Does Political Representation Increase Participation? Evidence from Party Candidate Lotteries in Mexico

How does representation by politicians from specific communities influence these communities’ political participation? Analyzing a natural experiment from Mexico, in which a party uses lotteries to select candidates for public office, this paper presents new insights into how representation shapes the political participation of underrepresented segments of society.

Circumstantial Liberals: Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition, and Democracy

Ethnic minorities make contemporary Europe increasingly diverse. The prevailing wisdom in research on ethnic politics is that ethnicity is a trouble-maker disrupting programmatic politics -- it tends to prioritize group identity over ideology, polity or policy, principle over compromise. In short, ethnicity is expected to be a source of particularistic tension. This talk takes a theoretical step back.

Translation Matters: Problems of Inference in Assessments of China's Intentions

As the US gears up for the 'great power competition' with China, accurate translation of Chinese sources is increasingly important. Different translations can lead to different inferences about intentions, which in turn can affect policy analysis. In this talk Professor Johnston looks at a key inference in recent US policy documents about China’s long-term intentions, an inference that is based, in part, on a problematic translation and decontextualization of key phrases in a speech by China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
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