French Politics Group Detailed Schedule of Activities for APSA 2007–Chicago

For additional conference information go to http://apsanet.org/ or for specific questions contact Amy Mazur at mazur@wsu.edu.
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Working Group on French Politics: A View from Both Sides of the Atlantic
Attend short course and panels on French Politics and meet outside of panels to discuss research issues. To register: http://apsanet.org/section_584.cfm.
Tentative Meeting Schedule:
  1–5   Wednesday August 29th at the Short Course
  12–1 Friday, August 30th
  6–7   Saturday, August 31st

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29th

1:00–5:00 p.m.

Short Course: French Political Institutions Fifty Years After
To register, please contact Amy Mazur at mazur@wsu.edu

Participants:

Working Group Meeting During Short Course

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30th

12:00–1:00 p.m.

French Politics Business Meeting
Hyatt Toronto

2:00 p.m.

Mapping French Political Science: The State of the Field II
           
Chair:

Andrew Appleton (Washington State University)

Participants:

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31st

12:00–1:00 p.m.

FPG Working Group Meeting

4:15 p.m.

Changing France: An Interdisciplinary Roundtable on Globalization and French Politics in Light of the 2007 Presidential Elections
[Co Sponsored with European Politics and Society]

Chair:

Peter A. Hall (Harvard University)

Participants:

4:15 p.m.

Comparative Studies of Policy Agendas
[Co Sponsored with Public Policy and Comparative Politics of Advanced Industrial Societies (Not formally on FPG roster; APSA does not allow three-way co sponsorships)]

Chair:

Frank R. Baumgartner (Penn State University)

Papers:

“Prinsesdag Prioriteiten: The Policy Agenda in The Netherlands”

“The Impact of Public Opinion on Policy Agendas in the United Kingdom, 1959-2001”

“Governmental Agenda-setting in France, 1974–2005”

“The Europeanization of French Lawmaking”

Discussants:

Reception 10:30 p.m. – Midnight

Co Sponsors: Sciences Po- Paris, CEVIPOF, Consul General of France-Chicago, and the French Politics Group-PSA
Location: Sheraton, Michigan B

Presentation of the Stanley Hoffmann Best Article and Frank L. Wilson Best APSA Paper Awards

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st

4:15 p.m.

The 2007 French Presidential Election: A Case Study for the Models of Electoral Choice
[Co Sponsored by Elections and Voting Behavior]

Chair:

Alistair Cole (Cardiff University)

Papers:

“Forecasting the 2007 French Elections”

“(Non)Partisan Voting? The French Presidential Election in an Era of Political Re-composition”

“Title TBA”

“The 2006 Socialist Party Primary in France : Interactions between Partisan Oligarchies, Members and Opinions Polls”

Discussant:

Andrew Appleton (Washington State University)

Working Group Closing Meeting Immediate Following Panel: 6:00–7:00 p.m.

 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd

8:00 a.m.

Models in Motion: The Dynamics of Political Change in France and Western Europe in an Age of Economic Austerity
[Co Sponsored with European Politics and Society]

Chair:

Sara Watson (University of British Columbia)

Papers:

“Corporatism on the Defensive: Adapting to the End of Active Labor Market Policies in Germany and Austria”

“Ideas of Order: Institutional Dynamics and the Shifting Politics of Pension Reform in France and Germany”

“The Left Divided: Parties, Unions and the Politics of Social Protection in Portugal and Spain”

“Parental Leave and Childcare in an Age of Austerity”

Discussant:

Karen Anderson (Radboud University, Nijmegen)

 

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