VILLA VIGONI
The state and future of representative democracy—a comparative perspectiveFebruary 17 – 20, 2020 | Villa Vigoni (near Milan), Italy
The state and future of representative democracy—a comparative perspective
Villa Vigoni | February 17–20, 2020
Monday, February 17
Arrival at the Villa Vigoni
19:30 Welcome Drink
20:00 Dinner
Tuesday, February 18
09:00 Welcome and Introduction
Part I: The contested idea of political representation
9:15–10:15
Guri Rosén
Evolving dilemmas: representative democracy in the European Union
10:15–10:45 Coffee break
10:45–11:45
Daniel Gillion
Protest and the Will of the People in a Representative Democracy
11:45–12:45
Claudia Landwehr
Technocracy, Populism and the Crisis of Representative Party Democracy
13:00–14:30 Lunch
Part 2: Representation and responsiveness in unequal societies
14:30–15:30
Melody Crowder-Meyer
Progress and Failure in Achieving Equal Representation: Understanding Women’s Officeholding by Party in the US
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:00
Michael Zürn
Is Populism a Threat or a Chance for Democracy?
17:00–18:00
Armin Schäfer
Unequal Representation and the Right-Wing Populist Vote in Europe
19:30 Dinner
Wednesday, February 19
9:15–10:15
Jane Gingrich
Policy and Politics in Disjuncture
10:15–11:15
Marius Busemeyer
All about the middle class!? (Un)equal responsiveness in education policy
11:15–11:45 Coffee Break
11:45–12:45
Peter K. Enns
Rethinking Representation: Why it’s time to reconsider almost everything you’ve heard about who gets represented
13:00–14:30 Lunch
Part 3: Polarization, new cleavages and shifts in democratic government
14:30–15:30
Nolan McCarty
Donald Trump in Polarized America
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:00
Thomas Saalfeld
The Effect of Polarization on Cabinet Formation and Termination in European Democracies, 1945-2019
Part 4: Constitutional crisis and institutional reform
17:00–18:00
Vanessa Schwaiger
Deliberative Innovations and the (Re-)Inclusion of Disadvantaged Citizens
19:30 Dinner
Thursday, February 20: Departure
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