American Politics & Public Policy Workshop presents:
Dan Hopkins, Assistant Professor in the Department of Government, Georgetown University: “The Increasingly United States”.
Abstract: The American federal system gives substantial authority to states and localities, and yet American voters focus much of their attention on national politics. Entitled “The Increasingly United States,” this presentation details an ongoing book project examining the recent nationalization of Americans’ political behavior, and connects it to changes in the political parties as well as the structure of the mass media.
Bio: Dan Hopkins is an Associate Professor at Georgetown University, and received his Ph.D. in political science in 2007 from Harvard University. He was also a post-doctoral fellow at Yale University’s Center for the Study of American Politics in 2007-08. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles on American political behavior, ethnic and racial politics, local politics, and research methods. At present, he is writing a book on the nationalization of American political behavior entitled The Increasingly United States.
Cosponsored by CSAP and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS), each seminar features a presentation of current political science research by leading scholars in the field, including distinguished faculty from other institutions, research fellows of the CSAP, and Ph.D. candidates at Yale. Lunch is provided.
This year’s faculty organizer for the series is Eitan Hersh, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Resident Fellow at ISPS. He has worked with colleagues to assemble a diverse set of presentations featuring an “all-star cast” of top political scientists from around the country. The presentations will draw on a range of methods and will cover a wide array of topics in American politics. This year, guest speakers have been encouraged to present works-in-progress rather than polished work. As a result, the workshop will be participatory and engaging. It will be a venue for collaborative discussion and brainstorming.