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SAI Event Topic : Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics

Voters and Foreign Policy: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Pakistan

WHEN
Fri, Mar 4, 2016 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

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Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Christopher Clary,  Postdoctoral Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University In traditional surveys in Pakistan, the vast majority of respondents identify India as an enemy and a serious threat to Pakistan. Do these beliefs affect voter choices? In a novel survey experiment, we […]

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Why Regional Parties? Clientelism, Elites, and the Indian Party System

WHEN
Fri, Feb 5, 2016 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K354
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA

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Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Adam Ziegfeld, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University Today, regional parties in India win nearly as many votes as national parties. Ziegfeld questions the conventional wisdom that regional parties in India are electorally successful because they harness popular grievances and benefit from strong regional identities. […]

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