The Fifth Annual Toronto Political Development Workshop was held at the University of Toronto on May 12-13, 2023.
Keynote Speaker: Stephen Skowronek (Yale), “The Adaptability Paradox: Political Inclusion and Constitutional Government in the United States.”
Tari Ajadi (McGill), “Policing The Uptown: A historical narrative analyzing Black-led coalitions in response to police brutality in Halifax in 1991.” Discussant: Kimberley Johnson (NYU)
Daniel Carpenter (Harvard), “Indigenous Representation Between Diplomacy and Petition: The Haudenosaunee, 1680-1860.” Discussant: Dale Turner (Toronto)
Julieta Casas (Johns Hopkins), “Parsing Patronage: The Politics of Civil Service Reform in Argentina and the United States.” Discussant: Desmond King (Oxford)
Lotem Halevy (Penn), “Associational Endowments: How do parties without political power survive regime change?” Discussant: Brendan McElroy (Toronto)
Adam Hilton (Mount Holyoke), “Making Waves: How Party Insurgents Transform American Politics (Even When They Lose).” Discussant: Jean-François Godbout (Université de Montréal)
Kimberley Johnson (NYU), “Race and the Rolling Out of the Neoliberal Order: Jack Kemp’s HUD and Black [Women’s] Empowerment.” Discussant: Desmond King (Oxford)
Matthew Lebo (Western) and Gregory Koger (Miami), “The Role of Congress in Concentrating Wealth in America.” Discussant: Christopher Cochrane (Toronto)
Michael Olson (WUSTL), “Deep South Disfranchisement: State Legislative Politics and Black Disfranchisement in Mississippi and South Carolina in the Late 19th Century.” Discussant: Robert Lieberman (Johns Hopkins)
Stephanie Saxton (Johns Hopkins), “Railroads and Coal Barons: When Cities Make Police.” Discussant: Connor Ewing (Toronto)
Joanna Wuest (Mount Holyoke) and Briana S. Last (Stony Brook), “Delegated Discrimination: How Industry Groups Lead the Religious Liberty Assault on Civil Rights, Healthcare Policy, and the Administrative State.” Discussant: Linda White (Toronto)
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