Public Opinion and Elections Workshop (Spring 2014)
Faculty co-chair (faculty advisor): Scott Mainwaring
Grad Student co-chair: Rodrigo Castro Cornejo
The field of comparative politics has recently witnessed a renewed interest in studies of public opinion and political behavior in Latin America. The objective of the working group is to take stock of the quickly emerging field and provide answers to questions such as what attributes influence vote choice? What are the social and attitudinal bases of support for political parties in Latin America? The primary focus of the workshop will be on Latin American voting behavior and the role of the parties and citizens’ attachments to them in structuring electoral competition, electoral choice, and long-term electoral change. We also will consider the influence that candidates, political issues, campaigns, and social group membership have on electoral behavior. In doing so, we will pay specific attention to cross-national variance in an effort to understand how public opinion is shaped and responds to elite competition. This is a central aspect of the study of democracy, which is at the core of the Kellogg Institute’s research agenda.
Faculty co-chair (faculty advisor): Scott Mainwaring
Grad Student co-chair: Rodrigo Castro Cornejo
The field of comparative politics has recently witnessed a renewed interest in studies of public opinion and political behavior in Latin America. The objective of the working group is to take stock of the quickly emerging field and provide answers to questions such as what attributes influence vote choice? What are the social and attitudinal bases of support for political parties in Latin America? The primary focus of the workshop will be on Latin American voting behavior and the role of the parties and citizens’ attachments to them in structuring electoral competition, electoral choice, and long-term electoral change. We also will consider the influence that candidates, political issues, campaigns, and social group membership have on electoral behavior. In doing so, we will pay specific attention to cross-national variance in an effort to understand how public opinion is shaped and responds to elite competition. This is a central aspect of the study of democracy, which is at the core of the Kellogg Institute’s research agenda.
Schedule Spring Semester 2014:
February, 13th:
"Left-Right Identifications and the Latin American Voter" (4pm, C103 Hesburgh Center).
Elizabeth Zechmeister, Associate Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University; Associate Director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP).
Discussant: Michael Coppedge, Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow, Professor of Political Science.
February 19th:
"Partisanship and Personalism: Party-Label Vote in Brazil (1994-2010)" (12:45pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Fernando Bizarro, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science, University of Notre Dame.
Discussant: Nara Pavão, Kellogg Graduate Research Affiliate, Political Science.
February 27th:
Mexico Week at ND
Panel "Democratization and Political Change in Mexico's Party System" (2:30pm, C103 Hesburgh Center).
March 5th:
"Skeletons Under the Altar: Negative Associations and Voting for Evangelicals in Latin America" (with the Mellon-ISLA Latino Politics Workshop, 3:30pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Taylor Boas, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University.
March 19th:
"Campaign Posters and Citizen-Politician Linkages in Chile and Mali" (12:45pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Jaimie Bleck, Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow and Ford Family Assistant Professor of Political Science, Pilar Giannini, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science and Nara Pavão, Kellogg Graduate Research Affiliate, Political Science.
Discussant: Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science.
March 21th:
"Race, Ethnicity and Public Goods Provision in Latin America: Why Democracies Discriminate Against Individuals with Indigenous Phenotypical Features" (with the Mexico Working Group. 12:30pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Guillermo Trejo, Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor of Political Science.
Discussant: Dianne Pinderhughes, Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow, Professor of Political Science and President’s Distinguished Professor in the Department of Africana Studies.
March 26th:
"Types of Corruption & the Punishment of Corrupt Politicians: Experimental Evidence from Argentina" 12:450pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Sandra Botero, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science; Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science; Laura Gamboa, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science; and Nara Pavão, Kellogg Graduate Research Affiliate, Political Science.
Discussant: Adam Auerbach, Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow, Political Science.
April 9th:
"Early Voting vs. Election Day Mobilization: Evidence From a Field Experiment in the U.S." (with the Democracy Working Group, 3:30pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science and Pilar Giannini, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science.
April 23th:
"Citizens' Views of Delegative Democracy: Argentina and Brazil in Comparative Perspective" (3:30pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Gabriela Ippolito-O’Donnell, Former Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow.
Discussant: Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science.
February, 13th:
"Left-Right Identifications and the Latin American Voter" (4pm, C103 Hesburgh Center).
Elizabeth Zechmeister, Associate Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University; Associate Director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP).
Discussant: Michael Coppedge, Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow, Professor of Political Science.
February 19th:
"Partisanship and Personalism: Party-Label Vote in Brazil (1994-2010)" (12:45pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Fernando Bizarro, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science, University of Notre Dame.
Discussant: Nara Pavão, Kellogg Graduate Research Affiliate, Political Science.
February 27th:
Mexico Week at ND
Panel "Democratization and Political Change in Mexico's Party System" (2:30pm, C103 Hesburgh Center).
- "Democratization and Party Change. The Case of Mexico's PRI", Joy Langston, Professor of Political Science, CIDE.
- "Electoral Politics and Mexico's New Party System", Ulises Beltrán, Pollster, Director of BGC Ulises Beltrán y Asocs and Affiliated Professor of Political Science, CIDE.
March 5th:
"Skeletons Under the Altar: Negative Associations and Voting for Evangelicals in Latin America" (with the Mellon-ISLA Latino Politics Workshop, 3:30pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Taylor Boas, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University.
March 19th:
"Campaign Posters and Citizen-Politician Linkages in Chile and Mali" (12:45pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Jaimie Bleck, Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow and Ford Family Assistant Professor of Political Science, Pilar Giannini, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science and Nara Pavão, Kellogg Graduate Research Affiliate, Political Science.
Discussant: Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science.
March 21th:
"Race, Ethnicity and Public Goods Provision in Latin America: Why Democracies Discriminate Against Individuals with Indigenous Phenotypical Features" (with the Mexico Working Group. 12:30pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Guillermo Trejo, Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor of Political Science.
Discussant: Dianne Pinderhughes, Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow, Professor of Political Science and President’s Distinguished Professor in the Department of Africana Studies.
March 26th:
"Types of Corruption & the Punishment of Corrupt Politicians: Experimental Evidence from Argentina" 12:450pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Sandra Botero, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science; Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science; Laura Gamboa, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science; and Nara Pavão, Kellogg Graduate Research Affiliate, Political Science.
Discussant: Adam Auerbach, Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow, Political Science.
April 9th:
"Early Voting vs. Election Day Mobilization: Evidence From a Field Experiment in the U.S." (with the Democracy Working Group, 3:30pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science and Pilar Giannini, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science.
April 23th:
"Citizens' Views of Delegative Democracy: Argentina and Brazil in Comparative Perspective" (3:30pm, C104/105 Hesburgh Center).
Gabriela Ippolito-O’Donnell, Former Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow.
Discussant: Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Kellogg PhD Fellow, Political Science.
