Comparative Politics Workshop Series The series brings in scholars to present works in progress and is run as a workshop, meaning that presentations are limited to 15 minutes in order to maximize discussion of the work. Workshop participants read the papers ahead of time. Discussants are typically department graduate students in comparative politics. Schedule 2007/8 Academic Year • Oct. 22: Michael Hechter, Arizona State—“Alien Rule”; David Siroky, discussant; 201 Flowers • Nov. 5: Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford—“The Comparative Logic of Autocratic Survival”; 201 Flowers • Nov. 19: Erik Wibbels, Duke—“Natural Resources, Development and Democracy: The Quest for Mechanisms”; 201 Flowers • Nov. 28: Phillip Rehm—“Social Policy by Popular Demand”; Breedlove Room; Practice job talk • Dec. 3: Guillermo Trejo, Duke—Title TBA; Breedlove Room • Jan. 14: Ken Greene, UT-Austin; Flowers 201 • Jan. 28: Orit Kedar, MIT—Title TBA, Lenka Siroky, discussant; Flowers 201 • Feb. 11: Herbert Kitschelt, Duke—“Constructing of an Original Data Set”; Flowers 201 • Feb. 25: Gretchen Helmke, Rochester—Title TBA; Flowers 201 • Mar. 3: David Rueda, Oxford; Breedlove Room • Mar. 17: Jonathan Rodden, Stanford—Title TBA; Breedlove Room • Mar. 31: Pablo Beramendi—Title TBA; Breedlove Room • Apr. 3: Margaret Levi—Title TBA • Apr. 14: David Siroky—Title TBA; Flowers 201