***All panels will take place in 19 W. 4th Street, room 217***
Friday, Nov. 1:
1:00: Welcome (Dimitri Landa and Melissa Schwartzberg)
1:15-3:15: Representation
– Arash Abizadeh (McGill), “Democracy vs. Federalism? Political Equality, Persistent Minorities, and the Power of Numbers”
– Eric Beerbohm (Harvard), “Democracy as Co-Agency: Elements of a Theory”
– Ethan Bueno de Mesquita (Chicago Harris), “Formal Theory and Democratic Theory.” Notes / Slides
Chair and discussant: Bernard Manin (NYU)
3:15-3:30: Coffee Break
3:30-5:30: Deliberation
– Helene Landemore (Yale), “Deliberation at the Large-Scale: Lessons from the French Great National Debate”
– Michael Neblo (Ohio State), “Politics with the People: Mutual Influence in Directly Representative Democracy”
– Cathy Hafer/Dimitri Landa (NYU), “Cognition, Argumentation, and Informed Choice”
Chair and discussant: John Ferejohn (NYU)
5:30-7:30: Reception (buffet dinner) in Silverstein Lounge, Silver Center
Saturday, Nov. 2:
9:30-10: Light breakfast
10-noon: Authoritarianism and Backsliding
– Jennifer Gandhi (Emory), “Data Manipulation and its Effects on Citizens’ Views.”
– Adam Przeworski (NYU), “Subversion by Stealth: Dynamics of Democratic Backsliding”
– Rory Truex (Princeton), “Making Autocracy Work: Representation and Responsiveness in Modern China”
Chair and discussant: Arturas Rozenas (NYU)
Noon-1: Lunch (end of conference)
Junior Scholars Forum to follow (1-5:30 p.m.).
Contacts: Melissa Schwartzberg and Dimitri Landa