country-Specific Wealth” (5^th March 2002)

51.-› Suzanne Lohmann (Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA), “How Information Moves from Those Who Have It to Those Who Need It: The Information Ecology of the University” (20^th December 2001)

50.-› Suzanne Lohmann, “Do People Have a Taste for Doing Good, or Do They Have a Taste for Punishing Others for Not Doing Good? Which is Why They Do Good?” (19^th December 2001)

49.-› Javier Astudillo (Associate Professor of Political Science at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra), “El experimento de la socialdemocracia española: relaciones partido-sindicato en un contexto de división sindical)” (10^th December 2001)

48.-› Michael Wallerstein (Full Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University), “Insurance or Redistribution: The Impact of Income Inequality on Political Support for Welfare Spending” (3^rd December 2001)

47.-› Margaret Levi (Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, Seattle) and Russell Hurdin (Professor of Political Science at the University of Stanford and the University of New York), “Trust, Distrust, Trustworthiness: Conceptual and Explanatory Issues” (30^th November 2001)

46.-› Russell Hurdin, “Street-Level Epistemology of Democratic Participation” (29^th November 2001)

45.-› Margaret Levi, “In Unions we Trust” (28^th November 2001)

44.-› José María Esteban (Researcher and Director of the Institut d' Análisi Económica, Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC, and Associate Professor at the Universidad Pompeu Fabra), “Why the Lions Get the Lions’ Share” (30^th October 2001)

43.-› Bruce Ackerman (Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Yale), “Social Justice in the Liberal State” (23^rd October 2001)

42.-› Bruce Ackerman, “The New Separaton of Powers” (22^nd October 2001)

21 Research Seminars, 2000-2001 academic year (42 hours in total, Instituto Juan March, Madrid, Spain)

41.-› Anthony Atkinson (director of the Nuffield College, University of Oxford), “Seeking to Explain OECD Income Inequality” (14^th June 2001)

40.-› Diego Gambetta (Reader in Sociology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of the All Souls College), “Movies and Mobsters: Why Low Life Imitates Art?” (18^th May 2001)

39.-› Diego Gambetta, “Signalling and Mimicking Trustworthiness. Taxi Drivers and their Customers in Dangerous Cities” (17^th May 2001)

38.-› Nancy Bermeo (Professor of Political Science at the University of Princeton), “State Preserving Federalism” (11^th May 2001)

37.-› Nancy Bermeo, “Ordinary People and the Breakdown of Democracy” (10^th May 2001)

36.-› Richard Breen (Official Fellow of the Nuffield College of the University of Oxford, and Fellow of the British Academy), “A Rational Choice Model of Educational Inequality” (24^th April 2001)

35.-› Richard Breen, “Meritocracy and Class Inequality: An Empirical Analysis” (23^rd April 2001)

34.-› Daniel Verdier (Assistant Professor of Political Science at the European University Institute), “European Integration as a Solution to War” (20^th April 2001)

33.-› Daniel Verdier, “Why Do Stock Markets Differ in Size? A Political Account” (19^th April 2001)

32.-› Adam Przeworski (Full Professor of Political Science and Economics at New York University), “Democracy as an Equilibrium” (4^th April 2001)

31.-› John Zaller (Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA), “The Party Strikes Back: The Dynamics of U.S. Presidential Nominations, 1972-2000” (27^th March 2001)

30.-› John Zaller, “A Theory of Media Politics: How the Interests of Politicians, Journalists and Citizens Shape the News” (26^th March 2001)

29.-› Barbara Geddes (Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA), “Party System Stability in Comparative Perspective” (22^nd March 2001)

28.-› Barbara Geddes, “How the Form of Authoritarianism Affects Regime Disintegration” (21^st March 2001)

27.-› Herbert Kitschelt (Professor of Political Science at Duke University), “Citizen-Politician Linkages in Democracies. An Understudied Subject” (13^th March 2001)

26.-› John Aldrich (Professor of Political Science and Pfizer-Pratt University Professor at Duke University), “The Sophistication of Citizens, the Strategies of Candidates, and the Structure of Party Competition” (9^th March 2001)

