Before the end of their fourth semester of study at Columbia, all
students qualifying for the M.Phil. degree must present a completed
research paper in an open departmental forum. The forum, which has come
to be known as "Mini-APSA," takes place at the end of each spring
semester. The 2009 Mini-APSA is scheduled for Friday, May 1.
Papers will be published here in
Adobe Acrobat format as they become available. To view a paper, click on the title.
Mini-APSA
Friday, May 1, 2009
Session One, 9:00 am - 11:-00 am
Panel One: Political Networks
Room 711 IAB
Chair: Professor Alfred Stepan
Discussants: Professors Macartan Humphreys and Alfred Stepan
Emily Bech: "From Blowback to Incorporation: The Muslim Boomerang as a Catalyst for European Domestic Engagement"
Neelanjan Sircar: "Characterizing Networks"
Panel Two: Political Economy
Room 707 IAB
Chair: Professor Timothy Frye
Discussants: Professors Timothy Frye and Kay Shimizu
Martin Ardanaz: "Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Inequalities"
Israel Marques: "Who Wants to Level the Field? Autocracy, Democracy and Redistribution"
Peter Van der Windt: "Price Fluctuations of Oil and the Onset of Civil War"
Leanne Tyler: "Regime Change in Authoritarian States: Assessing the Impact of Economic Crises on Political Liberalization"
Session Two, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Panel One: Aliances, War and Trade
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