Workshop: “Democratic Anxiety – Democratic Resilience”
Mainz 15–17 June 2017
June 15
13:00 Introduction
13:30 – 14:30
Ainsley LeSure: Understanding the Rise of Trump
Discussant: Regina Kreide
14:30 – 15:30
Felix Gerlsbeck: What Can We Infer From Election Results, and Why it is Not Enough:
Democratic Control and Institutional Alternatives
Discussant: Chris Karpowitz
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00
Svenja Hense: Labour Market Dualization and Its Consequences:
Political Mobilization Potential of Insiders and Outsiders in Germany
Discussant: Patrick Flavin
17:00 – 18:00
Joshua Carpenter: A New March to Jobs and Freedom? How Work Shapes Citizens in America
Discussant: Claudia Landwehr
19:00 Dinner
June 16
9:30 – 10:30
Lucas Geese: What causes the link between minorities’ descriptive and substantive representation?
Discussant: Daniel Gillion
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00
Miriam Hänni: Representation beyond Ethnicity:
How Mainstream Parties and Ethnic Minority Voters Interact
Discussant: Nancy Bermeo
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30
Petra Guasti: Thank You for Smoking:
Re-constituting Representation by Interaction between Parliament and Interest Groups
Discussant: Milada Vachudova
14:30 – 15:30
Christopher Ojeda: Income, Political Participation, and the Demands of Everyday Life
Discussant: Armin Schäfer
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00
C. Daniel Myers: Storytelling in US Political Campaigns
Discussant: Frank Nullmeier
17:00 – 19:00
Walk around the historic centre of Mainz (optional)
19:00 Dinner
June 17
9:00 – 10:00
Arndt Leininger: Is there an economic vote in referendums?
Discussant: Todd Donovan
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30
Liz Mc Kenna: How Movements Build Power:
Leadership, Strategy, and Organization in Four American States, 2001-2016
Discussant: Thomas Saalfeld
11:30 – 12:30
Megan Ming Francis: Building the Surveillance State and Terrorizing Citizens
Discussant: Marcus Llanque
12:30 – 13:00 Concluding discussion
13:00 Lunch
