Author: jdubrow2000
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Political Inequality of Women in Ukraine: Conservatism and Enduring Stereotypes
by Nika Palaguta, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences This research was funded by the Preludium grant of the National Science Centre, Poland [Narodowe Centrum Nauki]. Project number: 2017/25/N/HS6/01174. Project Name: Influence of party ideology and characteristics of parliamentarians on legislative actions on war, corruption and inequality in Ukraine [Wpływ ideologii partii…
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How Political Voice Fares in an Age of Rising Inequality: Frederick Solt’s Research on Economic Inequality and Democracy
Political Voice and Economic Inequality The basics of modern life — job, education, and income — can shape our interest in politics, our desire to discuss politics with others, and our decision to vote. In the parlance of social science, occupation and socioeconomic status may impact “political engagement,” otherwise known as political voice. We politically…
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Workshop: Women’s Political Inequality in Poland and Ukraine
We announce the workshop, “Women’s Political Inequality in Poland and Ukraine: Theory Statements and Empirical Research,” on April 23, 2019 at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN), Warsaw, Poland (Pałac Staszica, Nowy Świat 72, Warsaw, Room 154). This one-day workshop brings together scholars of Poland and Ukraine on women’s…
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Interview with Renira Angeles on Politics, Inequality, and Executive Pay
Renira C. Angeles, who recently received her PhD in Political Science from Central European University (CEU), Hungary, has presented a paper co-authored with Achim Kemmerling, University of Erfurt, Germany, “How Redistributive Institutions Affect Pay Inequality and Heterogeneity among Top Managers,” at the Politics and Inequality conference held December 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. Dr. Angeles applies…
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Interview with Catherine Bolzendahl on Women’s Political Empowerment Worldwide
Catherine Bolzendahl, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology of the University of California-Irvine, recently delivered the keynote speech, “Women’s Political Empowerment: A Path toward Progress in Uncertain Times,” at the Politics and Inequality conference held December 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. Catherine Bolzendahl’s interests are in political change cross-nationally and over time, as well as…
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Interview with Piotr Zagorski on Education and Support for Right-wing Populist Parties in Central and Eastern Europe
Piotr Zagorski and Andrés Santana, of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, recently presented their paper, “Voice or Exit: Education, Support for Right-wing Populist Parties, and Abstention in Central and Eastern Europe,” at the Politics and Inequality conference held December 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. Piotr Zagórski is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Faculty of…
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Interview with Gwangeun Choi on Economic and Political Inequality in Cross-national Perspective
Gwangeun Choi presented the paper, “The Link between Economic and Political Inequality in Cross-National Perspective” at the Politics and Inequality conference held in Warsaw, Poland in December 2018. Dr. Choi recently received a PhD in Government at the University of Essex in the UK. His research interests are in the areas of democracy, quality of…
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Interview with Constantin Manuel Bosancianu on Party–Voter Ideological Congruence and Socioeconomic Biases in Representation
Constantin Manuel Bosancianu, of WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany, presented the paper, “Party–Voter Ideological Congruence and Socio-Economic Biases in Representation: OECD over the Past 5 Decades” at the Politics and Inequality conference held in Warsaw, Poland in December 2018. Constantin Manuel Bosancianu is a postdoctoral researcher in the “Institutions and Political Inequality” unit at…
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Interview with Jan Falkowski on Political Power and Land Inequality in Poland
Jan Falkowski, of the University of Warsaw, Poland, recently presented a paper, “Do Political and Economic Inequalities Go Together? Mayors’ Turnover, Elite Families and the Distribution of Agricultural Land” at the Politics and Inequality conference held in Warsaw, Poland. Jan Falkowski is an Assistant Professor with the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Chair…
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Interview with Katerina Vrablikova on Economic Hardship, Politicization and Protest
Katerina Vrablikova, of the University of Bath, UK, recently presented a paper, “Economic Hardship, Politicization and Protest in Western Democracies,” at the Politics and Inequality conference held in Warsaw, Poland. Since Fall 2018, Kateřina Vráblíková has been a senior lecturer in Politics at the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of…
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Report on the Politics and Inequality Conference in Warsaw December 2018
Download a PDF of the report here: Politics and Inequality Conference in Warsaw, Poland Report December 2018 The international conference, “Politics and Inequality across Nations and Time: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches,” was held at IFiS PAN, December 12 – 14, 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. The event is part of the research project, “Political Voice and…
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Politics and Inequality Conference: Program and Abstracts
We are pleased to present the final program and the titles and abstracts for the conference, “Politics and Inequality across Nations and Time: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches,” December 12 – 14, 2018, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 72 Nowy Swiat, Warsaw, Poland Politics and Inequality Conference in Warsaw December 2018: PROGRAM…
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Catherine Bolzendahl to Deliver a Keynote Speech at Politics and Inequality Conference in Warsaw
Catherine Bolzendahl ( @C_Bolzendahl ) of the University of California – Irvine will deliver a keynote speech at the conference, “Politics and Inequality across Nations and Time: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches,” at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, December 12 – 14, 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. Professor Bolzendahl’s keynote title: “Women’s…
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Frederick Solt to Deliver a Keynote Speech at Politics and Inequality Conference in Warsaw
Frederick Solt ( @fredericksolt ) of the University of Iowa will deliver a keynote speech at the conference, “Politics and Inequality across Nations and Time: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches,” at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, December 12 – 14, 2018 in Warsaw, Poland. Professor Solt’s keynote title at the political…
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Political Voice and Economic Inequality Conference in Warsaw, Poland
The research project, “Political Voice and Economic Inequality across Nations and Time,” funded by Poland’s National Science Centre, is organizing its first event. Politics and Inequality Conference PRELIMINARY Program The interdisciplinary conference, “Politics and Inequality across Nations and Time: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches,” will be held at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy…
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