Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
2005 Plenary Session

August 30-31, 2005
Washington DC, United States

We are very grateful to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the University of Michigan for their sponsorship of the conference.


Participants

Meeting Room

Tour

Tour of Capitol

Agenda

Tuesday August 30, 2005

Meeting Location: Hilton Washington, Monroe Room

08:00 - 09:00Introduction, by Ian McAllister
09:05 - 09:20Welcome, by Frank Scioli
09:20 - 10:15Project Updates, by Ian McAllister and David Howell


10:30 - 12:00Presentation of Module 3 stimulus paper and Module 3 draft questionnaire,
by Hermann Schmitt and Bernhard Weßels


13:30 - 15:00Research Presentations, chaired by Kenneth Scheve
  • Individual and Institutional Origins of Partisanship, Ted Brader and Joshua A. Tucker
  • Welfare to Vote: The Effect of Government Spending on Turnout, Sara Binzer Hobolt and Robert Klemmensen
  • How Diffusion of Power in Parliaments Affects Voter Choice, Orit Kedar
  • The Political Representation of the Poor, Karen Long Jusko
  • Radical Right: Parties and Voters in the Electoral Marketplace, Pippa Norris


  • 15:15 - 16:45Discussion of Module 3 draft questionnaire, led by Hermann Schmitt and Bernhard Weßels
    16:45 - 17:00Summary of day and action items, by Ian McAllister

    Wednesday August 31, 2005

    Meeting Location: Hilton Washington, Monroe Room

    08:00 - 09:00Funding discussion, led by Ian McAllister
    10:00 - 10:45Presentation of Macro Data Subcommittee results, by Michal Shamir


    11:00 - 11:45Discussion of Macro Data, led by Michal Shamir
    11:45 - 12:00Summary of day and action items, by Hans-Dieter Klingemann


    13:30 - 15:00Research Presentations, chaired by Jacques Thomassen
  • Political Choice in Britain: The 2005 BES, Harold Clarke, David Sanders, Marianne Stewart, and Paul Whiteley
  • Estimating the Effect of Elite Communications on Public Opinion Using Instrumental Variables, Kenneth Scheve and Matthew Gabel
  • Emerging Issues in the Indian Democratic Process: What did the 2005 verdict mean?, Sandeep Shastri


  • Participants List

    In alphabetical order by surname.
    Contact information shown is current as of the CSES Plenary Session in August of 2005.

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    Kees Aarts
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    School of Business, Public Administration and Technology,
    University of Twente
    P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
    +31 - 53 489 3251
    +31 - 53 489 4732
    kees.aarts@utwente.nl
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    John Aldrich
    Professor
    Duke University
    Department of Political Science, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0204, United States
    919-660-4346
    919-660-4330
    aldrich@duke.edu
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    Gabriel Badescu
    Associate Professor
    Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences
    Babes-Bolyai University, Str. G-ral Traian Mosoiu 71, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    +40 - 264 431505
    +40 - 264 431505
    badescu@msu.edu
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    Ulises Beltrán
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    Associate Professor, División de Estudios Políticos,
    CIDE (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica)
    Carretera México-Toluca 3655, Col. Lomas de Santa Fe,
    México, D.F. 11850, Mexico
    +525 - 211 3044
    +525 - 256 0510
    ulises.beltran@cide.edu
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    André Blais
    Professor
    Département de Science Politique, Université de Montréal
    3150, rue Jean-Brillant, bureau C-4040, C.P. 6128,
    Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7, Canada
    +1 - 514 343 7349
    +1 - 514 343 2360
    andre.blais@umontreal.ca
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    Ted Brader
    Assistant Professor of Political Science
    Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
    426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48106, United States
    734-936-1777
    734-764-3341
    tbrader@umich.edu
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    Agustin Canzani
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    Equipos Consultores Associados
    Blvd. Artigas No. 1098, Montevideo 11300, Uruguay
    5982-708-6599
    5982-708-6599
    acanzani@equipos.com.uy
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    Yun-Han Chu
    Professor
    Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica
    128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nan Kang, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
    +886 - 2 27899939 ext. 20
    +886 - 2 27832610
    yunhan@gate.sinica.edu.tw
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    Harold D. Clarke
    Professor
    School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
    Richardson, Texas 75083, United States
    972-883-4891
    972-883-6878
    hclarke@utdallas.edu
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    Russell Dalton
    Professor
    Department of Political Science
    5279 Social Sciences Plaza B, University of California, Irvine,
    Irvine, CA 92697-5100; United States
    (949) 824-6569
    (949) 824-8762
    rdalton@uci.edu
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    Thanassis Diamantopoulos
    Professor
    Panteion University of Social and Political Science, Department of International and European Studies
    Syngrou Avenue 136, 176 71 Athens, Greece
    +30210 9220100, +30210 9218401, +30210 9201013
    +30210 9223690, +30210 9223683
    thandiam@panteion.gr
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    Jørgen Elklit
    Professor
    Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus
    DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
    + 45 8942 1259
    + 45 8613 98 39
    elklit@ps.au.dk
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    André Freire
    Assistant Professor
    ISCTE, Higher Institute of Social Sciences and Business Studies; and ICS-UL, Social Sciences Research Institute, University of Lisbon
    Av.ª das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
    +351 - 21 780 4700
    +351 - 21 794 0274
    andre.freire@iscte.pt
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    Matt Golder
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Political Science, Florida State University
    531 Bellamy Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306, United States
    850-668-2692
    850-644-1367
    mgolder@fsu.edu
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    Christian W. Haerpfer
    Professor
    Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
    One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue., NW, Washington, D.C. 20004-3027, United States
    202-691-4063
    202-691-4001
    c.w.haerpfer@abdn.ac.uk
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    Ólafur Þ. Harðarson
    Professor
    University of Iceland, Faculty of Social Science
    101 Reykjavik, Iceland
    +354 - 525 4514
    +354 - 552 6806
    othh@hi.is
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    Allen Hicken
    Asst. Professor
    University of Michigan
    Department of Political Science; 5700 Haven Hall; 505 S. State St.; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1045, United States
    734-615-9105
    734-764-3522
    ahicken@umich.edu
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    Sara Binzer Hobolt
    Post-Doctoral Fellow in Quantitative Methods
    University of Oxford
    Department of Politics and International Relations, Manor Road. Oxford, OX1 3UQ. United Kingdom
    +44 1865 278707

