Comparative Approaches to the Study of Immigration, Ethnicity, and Religion

Friday, May 9, 2014
9:00 AM - 9:00 AM (Pacific)

CISAC Conference Room
Encina Hall Central, 2nd floor
616 Serra St.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305

Speaker:

Karen Jusko,
Claire Adida,
Jorge Bravo,
Rafaela Dancygier,
Giovanni Facchini,
Robert Ford,
Justin Gest,
Sara Wallace Goodman,
Dominik Hangartner,
Marc Helbling,
Dan Hopkins,
Yotam Margalit,
Rahsaan Maxwell,
Harris Mylonas,
Efrén O. Pérez,
Maggie Peters,
Lauren Prather,
Judith Spirig,
Cecilia Testa,
Ali A. Valenzuela,
Cara Wong,
Matthew Wright

PROGRAM
Friday May 9, 2014

9:00am Introduction

9:10am Does Naturalization Foster the Political Integration of Immigrants? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Switzerland
Jens Hainmueller & Dominik Hangartner
Discussant: Rafaela Dancygier

9:50am Lingua Franca: How Language Shapes the Direction of Public Opinion
Efrén Pérez
Discussant: Rahsaan Maxwell

10:30am BREAK

10:50am Transnational Ties and Support for International Redistribution
Lauren Prather
Discussant: Ali Valenzuela

11:30am Gender-Based Stereotyping and Negotiation Performance: an Experimental Study
Jorge Bravo
Discussant: Rob Ford

12:10pm BREAK

1:00pm The Rhetoric of Closed Borders: Quotas, Lax Enforcement and Illegal Migration
Giovanni Facchini & Cecilia Testa
Discussant: Karen Jusko

1:40pm Varieties of Diaspora Management
Harris Mylonas
Discussant: Yotam Margalit

2:20pm BREAK

2:40pm The Situational Context of Attitudes Towards Immigrant-Origin Minorities
Rahsaan Maxwell
Discussant: Jorge Bravo

3:20pm The Politics of Churchgoing and its Consequences among Whites, Blacks and Latinos in the U.S.
Ali Valenzuela
Discussant: Cara Wong

Saturday May 10, 2014

9:50am How State Support of Religion Shapes Religious Attitudes Toward Muslims
Mark Helbling
Discussant: Sara Goodman

10:30am BREAK

10:50am Opposition to Race Targeted Policies – Ideology or Racism? Particular or Universal? Experimental Evidence from Britain
Rob Ford
Discussant: Jens Hainmueller

11:30am Conflict and Consensus on American Public Opinion on Illegal Immigration
Matthew Wright
Discussant: Efrén Pérez

12:10pm BREAK

1:00pm The Electoral Geography of American Immigration, 1880-1900
Karen Jusko
Discussant: Dan Hopkins

1:40pm Do We Really Know That Employers Want Illegal Immigration?
Maggie Peters
Discussant: Giovanni Facchini

2:20pm BREAK

2:40pm Nurture over Nature: Explaining Muslim Integration Discrepancies in Britain, France and the United States
Justin Gest
Discussant: Claire Adida

3:20pm Immigration and Electoral Appeals over the Past Half Century: A Sketch of the Evidence
Rafaela M. Dancygier & Yotam Margalit
Discussant: Cecilia Testa

4:00pm Looking Ahead

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