Conference:
Initiatives and Referendums
in the Elections of 2012
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
1:30 PM - 4:15 PM
USC Gould School of Law
Faculty Lounge, Room 433
If you wish to attend, RSVP to cslpevents@law.usc.edu.
For parking and information, please call Christopher Schnieders at (213) 740-5714.
1:30 - 2:10 PM
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Mat McCubbins Provost Professor of Business, Law and Political Economy, USC "The Benefits of Being Special" The Use and Abuse of Direct Democracy to Provide Private Goods |
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2:10 - 2:50 PM
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Dan Schnur Director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, USC "The Scalpel or the Sledgehammer: Voters' Conflicted Feelings About Direct Democracy" |
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2:50 - 3:30 PM
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Bruce Cain Professor of Political Science, Stanford Improving Hybrid Democracy: Initiative Reform in the Wake of the 2012 Election |
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3:30 - 4:10 PM
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Colin McCubbins Political Science, Stanford "It's All About the Benjamins" The Efficacy of Initiatives for Controlling Government Goods |
Sponsored By:
USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics
Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California