    sara.hobolt@politics.ox.ac.uk
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    Sören Holmberg
    Professor
    Statsvetenskapliga Institutionen, Department of Political Science,
    Göteborg University
    P.O. Box 711, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
    +46 - 31 773 1227
    +46 - 31 773 4599
    Soren.Holmberg@pol.gu.se
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    David A. Howell
    Director of Studies
    CSES Secretariat, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
    Institute for Social Research Room 4118, 426 Thompson St.,
    Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2321, United States.
    +1 - 734 936 1774
    +1 - 734 764 3341
    dahowell@isr.umich.edu
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    Chi Huang
    Professor
    Department of Political Science, National Chung Cheng University
    160 San-Hsing, Ming-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 621, Taiwan
    +886 - 5 272 0411 ext. 32601
    +886 - 5 272 1195
    polch@ccu.edu.tw
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    Ken'ichi Ikeda
    Professor
    Department of Social Psychology, The University of Toyko
    Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    81-3-5841-3868
    81-3-3815-6673
    ikeken@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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    Altin Ilirjani
    MR
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Albanian Political Science Association
    361 Hamilton Hall, CB#3265, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
    919-360-8588

    altin@unc.edu
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    Orit Kedar
    Assistant Professor
    University of Michigan
    ISR, 426 Ann St., Ann Arbor MI, 48106, United States
    734.936.2774

    oritk@umich.edu
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    Hans-Dieter Klingemann
    Prof. Dr.
    Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
    Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785 Berlin, Germany
    +49 - 30 25491 320
    +49 - 30 25491 345
    Klingem@wz-berlin.de
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    Polina Kozyreva
    Head of Department
    Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences
    ul. Krzhyzhanovskogo 24/35, korp. 5, rm. 406, Moscow 117218, Russia
    +011 - 7 095 125 8088
    +011 - 7 095 719 0261
    paulina@sovam.com
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    Romain Lachat
    Dr.
    Swiss Electoral Studies (Selects), Institute for Political Science, University of Zurich
    Seilergraben 53, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
    +41 - 44 634 4013
    +41 - 44 634 4360
    lachat@pwi.unizh.ch
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    Marta Lagos
    Professor
    Latinobarómetro, Opinión Pública Latinoamericana
    Orrego Luco 130, Providencia Santiago, Chile
    +562 - 334 4544
    +562 - 334 6970
    mlagos@latinobarometro.org
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    Karen Long Jusko

