Theme Panels

Theme Panel: The ‘Anxieties of Democracy’: Diagnoses and Prescriptions Thu, September 1, 4:00 to 5:30pm Widespread anxieties about the capacity of democracies to solve important problems in the public interest are at last receiving attention […]

Theme Panel: Cyber and Conflict: Transformative Change or Status Quo Dynamics? Fri, September 2, 8:00 to 9:30am Over the last twenty years, cyber technologies have emerged in modern warfare, introducing significant uncertainty about capabilities, intentions, […]

Theme Panel: 20 Years after Welfare Reform Thu, September 1, 8:00 to 9:30am On August 22, 1996, President Clinton signed the historic welfare reform bill into law. For 20 years, people have debated the wisdom […]

Theme Panel: The Slow Pace of Big Transformations in International Relations Thu, September 1, 4:00 to 5:30pm Transformations in structures of international cooperation are commonly understood to be the result of historical junctures such as […]

Theme Panel: The 2015 Terror Attacks in Paris and the French Response Sun, September 4, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM Place: Loews, Commonwealth D One of the Great Transformations of our time has been the changing […]

Theme Panel: Theory Meets Crisis: What does the Eurocrisis Say to Comparative Politics? Sat, September 3, 10:00 to 11:30am This panel invites leading scholars in comparative political economy to reflect on the theoretical fallout of […]

Theme Panel: Gender Transformations Fri, September 2, 8:00 to 9:30am The last century witnessed great gender transformations, that is, fundamental changes in gender roles, relations, and identities. Such trends include women’s increased presence in the […]

Theme Panel: Elections, Parties, and Institutions in Africa Fri, September 2, 4:00 to 5:30pm The institutional consequences of sub-Saharan Africa’s democratization remain in doubt. While nearly all countries in region have adopted democratic constitutions, recent […]