The Sixth Annual Toronto Political Development Workshop was held at the University of Toronto on May 13-14, 2024.
Keynote Speakers: Daniel Schlozman (Johns Hopkins) and Sam Rosenfeld (Colgate), “The Hollow Parties and American Political Development”
Jeffrey Broxmeyer (Toledo), “The Spoils System and Race-Making in the United States
During the Nineteenth Century.” Discussant: Daniel Schlozman (Johns Hopkins)
Daniel Carpenter (Harvard), “In Defense of Waterscapes: Algonquian Petitions in Canada
and the United States, 1820-1870.” Discussant: Daniel Sherwin (Carleton)
John Dearborn (Vanderbilt), “Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution: The Reagan Administration and the Unitary Executive.” Discussant: Sam Rosenfeld (Colgate)
Connor Ewing (Toronto), “The Dead Hand of the Past: Heavier with Time” Discussant:
Daniel Carpenter (Harvard)
Tamar Hofnung (UCLA), “Blending Free-Enterprise and Folkways: How Laissez-Faire Became the Nonracial Objection to Civil Rights.” Discussant: Rob Lieberman (JHU)
Kathleen Nganga (Johns Hopkins), “Preemption Politics: the State, the City, and the Fight
for Local Autonomy.” Discussant: Timothy Weaver (SUNY Albany)
Anne Pluta (Rowan), “The Long Lincoln Reconstruction: Reconsidering Gender and Presidential Politics from 1860 – 1920” Discussant: John Dearborn (Vanderbilt)
Daniel Sherwin (Carleton), “Funding Indigenous Self-Governments in Canada.”
Discussant: Andrew McDougall (Toronto)
Andreina Thoma (St. Gallen), “The Influence of Culture on Gender Equality: Analyzing Public Support for Women’s Rights.” Discussant: Marc-André Bodet (Laval)
Timothy Weaver (SUNY Albany), “Conservatism, Neoliberalism, and the Rise of the Contingent Welfare State.” Discussant: Andrea Campbell (MIT)
Toronto Political Development Workshop 