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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180512
SUMMARY:Conference to Celebrate the Contributions of Michael Bratton
DESCRIPTION:
 Events listed here are open to the public. Unless 
 otherwise noted, all events are in the International 
 Center (3rd Floor).\n
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 	8:30 to 9 
 a.m. Breakfast\n
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 	9 to 9:15 a.m. Welcome & 
 Introductions\n
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 	9:15 to 11 a.m. Panel One: 
 Power Politics & Authoritarian Resilience in 
 Africa -- Leonardo Arriola, associate professor 
 of political science & director of the Center 
 for African Studies, University of California, 
 Berkeley -- Adrienne LeBas, associate professor 
 of government, American University --Eldred 
 Masunungure, Department of Political 
 and Administrative Studies, University of Zimbabwe 
 --Daniel Posner, James S. Coleman Professor 
 of International Development, University 
 of California, Los Angeles --Leonard Wantchekon, 
 professor of politics, Princeton University\n
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 	11:15 
 a.m. to 1 p.m. Panel Two: Accountability 
 Rising: Evidence of Growing Demands 
 for Popular Power --Boniface Dulani, senior 
 lecturer & faculty coordinator, Department of 
 Political and Administrative Studies, University 
 of Malawi & Afrobarometer Operations Manager 
 --E. Gyimah-Boadi, executive director, Afrobarometer 
 & former executive director, Ghana 
 Center for Democratic Development --Karen 
 Ferree, associate professor of political science, 
 University of California, San Diego --Nicholas 
 Kerr, assistant professor of political 
 science, University of Alabama --Lauren M. MacLean, 
 professor of political science, Indiana 
 University\n
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 	1 to 2:30 p.m. Lunch & Keynote 
 Address --Nicolas van de Walle, Mawell M. 
 Upson professor of government, Cornell University\n
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 	2:45 
 to 4:30 p.m. Panel Three: Uncertain 
 Trajectories: Exploring Recent Transitions 
 from Zambia to Gambia to South Africa --Nic 
 Cheeseman, professor of democracy and international 
 development, University of Birmingham 
 --Richard Klein, senior adviser for election 
 programs, National Democratic Institute --Danielle 
 Kushner, assistant professor of political 
 science, St. Mary's College of Maryland 
 --Robert Mattes, professor of politics, Strathclyde 
 University & Afrobarometer co-founder 
 and senior adviser --Nicolas van de Walle, Mawell 
 M. Upson professor of government, Cornell 
 University\n
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 	4:30 to 4:45 p.m. Closing Comments\n
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 	6 
 to 8 p.m. Reception Alan & Rebecca 
 Ross Education Wing, Broad Art Gallery\n
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 Sponsor: African Studies Center\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://africa.isp.msu.edu/\n
 Contact name: Lisa Fruge\n
 Contact phone: 517-353-1701\n
 Contact email: fruge@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://polisci.msu.edu/people/michael-bratton/\n
LOCATION:303-305 International Center
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