Center for Political Studies

Global Focus:

Do Institutions Affect the Attitudes and Behavior of Constituents? Evidence from an Environmental Management Program in India

This project investigates some of the most basic puzzles in the social sciences: How and to what extent do institutions affect individual attitudes and behavior? read more...

Faculty Spotlight:

Christian Davenport

Christian Davenport Professor Davenport's primary research interests include political conflict (e.g., human rights violations, genocide/politicide, torture, political surveillance, civil war and social movements), measurement, racism and popular culture. read more...

Featured Project:

American National Election Studies

Founded in 1948, the core mission of the American National Election Study (ANES) is to inform explanations of election outcomes by providing data that support rich hypothesis testing, maximize methodological excellence, measure many variables, and promote comparisons across people, contexts and time. read more...

Recent Publication:

The Generation X Report

CPS Faculty Member Jon Miller's report is the second volume 2 quarterly report from LSAY on the 4,000 young adults who have participated in the study since 1987 and who continue to complete an annual survey. read more...

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Events

CPS Workshop - Rocio Titiunik
“"Randomization Inference in the Regression Discontinuity Design: An Application to the Study of Party Advantages in the U.S. Senate”
Wed, May 1, 2013, noon-1:30pm, 6006 ISR
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CPS Workshop - Georg Lutz (Univ of Lausanne)
“Political Participation and Equality: How Participatory Democracy Biases Representation”
Wed, May 8, 2013, noon-1:30pm, 6006 ISR
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CPS Workshop - Devra Moehler (Univ of Pennsylvania)
“Moderation from the African Airwaves: A Field Experiment on Partisan Radio Effects”
Wed, May 15, 2013, noon-1:30pm, 6006 ISR
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News

In Memoriam: Hanes Walton

We announce with great sorrow that Center for Political Studies (CPS) Professor Hanes Walton passed away on Monday January 7, 2013. CPS Director Nancy Burns notes that "Hanes Walton transformed a field. With his books on black politics, he created the theoretical and empirical building blocks for the study of African-American politics and political behavior. He was a key mentor to generations of scholars in the field. Walton was a generous and passionate scholar and colleague."

Michigan Record Remembers Hanes Walton
Tribute to Hanes Walton
Hanes Walton: "The Dean of Black Politics"

Sat, May 11 at 2pm: Walton Symposium

Rob Franzese Receives EITM Founders Award
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Scott Page Wins 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship Award read more ...

CSES The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) announces Module 3 Full Release. read more ...

Anna Grzymala-Busse selected to receive the university's Faculty Recognition Award.
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