Fall 2014

David J. Vogel, Solomon P. Lee Chair in Business Ethics, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. David Vogel surveys the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in Europe and the United States over the last five decades...

Christopher Uggen, Distinguished McKnight Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Minnesota. Contemporary criminology offers compelling evidence that the distinction between “criminal” and “non-criminal” is largely a matter of time.Yet crime...

Christopher Wildeman, Associate Professor of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University. In this talk, I will advance three arguments: First, examining daily or yearly risks of experiencing confirmed maltreatment and foster care placement for...

Jonathan Rodden, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University. Rodden will present part of an ongoing book project that relates historical patterns of industrialization with contemporary patterns of representation in majoritarian democracies. The...

Christopher Berry, Associate Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago. One of the most robust empirical findings about direct democracy is that US states with the voter initiative tax and spend significantly less than states...