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Thinking About Politics: A Conference Dedicated to Explaining and Perpetuating the Political Insights of James Q. Wilson, Harvard University and Boston College, April 4-5, 2013.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Harvard University, CGIS-South, Belfer Case Study Room, S020
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Welcome and Introduction
R. Shep Melnick, Boston College
Panel 1: Parties and Organized Interests
Marc K. Landy, Boston College, Political Parties, Then and Now
Martin A. Shefter, Cornell University, Political Polarization in America Today
Steven M. Teles, Johns Hopkins University, Organizational Maintenance, the Funder-Grantee Nexus, and the Trajectory of American Political Development
Discussants:
David R. Mayhew, Yale University (chair), Comment
James W. Ceaser, University of Virginia
McGee Young, Marquette University
About PCG at Harvard
The Program on Constitutional Government is associated with the Center for American Political Studies in the Department of Government at Harvard University. It was founded in 1985 by Harvey Mansfield and William Kristol, and guided since then by Mansfield and R. Shep Melnick of Boston College. The Program promotes the study of the U.S. Constitution and its principles, combining the fields of political theory and American government. It brings visiting professors to Harvard, invites guest speakers, and supports postdoctoral fellowships. It seeks to improve the access of Harvard students to political debate by ensuring that the principle of diversity is not confined to favored classes of Americans but extended to political opinion—since it is the interest of all that both sides be heard.
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Thinking About Politics: A Conference Dedicated to Explaining and Perpetuating the Political Insights of James Q. Wilson, Harvard University and Boston College, April 4-5, 2013.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Harvard University, CGIS-South, Belfer Case Study Room, S020
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Welcome and Introduction
R. Shep Melnick, Boston College
Panel 1: Parties and Organized Interests
Marc K. Landy, Boston College, Political Parties, Then and Now
Martin A. Shefter, Cornell University, Political Polarization in America Today
Steven M. Teles, Johns Hopkins University, Organizational Maintenance, the Funder-Grantee Nexus, and the Trajectory of American Political Development
Discussants:
David R. Mayhew, Yale University (chair), Comment
James W. Ceaser, University of Virginia
McGee Young, Marquette University
About PCG at Harvard
The Program on Constitutional Government is associated with the Center for American Political Studies in the Department of Government at Harvard University. It was founded in 1985 by Harvey Mansfield and William Kristol, and guided since then by Mansfield and R. Shep Melnick of Boston College. The Program promotes the study of the U.S. Constitution and its principles, combining the fields of political theory and American government. It brings visiting professors to Harvard, invites guest speakers, and supports postdoctoral fellowships. It seeks to improve the access of Harvard students to political debate by ensuring that the principle of diversity is not confined to favored classes of Americans but extended to political opinion—since it is the interest of all that both sides be heard.
Visit harveymansfield.org for additional videos and related material.
