Conference Announcement: Impact of Direct Democracy
- January 14 & 15, sponsored by the USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics, the Initiative and Referendum Institute at USC, the Center for the Study of Democracy at UC-Irvine, and the Southern California Law Review.
“The Impact of Direct Democracy” will bring together scholars in law and social sciences to discuss various aspect of the initiative and referendum process through interdisciplinary analysis. The two-day conference will be held on the UC-Irvine campus, Social Science Plaza B, Room 5206. The papers and commentaries presented on the second day will be published a spring issue of the Southern California Law Review. You can download the papers from our website:
http://lawweb.usc.edu/cslp/conferences/direct_democracy/directdemocracy_05.html
If you have any questions about the conference, feel free to contact Elizabeth Garrett at USC Law School or any of the other organizers, John Matsusaka of USC, Shaun Bowler of UC-Riverside, or Ami Glazer of UC-Irvine.
The following is the schedule of events — the conference will begin at 9:00 am on both days.
Friday, January 14th
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Theme I: Initiatives and Political Actors
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Chair Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside
Caroline Tolbert, Kent State University, Political Science Department
“The Impact of Direct Democracy on the Citizenry”
Fred Boehmke, University of Iowa
“The Impact of Direct Democracy on Interest Groups”
Daniel Smith, University of Florida, Political Science Department
“The Impact of Direct Democracy on Political Parties”
Theme II: Initiatives and Political Institutions
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Chair University of California, Irvine
Papers Shaun Bowler, UC Riverside and Todd Donovan, University of
Western Washington,
“The Impact of Direct Democracy on Legislative Elites”
John Matsusaka, University of Southern California
“The Impact of Direct Democracy on the Executive”
Theme III: Initiatives and State Governance
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Chair Matthew Beckman, University of California, Irvine
Russell Dalton, UC Irvine
“Direct Democracy as a Predictor of State Governance”
Amihai Glazer, UC Irvine and Anthony McGann, UC Irvine
“What Direct Democracy Teaches Us about Politics”
Saturday, January 15
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9:00 11:00 Session I
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Richard Hasen, Loyola Law School
“Rethinking the Unconstitutionality of Contribution and
Expenditure Limits in Ballot Measure Campaigns”
Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University, Dept. of Economics
“The Effectiveness of Money in Politics: Ballot Measures, Candidate
Elections, and Roll Call Votes”
Discussants Bruce Cain, UC Berkeley, Political Science Department
John De Figueiredo, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School
Bernard Grofman, UC Irvine, Political Science Department
Daniel Ortiz, University of Virginia Law School
Moderator Daniel Smith, University of Florida, Political Science
Department
11:15 12:15 Session II
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Clayton Gillette, New York University Law School
“Voting with Your Hands: Direct Democracy in
Annexation”
Discussants Jan Brueckner, UC Irvine, Department of Economics
William Fischel, Dartmouth College, Department of Economics
Moderator: Edward McCaffery, University of Southern California
Law School
12:15 1:45 Lunch
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Remarks M. Dane Waters, Founder and Chairman, Initiative and
Referendum Institute
“Legal Developments Affecting Initiatives and Referendums”
1:45 2:45 Session III
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Melissa Cully Anderson, UC Berkeley, Political Science Department,
and Nathaniel Persily, University of Pennsylvania Law School “Regulating
Democracy through Democracy: The Use of Direct Legislation in Election Law
Reform”
Discussants Jonathan Katz, Caltech, Division of the Humanities and
Social Science
Nolan McCarthy, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School
Moderator Caroline Tolbert, Kent State University, Political
Science Department
3:00 4:00 Session IV
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Mathew McCubbins, UC San Diego, Political Science Department, and
Thad Kousser, UC San Diego, Political Science Department
Discussants Elizabeth Garrett, University of Southern California Law School
Daniel Rodriguez, University of San Diego Law School
Moderator: Linda Cohen, UC Irvine, Department of Economics