Comparative Citizen Politics Workshop, December 2008

Comparative Citizen Political Workshop
December 9, 2008
Ken Kitchen Committee Room, John Owens Building
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Conference Program [PDF]

Agenda

12:30-12:40
Introduction and Welcome, David Farrell (University of Manchester)

12:40-13:00
The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems: An Overview
Ian McAllister (Australian National University)

13:00-15:00
Session 1: Designing and Applying Comparative Datasets to Understand Citizen Political Behaviour

1. Making Electoral Democracy Work: Voters, Parties, and the Rules of the Game
   André Blais (University of Montreal) and Elisabeth Gidengil (McGill University)
2. Measuring the professionalization of political campaigning: Designing and implementing a new cross-national index
   Rachel Gibson (University of Manchester)
3. Micro-foundations of second-order elections theory: Theoretical reconstructions and an empirical test based on the 2004 European Elections Study Data
   Hermann Schmitt, Daniela Braun (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, MZES) and Alberto Sanz (Universita Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)
4. Modeling the effect of maximizing turnout on an election outcome or an election is about more than voting
   Richard Rose (University of Aberdeen) and Ulrich Kohler (WZB, Germany)

15:30-17:30
Session 2: Party Systems and Citizen Politics

1. The Problem of Party Convergence
   Jane Green (University of Manchester)
2. On the Margins or in the Mainstream? Testing Models of Extreme Right Party Support in Britain
   Matt Goodwin and Rob Ford (University of Manchester)

Evening
On the Margins or in the Mainstream? Testing Models of Extreme Right Party Support in Britain

CSES Module 3 Planning Committee Meeting
December 10-11, 2008
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Agenda

1. Module 3 Update
   • Recruitment
   • Data Processing and Dissemination Plan
2. Module 4 Transition
   • Review of Process and Calendar
   • Nominating Committee Outcome
   • Task Force Update
   • Plenary Sessions
   • First Module 4 Planning Committee Meeting
3. Funding and Collaborations
   • American National Science Foundation
   • GESIS – Liebnitz Institute for the Social Sciences
   • Regional Platforms Idea
4. Promotion and Publications
   • Coordinating on Panels and Papers
   • Report on the CSES Workshop at APSA 2008
   • Book Series Update
   • Website Ideas
   • New Brochure