This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud grdec contributed a whooping 50 entries.
Rob Johns (University of Essex) 28th november 2017, 13:00h, Sala de Juntes de la Facultat de Ciència Política i Sociologia de la UAB Conventional wisdom, part 1: the status quo wins referendums. So, even if tempted to take the constitutional plunge, voters usually opt in the end for the safety of existing arrangements. Conventional wisdom, part 2: “it’s the […]
Berta Barbet (Universitat Autònoma Barcelona) 14st november 2017, 13:00h, Sala de Juntes de la Facultat de Ciència Política i Sociologia de la UAB Reports on the issues of the political debate between parties show that there has been a change on the issues discussed in Spain from 2011 to 2015. However, the extent to which these issues have changed […]
Enrique Hernández (Universitat Autònoma Barcelona) 31st october 2017, 13:00h, seminari B de la Facultat de Ciència Política i Sociologia de la UAB Adhering to high ethical standards and being morally upright might sometimes be incompatible with governing effectively. In some situations, politicians must decide between adopting a utilitarian decision (a decision that, even if it contravenes […]
Roberto Pannico will defend his Ph.D. thesis “Party cues and Citizen’s Attitudes” with Alex Kuo, Mariano Torcal and Marta Fraile Friday 29th Septembre, 11h. Seu de l’ICPS, carrer Mallorca 244
Marta Fraile (European University Insisute i CSIC) 28th septembre 2017, 10:3’h, ICPS (Carrer Mallorca 244, Barcelona, Metro Diagonal, FGC Provença) In spite of recent advances in the levels of gender equality in political representation and the availability of resources, this paper shows that there is a persistent gender gap in political interest throughout the life course of individuals. […]
Enrique Hernández, miembro del grupo, es el ganador del premio al mejor capítulo de libro de la AECPA 2017 por su capítulo: “Europeans’ Views of Democracy. The core elements of democracy”. Publicado en el libro How europeans view and evaluate democracy. Mónica Ferrín and Hanspeter Kriesi ed, Oxford University Press 2015 (link). Se puede leer […]
New article by Enrique Hernandez and others at Research & Politics. Empirical studies do not provide a univocal answer about the effects of corruption on political attitudes and behaviour. Focusing on the relationship between corruption and political trust, in this article we explore whether real-world corruption scandals have a negative causal effect on trust in […]
Macarena Ares (European University Institute) 19th May, 13:00h, Sala de Juntes Much has been written and debated about the role of social class for policy preferences in post-industrial societies. Yet, most of the research considering the association between class location and political preferences has been based on cross-sectional analyses that disregard another important trait pertaining […]
The purpose of this workshop, that will be celebrated the next 8th of June at Torre Vila-Puig (UAB), is to present and discuss some of the findings of the project “Emerging modes of political protest: paths to political inclusion”. It includes a combination of the projects’ papers with contributions from external world-renowned academics working in […]