Schedule


All conference events will be held at the New Haven Lawn Club.  The New Haven Lawn Club is located at:
193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511.

Friday, April 11

2:45 - 5:00pm

Session I: Why Study Institutions?

Presenters:

Claus Offe

"Institutions' role in the distribution of social power: Empowering? Equalizing power? Concealing power? Controlling power?"

John Ferejohn

Daniel Carpenter

"The Petition as a Tool of Mobilization: Evidence from the Abolitionists' Congressional Campaign."

Discussant:

Pauline Jones-Luong

Chair:

Stephen Skowronek

 

 

Saturday, April 12

9:30 - 11:45am

Session II: The Foundations of Institutional Politics

Presenters:

Jon Elster

"Authors and Actors: Executive-legislative Relations in French Constitution-making"

Ulrich Preuss

"On Cognitive and Moral Learning of Institutions"

Terry Moe

"Power and Political Institutions"

Discussant:

Keith Darden

Chair:

Rose Razaghian

 

1:15 - 3:30pm

Session III: Institutional Politics and Public Policy

Presenters:

Paul Pierson

Kent Weaver

Margaret Weir

Discussant:

Anna Grzymala-Busse

Chair:

Jonathan Koppell

 

4:00 - 6:15pm

Session IV: Courts as Political Institutions

Presenters:

Keith Whittington

"Preserving the 'Dignity and Influence of the Court': Political Supports for Judicial Review in the United States"

Mark Tushnet

"Designing Judicial Review: From Strong to Weak Forms"

Charles Cameron

Discussant:

Gregory Huber

Chair:

Akhil Amar

 

6:30 - 7:30pm

Cocktail Reception for all attendees and conference participants


Sunday, April 13

8:45 - 11:00am

Session V: Institutions and Social Change

Presenters:

Kathleen Thelen

"Institutions and Social Change: The Evolution of Vocational Training Institutions in Germany"

Elisabeth Clemens

"State Building or Blurring?: Public Finance and Private Governance in American Politics"

Rogers Smith

"Which Comes First, the Ideas or the Institutions? Reflections on the Relative Autonomy of Political Institutions"

Discussant:

            Jacob Hacker

Chair:

John Lapinski


 

11:30 am - 1:00pm

Roundtable Discussion: What Have We Learned?

Participants:

Theda Skocpol

Peter Hall

Barry Weingast

Chair:

Ian Shapiro