Workshop
Politics in Proximity On Inequality and Local Governance
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Venue & accessibility info: Rudolf Wolf Room, Collegium Helveticum
This event is aimed at an interested professional audience. We have a few places available on a first come, first served basis. If you would like to attend the workshop, please contact the organizer.
In this workshop, the participants explore links between socio-economic inequality and local politics in Brazil, Italy, Switzerland, and the US. They probe how electoral institutions affect the socio-economic composition of local government, and how the relative affluence of elected officials influences economic policymaking. Moving further, the political drivers of spatial inequality, i.e. segregation, as well as the consequences thereof for voter behavior will be evaluated.
Program
| 09:00 |
Opening and welcome remarks |
| 09:15 |
The Political Origins of Slum Growth and Segregation in Urban BrazilAlice Xu (Presenter) |
| 10:15 |
Can Disproportionality Help the Worker? Hierarchical Class Sorting and Formula Effects in Local ElectionsAri Ray (Presenter) |
| 11:15 |
Coffee break |
| 12:00 |
Representation and Revenue in American CitiesPatricia Kirkland (Presenter) |
| 13:00 |
Lunch break |
| 14:30 |
Inequality or Spatial Segregation? How Local Inequality affects Political ParticipationElena Lutz  (Presenter) |
| 15:30 |
Coffee break |
| 16:00 |
Districting Without Parties: How City Council Maps Increase Minority RepresentationAsya Magazinnik  (Presenter) |
| 17:00 |
Closing remarksFollowed by a small reception with drinks and snacks. |
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