    University of Michigan
    48 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton NJ 08540, United States
    609-430-0098

    kjlong@umich.edu
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    Arthur Lupia
    Professor
    Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
    ISR Room 4252, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2321, United States
    734-647-7549
    734-764-3341
    lupia@umich.edu
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    Radoslaw Markowski
    Professor
    Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
    ul. Polna 18/20, 00-625 Warszawa, Poland
    +48 - 22 825 5221
    +48 - 22 825 2146
    markowski@isppan.waw.pl
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    Michael Marsh
    Professor
    Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin
    1 College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
    +353 - 1 608 1070
    +353 - 1 677 0546
    mmarsh@tcd.ie
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    Ian McAllister
    Professor
    Director, Research School of Social Sciences
    Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
    +61 (0)2 6125 2340
    +61 (0)2 6125 0502
    ian.mcallister@anu.edu.au
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    Pippa Norris
    Professor
    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
    Cambridge MA 02138, United States
    +1 - 617 495 1475
    +1 - 617 496 2850
    pippa_norris@harvard.edu
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    Keiko Ono
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma
    455 West Lindsey Street, Room 205
    Norman, Oklahoma 73019-2001, United States
    (405) 325-2061
    (405) 325-0718
    onok@ou.edu
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    Heikki Paloheimo
    Professor
    Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Tampere
    30014 Tampere, Finland
    +358 3 3551 6412
    +358 3 3551 6552
    heikki.paloheimo@uta.fi
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    Catalina Romero
    Professor
    Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
    Apartado 1761, Lima 100, Peru
    511 626 2000 Extension 4323
    511 471 9699
    jromero@pucp.edu.pe
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    David Rueda
    University Lecturer and Fellow
    Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
    Merton College, Oxford OX1 4JD, United Kingdom
    +44 - 1865 276323
    +44 1865 278725
    david.rueda@politics.ox.ac.uk
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    Hans Schadee
    Associate Professor
    Dipartimento id Psicologia Ateneo Milano Bicocca
    Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1 I-20126 Milano, Italy
    +39 02 644486729
    +39 02 64486705
    hans.schadee@unimib.it
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    Kenneth Scheve
    Associate Professor of Public Policy
    University of Michigan
    412 Lorch Hall, 611 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220, United States
    +1 734 763-5664
    +1 734 763-9181
    scheve@umich.edu
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    Hermann Schmitt
    PD Dr.
    Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES)
    Universität Mannheim, D-68131 Mannheim, Germany
    +49 - 621 181 2881
    +49 - 621 181 2880
    hermann.schmitt@mzes.uni-mannheim.de
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    Frank P. Scioli
    Political Science Program Director
    American National Science Foundation
    4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 995, Arlington, VA 22230, United States
    (703) 292-8762
    (703) 292-9068
    fscioli@nsf.gov
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    Michal Shamir
    Professor
    Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University
    Ramat-Aviv, Tel Aviv 69 978, Israel
    +972 - 3 640 9574
    +972 - 3 640 9515
    m3600@post.tau.ac.il
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    Sandeep Shastri
    Professor and Dean of Research and Social Science
    International Academy for Creative Teaching,
    MATS University, Bangalore
    52, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, India
    +91 - 80 3545246
    +91 - 80 3545247
    sshastri@eth.net
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    W. Phillips Shively
    Professor
    Political Science Department, University of Minnesota
    Dept. of Political Science, 1414 Social Sciences, University of Minnesota,
    Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
    (612) 624-4395
    (612) 626-7599
    shively@polisci.umn.edu
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    Marc Swyngedouw
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    Institute of Social and Political Opinion Research (ISPO) K.U.Leuven
    Van Evenstraat 2B, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
    +32-(0)16-32.31.59
    +32-(0)16-32.33.65
    marc.swyngedouw@soc.kuleuven.be
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    Jacques Thomassen
    Professor
    Department of Political Science, University of Twente
    P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
    +31 - 53 489 3225
    +31 - 53 489 4734
    J.J.A.Thomassen@utwente.nl
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    Jack Vowles
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    Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland
    Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
    +64 - 9 373 7599 ext. 88644
    +64 - 9 373 7449
    j.vowles@auckland.ac.nz
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    Friedrich Welsch
    Professor
    Universidad Simon Bolivar
    Apartado 61.728, Caracas 1060, Venezuela
    58 212 2843305
    58 212 2865906
    welsch@cantv.net
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    Bernhard Weßels
    Prof. Dr.
    Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
    Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785 Berlin, Germany
    +49 - 30 25491 315
    +49 - 30 25491 345
    wessels@wzb.eu
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    Masahiro Yamada
    Professor
    Kwansei Gakuin University
    1-155 Uegahara Ichibancho, Nishinomiya Hyogo JAPAN, ZIP Code 662-8501
    +81-798-54-6415
    +81-798-54-6415
    myamada@kwansei.ac.jp

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