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Ethnicity and Political Responsiveness in China
February 7, 2013
Speaker Bio: Greg Distelhorst is a Ph.D.
Making the Resource Curse Disappear: A re-examination of Haber and Menaldo’s “Do Natural Resources Fuel Authoritarianism"
January 26, 2012
Abstract: Haber and Menaldo (2011) claim there is little evidence that oil is harmful to democracy, and that previous studies to the contrary were corrupted by omitted variable bias.
Corruption in Food Delivery: When are Vulnerable Populations Most Affected?
January 24, 2012
Abstract: In developing countries, the efficacy of subsidized food delivery systems is particularly challenged by corruption that can disproportionately affect less powerful areas or less powerful...
The BP Oil Spill: Environmental Justice Implications
October 18, 2010
Join us for a discussion on human rights and environmental justice implications surrounding the BP oil spill from regulatory, litigation and conceptual perspectives.
Clean Trade vs. the Resource Curse
November 6, 2009
Profile Leif Wenar is Chair of Ethics at King's College London.
Prospects for a Regional Human Rights Court in Southeast Asia
November 4, 2009
Carolyn A. Mercado is a senior program officer with The Asia Foundation in the Philippines. In this position she manages the Law and Human Rights program.
Giving Farmers a Voice
October 15, 2009
Abstract Improving the productivity of small farmers is essential for economic development in most poor countries. Providing access to timely and relevant information could improve the...
Insurgency and Credible Commitment in Autocracies and Democracies
May 2, 2007
This talk will discuss the study of a new factor that makes civil war more likely: the inability of political actors to make credible promises to broad segments of society.
Is there a "Resource Curse"?: Mineral Wealth and Institutions in the Soviet Successor States
April 11, 2007
Political Science has very few "accepted truths." One of the most prominent is the claim that countries endowed with natural resources, particularly mineral wealth, are doomed to suffer from poor...
Three Years After the Rose Revolution: Democratic Reform and Regional Challenges
December 7, 2006
His Excellency Zurab Noghaideli assumed the prime ministerial position in Georgia in February 2005. He started his political career in the Green Party of Georgia in the 1990s.
Civil Liberty in Post-Communist Countries: Developments and Causes
May 10, 2006
The working title of his PHD project is Democracy besides Elections: An Exploration into the Development and Causes of Respect for Civil Liberties in Latin American and Post-Communist Countries....