Authoritarian Backsliding?
Erosion of Democracy in Unlikely Places
Duke University, Department of Political Science
Rhodes Conference Room (Sanford 223)
Sanford School of Public Policy
Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22, 2017
Event Website https://sites.duke.edu/2017abw/
Friday, April 21
1:00pm lunch buffet/reception, Rhodes Room
2:00pm conference proceedings begin
1. Indicators of backsliding: How much and what kind of backsliding is taking place?
Presenters:
Michael Coppedge, Notre Dame, coppedge.1@nd.edu
Pippa Norris, Kennedy School, Harvard pippa_norris@Harvard.Edu
Lucan Way, University of Toronto lway@utsc.utoronto.ca
Tbc Larry Diamond, Stanfordldiamond@stanford.edu
2. Public Opinion and Backsliding: Are citizens defecting from democracy?
Presenters:
Ali Carkoglu/Kerem Yildirim, Koc University, acarkoglu@ku.edu.tr / kyildirim@ku.edu.tr
Radoslaw Markowski, Polish Academy of Sciences markowski@isppan.waw.pl
Elizabeth Zechmeister, Vanderbilt liz.zechmeister@vanderbilt.edu
Christian Welzel, Leuphana University of Lüneburg christian.welzel@uni.leuphana.de
8:00pm dinner for conference participants
Saturday, April 22
1:00pm lunch buffet/reception, Rhodes Room
3. Institutional and Political Mechanisms of Backsliding: Elite Strategies and the Temptations of Authoritarianism
Presenters:
Robert Kaufman (Rutgers/Columbia) kaufrutger@aol.com
Judith Kelley, (Duke University) judith.kelley@duke.edu
Ozge Kemahlioglu, Sabanci University/currently Duke ozgekemah@sabanciuniv.edu
Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University, h3738@duke.edu;
Tentative title: Bilateral Competition and the Rise of Hegemonic Parties
Annibal Perez-Linan, University of Pittsburgh, asp27@pitt.edu
Graeme Robertson, UNC Chapel Hill, Graeme@email.unc.edu
Milan Svolik (Yale) milan.svolik@yale.edu
Milada Vachudova (UNC Chapel Hill) vachudov@email.unc.edu
Tentative Title: Elite Strategies: Temptations to Go Authoritarian?
Steven Wilkinson (Yale) steven.wilkinson@yale.edu