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Political influence of public protest
In this episode of the PS You’re Interesting podcast, Jeff Jenkins and LaGina Gause, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego, discuss the pro-democracy (small d) results of her study on legislative responsiveness to collective action by marginalized groups.
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PIPE* Workshop: Ben Graham, USC
Ben Graham is an assistant professor at USC’s School of International Relations. Ben discussed his paper, Network Ties and the Political Strategies of Firms, co-written with Cesi Cruz. Abstract: Social ties are critical to firms’ ability to achieve influence over government policy, and it is widely accepted that better-connected firms achieve more influence. However, it is little understood how different…
Planning for AuthentiCITIES
The world around us never stops changing, growing, evolving … how can planners take up the challenge of authenticity? Host Lisa Schweitzer talks with editors Brettany Shannon and Laura Tate of the new book Planning for AuthentiCITIES about the challenge and how to move toward inclusive and democratic communities.
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Creativity, Energy, & Experimentation with Ben Newman
Jeff Jenkins and Benjamin Newman, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the UC Riverside, discuss creativity and experimentation in political science.
P.S. You’re Interesting
Following in the footsteps of Anthony W. Orlando and our love of Our American Discourse, we’ve designed this new podcast series to discuss new research in Political Science. Hopefully, we’ll be doing this in a way that brings research to life. Host Jeffery A. Jenkins hopes to share innovations and implications of research, through conversation and interviews with invited guests.
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PIPE* Workshop: LaGina Gause, UCSD
LaGina Gause discussed her research paper, The Advantage of Disadvantage: Protests, Resources, and Legislative Behavior.
Democrats focusing on small donations as campaign tactic
Down Girl
Host Lisa Schweitzer, joined by Jennifer Bravo (MPP ’06), Stacy Patterson (EML ’12), and David Sloane to delve into conversation about the book and how we all play a part in the continuity of the patriarchy. How men and women, all of us, contribute to the policing of women in the form of misogyny.
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A wealthy teen was cleared in a South L.A. killing. Critics say his race and privilege helped him win
Los Angeles Times quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on a wealthy teen who was acquitted in a South L.A. killing.
Unsavory pork & decentralization
by Pamela Clouser McCann
We ask the question: what are the conditions under which legislators would vote against fiscal transfers to their states? We argue that members of Congress, who care about the ability to claim credit and show their constituents they are fighting for their interests, think carefully about their intergovernmental context and the fact that executive branch agencies disseminate federal dollars and implement federal programs.