Unequal Democracies Workshop November 4-5, 2021
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November 4, 2021 : Uni Mail, Room 2150 / Zoom
9:00-9:15 Welcome
9:15-10:45 Panel #1
Michael Becher and Daniel Stegmueller, "Organized Interests and the Mechanisms Behind Unequal Representation in Legislatures"
Ruben Mathisen and Yvette Peters, “Political participation and unequal representation: addressing the endogeneity problem”
Discussant: Elisa Volpi
10:45-11:15 Break
11:15-12:45 Panel #2
Ruben Mathisen, Wouter Schakel, Svenja Hense, Lea Elsässer, Mikael Persson and Jonas Pontusson, “Unequal Responsiveness and Government Partisanship in Northwest Europe”
Ruben Mathisen, “Taxing the 1 Percent: Public Opinion vs. Public Policy.”
Discussant: Brian Burgoon
12:45-14:00 Break
14:00-15:30 Panel #3
Max Joosten and Wouter Schakel, “Who Influences Whom? Inequality in the Mutual Responsiveness Between Voters and Elites”
Mikael Persson and Anders Sundell, “The Representation Deficit”
Discussant: Nadja Mosimann
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:30 Panel #4
Jérémie Poltier, “Channels of business influence: the multidimensionality of economic preferences in export-led Switzerland”
Jan Rosset and Jonas Pontusson, “Inequality, Policy Preferences and Policy Responsiveness in Western Europe 2008-19”
Discussant : Jane Gingerich
November 5, 2021 : Uni Mail, Room 4220 / Zoom
9:00-10:30 Panel #1
Nick Carnes and Noam Lupu, “Working-Class Officeholding in the OECD”
Ari Ray, “When identity trumps class: Gender-quotas and class representation in Italian politics”
Discussant : Davy-Kim Lascombes
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Panel #2
Mikael Persson, Wouter Schakel and Anders Sundell, "The Policy Representation of Women and Men in Comparative Perspective"
Elif Kayran and Anna-Lena Nadler, "Alien Enfranchisement and External Political Efficacy in Diverse Democracies"
Discussant : Juliana Chueri
12:30-13:30 Break
13:30-15:00 Panel #3
Macarena Ares and Silja Häusermann, “Class and social policy representation”
Line Rennwald and Jonas Pontusson, “Social Class, Union Power and Perceptions of Political Voice: Liberal Democracies 1974-2016”
Discussant : Nathalie Giger
15:00-16:00 Wrap-up