Panel 1: Understanding the 2010 British Elections
Thursday, Sep 1, 2011, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM ; Location TBA

Chair: Caitlin Milazzo, University of California, Davis, ccmilazzo@ucdavis.edu

Campaign Dynamics and Political Choice in the 2010 British General Election
Harold D. Clarke, University of North Texas, hclarke@utdallas.edu 
David Sanders,  University of Essex, sanders@essex.ac.uk 
Marianne C. Stewart, University of Texas at Dallas, mstewart@utdallas.edu 
Paul F. Whiteley, University of Essex, whiteley@essex.ac.uk 
William Craig Meddaugh, Rice University, meddaugh@rice.edu 

 

Strategic Voting in the 2010 UK General Election
John H. Aldrich, Duke University, aldrich@duke.edu 
Aaron Houck, Duke University, aaron.houck@duke.edu 
Paul R. Abramson, Michigan State University, abramson@msu.edu 
Renan Levine, University of Toronto, renan.levine@utoronto.ca 
Thomas John Scotto, University of Essex, tscott@essex.ac.uk 
Abraham Diskin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, mshanna@mscc.huji.ac.il 

The UK 2010 General Election: Testing a Full Economic Voting Model
Richard Nadeaum, University de Montreal, richard.nadeau@umontreal.ca 
Michael S. Lewis-Beck,  University of Iowa, michael-lewis-beck@uiowa.edu 
Martial Foucault, Universite de Montreal, martial.foucault@umontreal.ca 

 When Do Social Norms Increase Turnout? Campaign Competitiveness and the 2010 British General Election Campaign
Jane Green, University of Manchester, jane.green@manchester.ac.uk 

The PM and the Pendulum Model in the 2010 British Election
Matthew Lebo, SUNY, Stony Brook, matthew.lebo@stonybrook.edu 
Helmut Norpoth, SUNY, Stony Brook, helmut.norpoth@sunysb.edu 

 Discussant(s):
James Adams, University of California, Davis, jfadams@ucdavis.edu
Jeffrey A. Karp, University of Exeter, j.karp@exeter.ac.uk

Panel 2: The Year in Review
Friday, Sep 2, 2011, 4:15 PM-6:00 PM; Location TBA

Chair: Graham K. Wilson, Boston University, gkwilson@bu.edu

The Year in Review: Britain’s Multi-Party Governance
Andrew Russell, University of Manchester, andrew.russell@manchester.ac.uk

The Year in Review,
Philip Cowley,University of Nottingham, philip.cowley@nottingham.ac.uk

Panel 3: The Politics of Rights in the UK (Co-sponsored by Political Studies Association)
Saturday, Sep 3, 2011, 8:00 AM-9:45 AM; Location TBA

Chair: Bonnie M. Meguid, University of Rochester, bonnie.meguid@rochester.edu

Religious Free Exercise in Britain: The Case of the Equalities Act 2010
Jerold Waltman, Baylor University, Jerold_Waltman@baylor.edu

Rights & Territorial Politics in the UK During Fiscal Crisis
James Mitchell, University of Strathclyde, j.mitchell@strath.ac.uk
Laura Polverari, University of Strathclyde, laura.polverari@strath.ac.uk

Defending the Rights of the Poor. Framing Policy or Delivering the goods? Conservative and Liberal Government Policy Since May 2010
Mark P. Shephard, University of Strathclyde, mark.shephard@strath.ac.uk

Membership ‘rights’ and intra-party politics
Anika Gauja, University of Sydney, anika.gauja@sydney.edu.au

Discussants:
Florence Faucher-King, Sciences Po, florence.faucher@sciences-po.fr
Terrell Carver, University of Bristol, t.carver@bristol.ac.uk

Panel 4: Debates about immigration and race in the UK
Saturday, Sep 3, 2011, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM; Location TBA

Chair: Cas Mudde, DePauw University, cas.mudde@ua.ac.be

Muslims, Immigration, and Public Opinion in the United Kingdom
Abdulkader Sinno, Indiana University, asinno@indiana.edu
Timothy Hellwig, Indiana University, Bloomington, thellwig@indiana.edu

Malcolm X at Oxford Union: Race, Rights, and the Defense of Liberty
Saladin Malik Ambar, Lehigh University, sma409@lehigh.edu

Discussants:
Vincent Tiberj, Sciences Po, vincent.tiberj@sciences-po.fr
Janet M. Laible, Lehigh University, jml6@lehigh.edu