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Bolivia’s political parties

Posted November 12, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (3)
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My proposal for the 2008 MPSA (Midwest Political Science Association) conference has just been accepted. Time for my research assistant & I to get cracking on our database project. Here’s the proposal (sorry the abstract is so long):

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From Montréal

Posted September 7, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (4)
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I’m at LASA, in Montréal. It was a long (but not tedious) drive. And now I’m enjoying free WiFi in the hotel lobby, catching up on emails. The panels are interesting, of course (though we missed Alvaro García Linera’s presentation). And I’m hoping not to completely burn out before my Saturday panel (and I’ll need energy for the drive back!).

Catching up w/ Bolivian news is disturbing, but not unexpected. Street violence in Sucre, w/ promises of more to come. Both sides are to blame of course. And inflation has hit double digits (sparking fears of hyperinflation).


Facebook candidates 2006

Posted September 4, 2007 | Permalink
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Just a quick note: I’ve been following the use of Facebook in the 2007-08 presidential primary races. Here’s a paper on about the Facebook & the 2006 mid-term elections. This is the kind of thing I plan to use in my Spring 2008 research methods course.


Democratization & National Reinvention

Posted August 1, 2007 | Permalink
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I barely made the deadline to be included in the CD, but I’ve sent out the paper I’m presenting next month at the Montréal LASA conference. It’s not nearly as “finished” as I’d have liked, but there’ll be plenty of time to revise it later. Here’s the (overly ambitious, not fully realized) abstract:

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Bolivia’s presidentialism

Posted April 2, 2007 | Permalink
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I’m presenting two papers at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting in Chicago next weekend. The second paper is (finally!) finished; here’s the abstract:

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Bolivia’s constituent assembly

Posted March 27, 2007 | Permalink
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I’m presenting two papers at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting in Chicago in two weeks. The first paper is finished; the second still needs some work. Here’s the abstract:

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