CISSR SPOTLIGHT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Congratulations to CISSR Faculty Fellow, Michael Albertus, who with Victor Menaldo, has published a new book, Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy.

"Albertus and Menaldo offer an audacious set of claims supported with rigorous and rich comparative and historical research.  Democracy's success (or failure) depends not on the people but on the competition among elites. The origins of nearly all democracies are in elite bargains, renegotiations among elites are generally what sustain democracy, and the failure of elites to reach agreements is what dooms them.  Thus, it should be no surprise that inequality is generally part and parcel of democratic polities and that authoritarianism is often a short step away.  This exciting reinterpretation of the historical record offers a new perspective on the problems confronting contemporary governments.”   Professor Margaret Levi (Stanford University).

 
 
 
 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 
 
 
 

THIS WEEK

 
 
 

WEDNESDAY, June 6

CLAS

Kibri a Kulturu

Marcel Pinas

12:00pm - 1:00 pm

Kelly Hall, Room 114


 
 
 
 

AROUND TOWN & DOWN THE ROAD

 
 
 


SAVE THE DATE

 
 
 

June 5

Buffett Institute for Global Affairs 

Buffett Institute - End of the Year Party

 
 
 

October 12

Transparency & Replicability Standards Across the Social Sciences

Conversations about transparency and reproducibility of scientific research are taking place across academia. In the social sciences, some of these conversations are motivated by controversy, while others are driven by more mundane concerns about routine scientific practice and the nature of accumulating evidence. Regardless of the motivation, these conversations tend to take place within disciplinary enclaves or even narrower sub-fields.   Therefore, this conference will seek to help participants better understand the contours of these debates, the solutions under consideration, and the possible negative consequences of those solutions. The conference is designed to be: 1) interdisciplinary, 2) geared towards empirically oriented scholars working in the social sciences, broadly defined, and 3) methodologically inclusive (e.g., ethnographers, historians, quantitative scholars, etc.).

 
 
 
 
 

NEWS & RESEARCH ROUNDUP

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Kroszner Doesn't Expect Big Statement From G-7 Summit


Randall Kroszner, professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a former Federal Reserve governor, previews the Group of Seven summit. 


He speaks with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and David Westin on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg).  


Click here to view video.


 
 

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

 
 
  
 
  
 
 

President Nicolás Maduro greets international observers for the election at the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela         (Carlos Jasso/Reuters)

 
 

Latin America’s New Authoritarianism

Venezuela’s flawed election is the latest in a regional shift away from democracy.

                 By MICHAEL ALBERTUS                                                                  Published on May 21, 2018

"Despite Venezuela’s people starving and refugees pouring out of the country, President Nicolás Maduro will stay in office for now.  In a deeply flawed election marred by low voter turnout and opposition abstention, Maduro bested his opponents with nearly 70 percent of the vote. With his re-election, dictatorship is on the march in Latin America for the first time in a generation”.   

In this Op Ed, Michael Albertus, Assistant Professor of Political Science, discusses the fate of Latin American counties with the absence of a truly democratic election process.  Read more...

 
   
 
 

LETS GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO SUMMER!!!

NOTE:  CISSR DIGEST WILL BE BACK ON JULY 10TH

 
 
   
  
 
  
 
 
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