Abstract: Bureaucratic influence in policymaking is often described as occurring subsequent to the legislative process. Moreover, a literature argues that the legislative branch strategically constrains the bureaucracy via statutory language. A reality which...
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"The Gender Gap in the Past" Dawn Teele, University of Pennsylvania.
Abstract: How does electoral reform influence the fortunes of political parties? This paper examines the effect of introducing female voters in five of the first countries to enfranchise women -- Norway, Sweden, Canada, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Drawing on historical tracts and theories of the political economy of the household, we argue that high female labor force participation and...
CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Political Analytics Conference 2018
Political analyses are as important as ever, yet the national conversation about politics leaves much to be desired. Now in its third year, the Political Analytics Conference is a one-...
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St.
Please join us for a post-election discussion with Bill Kristol and William Galston on Thursday, Nov. 8. In this, their fourteenth biennial debate, Kristol and Galston will be examining the results of the 2018 mid-terms, offering the perspectives of two political philosophers who are participants and shrewd observers, both of them experts gifted with what might be called partisan objectivity.
Prof. Harvey Mansfield will moderate.
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required....
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA 02138
Unelected Power: A Book Presentation and Discussion with Sir Paul Tucker
Pervasive reliance on technocratic government risks moving us all towards undemocratic liberalism, and a popular backlash. Among technocrats, few reach further than central bankers, who emerged from the financial crisis as a third great pillar of unelected power alongside the judiciary and the military. In his new book ...
The Program on Constitutional Government (PCG) Lunchtime Seminar welcomes Edward Conard for a talk on "What Free Market Conservatives Can Learn from Populism."
PCG Seminars are open to the public but RSVP is required. RSVP to pcg@gov.harvard.edu.
The Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University is directed by Prof. Harvey Mansfield.
