You are cordially invited a special seminar by Prof. Meredith L. Weiss. The details are as follows. Date and Time: June 28th, 2016 16:00 - 18:00 Place: Tonan Tei on the second floor of Inamori Memorial Building, CSEAS, Kyoto University Speaker: Dr. Meredith L. Weiss, Professor, Department of Political Science, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York Title: Going to the Ground (or Astroturf): A Grassroots View of Regime Resilience Abstract: While disproportional access to electoral resources and curbs on civil and political rights clearly matter to the persistence of electoral-authoritarian regimes, long-term acculturation to political norms and modes of governance on [ Read More ]