25.-› John Aldrich, “The Effects of Globalization on Citizens’ Policy Preferences: The Effects of Citizens on Democratic Governance” (8^th March 2001)

24.-› Philippe Schmitter (Professor of the European University Institute), “Thoughts About the (Allegedly) Poor Quality of Neo-democracy” (21^st November 2000)

23.-› Philippe Schmitter, “Why the EU Should Not Be Constitutionalized Now and How It Should Eventually Be Done” (20^th November 2000)

22.-› George Tsebelis (Professor of the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA), “Agenda-Setting in Politics: ‘Regime Types’, ‘Executive Dominance’ and Referendums” (20^th October 2000)

21.-› George Tsebelis, “Direct and Indirect Effects of the EU’s Legislative Procedures” (19^th October 2000)

20 Research Seminars, 1999-2000 academic year (40 hours in total, Instituto Juan March, Madrid, Spain)

20.-› James Alt (Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government and Director of the Harvard University Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences), “Credibility, Transparency, and Institutions” (17^th May 2000)

19.-› James Alt, “Institutions, Parties, and Fiscal Policy” (16^th May 2000)

18.-› Michael Mann (Professor of the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA), “The Micro Level: Explaining the Descent into Murder” (9^th May 2000)

17.-› Michael Mann, “The Macro Level: What Makes Some Ethnic Conflict Situations Especially Dangerous” (8^th May 2000)

16.-› Araceli García del Soto (Professor of the University of Salamanca), “Opiniones intergeneracionales sobre la monarquía española” (14^th April 2000)

15.-› Sidney Tarrow (Maxwell M. Upson Profesor of Government and Sociology, Cornell University), “Does International Politics Create Transnational Movements? An Institutional Theory with Data from European Contention” (7^th April 2000)

14.-› Sidney Tarrow, “Conflictual Cooperation: Why Movements Institutionalize and Why It May Not Be Such a Bad Thing” (6^th April 2000)

13.-› Josep Colomer (Researcher of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC), “La elección de las instituciones democráticas: eficiencia social y estabilidad” (30^th March 2000)

12.-› Bernard Manin (Professor of the University of New York), “Democracy and the Rise of Non-Elected Authorities” (22^nd March 2000)

11.-› Bernard Manin, “The Idea of Public Safety in Revolutionary France, 1789-1794” (20^th March 2000)

10.-› Bruce Western (Faculty Associate of the Office of Population Research, University of Princeton), “The US Welfare State and Penal Policy” (16^th March 2000)

9.-› Bruce Western, “Bayesian Thinking about Macrosociology” (15^th March 2000)

8.-› Karl U. Mayer (director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany), “Life Courses in the Transformation of East Germany” (8^th March 2000)

7.-› Karl U. Mayer, “Did We Practice What We Preached? A Review of 20 Years of Life Course Research” (6^th March 2000)

6.-› Carles Boix (co-director of the Nations, State and Politics Workshop of the University of Chicago), “Democracia e igualdad” (16^th December 1999)

5.-› Fritz W. Scharpf (director of the Max Planck lnstitute for the Study of Societies, Köln, Germany), “Governing in Europe: Effective and Democratic?” (13^th December 1999)

4.-› Fritz W. Scharpf, “The Viability of Advanced Welfare States in the International Economy” (10^th December 1999)

3.-› Joseph H. Weiler (professor of the Harvard Law School and co-director of the Harvard European Law Research Center), “From Cold War to Détente: Some Suggestions to Improve the (non) Dialogue between National Constitutional Courts and the European Court of Justice” (2^nd December 1999)

2.-› Geoffrey Evans (Professor and Fellow of the Nuffield College, Oxford University), “Northern Irish Voters and the British-Irish Agreement: Foundations of a Stable Consociational Settlement” (26^th November 1999)

1.-› Geoffrey Evans, “Explaining Ethnic Polarization Over Attitudes Towards Minority Rights in Eastern Europe: A Multilevel Analysis” (25^th November 1999)