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MEDIA CONTACT: Kate Perry katie.perry@rochester.edu
585.275.2671
October 5, 2007
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: Noon Thursday, Oct. 25, in the Gamble Room of Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public; reservations for lunch are requested by calling 275-9898 by Oct. 23.
Tanya Bagashka, a political science doctoral candidate at the University of Rochester, will explore the results of legislative coalitions in her seminar "Invisible Politics: Legislative Alignments in the 1996-1999 Russian Duma (Parliament)." Bagashka argues that the analysis of legislative voting on the basis of formal legislative parties is inadequate for countries with young party systems. In accounting for the possibility that institutional incentives might dominate party influence, Bagashka notes that the legislative coalitions in the 1996-1999 Duma cut across party lines, party preferences, and electoral incentives.
This event is co-sponsored by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies and the Russian Studies Program.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Bozena Sobolewska at 275-9898.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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