2002/2004 - The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs ...

September 24
2003-04
“Democracy and Equality: In Theory and
In Practice,” Sidney Verba, Department of
Government, Harvard University.
October 22
“On the Choice of Forms of Government,”
Alberto Alesina, Department of
Economics, Harvard University.
November 12
“The Politics of the Governed,” Partha
Chatterjee, Department of Anthropology,
Columbia University.
February 11
“A Way of Thinking about Democracy,”
Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard Law
School.
March 17
April 21
“A Human Right to Democracy?” Josh
Cohen, Department of Linguistics and
Philosophy, MIT.
“Islam and the Cross-Cultural Possibility
of Democracy: Lessons from Indonesia
and Beyond,” Robert Hefner, Institute
on Religion and World Affairs, Boston
University.
poLItIcAL economY
Faculty discussion group on political
economy
During the 2002-03 academic year, the Faculty
Discussion Group on Political Economy, cosponsored
by the Center for Basic Research in
the Social Sciences, held an informal weekly
luncheon meeting on Tuesdays to discuss a
previously distributed paper on a wide range
of subjects related to political economy.
Papers were sent to approximately forty
faculty members from various Schools and
departments. A free-wheeling discussion of the
paper ensued among the faculty who attended.
research Workshop on political
economy
The Research Workshop on Political Economy
was a year-long graduate seminar in 2003-04
that aimed to encourage cross-disciplinary
research and excellence in graduate training.
Political economy is a research tradition
that explores how institutions affect political
and economic outcomes. The workshop
emphasized the development of dissertation
proposals and was a place where graduate
students could present their research to an
audience of committed and informed peers.
It was open to graduate students in the
Departments of Government, Economics,
and the Program in Political Economy and
Government. The workshop held both
internal and public seminars and meetings.
At the internal meetings, approximately ten
a semester, graduate students and faculty
presented their own work to one another.
At the public meetings, three or four a
semester, leading scholars were invited to
Harvard to present their work. Affiliates of
the Weatherhead Center were encouraged to
attend the public meetings. Faculty members
participating in this seminar were James Alt,
Robert Bates, Jeffry Frieden, Michael Hiscox,
Torben Iverson, and Kenneth Shepsle.
September 26
2003-04
“Trading Spaces: The Politics of Foreign
Direct Investment, 1960-2000,” Sonal
Pandya
Discussant: Michael Hiscox
October 3
“Capital Rules: The Domestic Politics of
International Regulatory Harmonization”
(Practice Job Talk) David Singer
October 10
“Optimal Roadmaps: The Design of
Successful Peace Agreements in Civil
Wars,” Gilles Serra
Discussant: Robert Bates
October 17
“Paper Autonomy, Privation Ambition:
Theory and Evidence Linking Central
Bankers’ Careers and Economic
Performance” (Practice Job Talk), Chris
Adolph
October 24
“Communication and Communication
Failure,” Tao Li
Discussant: Robert Bates
“A Formal Model of Identity,” Pete Leeson
Discussant: Kenneth Shepsle
October 31
“The Effect of Information on Voter
Turnout: Evidence from a Natural
Experiment,” David Dreyer Lassen
Discussant: Nicola Gennaoli
“A Comparison of NAFTA and Eastward
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