The Third Annual

Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods ResearchUniversity of California, Riverside | 12-13 October 2017

8:00 am Uber/Lyft from Mission Inn to UCR

8:30 am Coffee, Tea, & Breakfast in Meeting Room

9:30 am Welcome & Introduction

10:00- 11:30 am

Political RepresentationChristopher Chambers-Ju, Tulane University

“Challenging Labor-Based Representation: Evidence from Bogota, Colombia”

Young-Im Lee, California State University Sacramento “The Leaking Pipeline and Sacrificial Lambs: Candidate Nomination and District Assignment in the National Legislative Elections, 1988-2016”

Alissandra Stoyan, Kansas State University “Women Presidential Candidates of Latin America”

Matthew J. Camp, Columbia University “From Hallowed Halls to Capitol Hills: A Portrait of Higher Education Lobbying in the 21st Century”

Discussant: John Stephens, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Chair: Sara Niedzwiecki, University of California, Santa Cruz

Thursday, October 12Schedule of Events

Notes

11:30- 1:00 pm Lunch for Participants

1:00- 2:30 pm

The Politics of (Re)DistributionMariela Szwarcberg Daby, Reed College

“The Gender Gap in Political Clientelism: Lessons from the Argentine Case”

Giorleny Altamirano Rayo, Carnegie Mellon University “Neoliberal Ethnic Lands: Temporal Discontinuities in Indigenous Lands Regularization in Brazil”

Christina Wagner Faegri, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México “Taxation, Political Parties, and Targeted Tax Incentives in Contemporary Latin America”

Sara Niedzwiecki, University of California, Santa Cruz “Implementing Programmatic Social Policies in Decentralized Countries”

Discussant: Evelyne Huber, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Chair: Marissa Brookes, University of California, Riverside

2:30- 3:00 pm Coffee break

3:00- 4:30 pm

Subnational Politics Shiming Yang, University of Southern California

“Industrial Ownership and Local Governance: Fiscal Decentralization in Big Chinese Cities”

Juan Fernando Ibarra Del Cueto, Colgate University “The Political Economy of Divergence: Subnational Development Regimes in Mexico”

Seth Pipkin, University of California, Irvine “Winning Battles in a Losing War: Assessing ‘Subversive Cooperation’ and its Alternatives in US-Mexico Border Wall Construction, 2006-2011”

Discussant: Rudra Sil, University of Pennsylvania

Chair: Kendra Koivu, University of New Mexico

4:45 pm Uber/Lyft from UCR to Mission Inn

6:00 pm Uber/Lyft from Mission Inn to Shaun Bowler’s house

6:15- 9:00 pm

Dinner for participants at the home of Shaun Bowler, Dean of Graduate Division

Thu r sday, Oc tobe r 12 con t i nued

8:00 am Shuttle/Uber/Lyft from Mission Inn to UCR

8:30 am Coffee, Tea, & Breakfast in Meeting Room

9:00- 10:30 am

Rethinking Mixed Methods: Cases, Typologies, and OutcomesTasha Fairfield, London School of Economics

“Test Strength and Case Selection for Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research: A Bayesian Perspective”

Kendra Koivu, University of New Mexico “Dark Money and Multifinality: Analyzing Diversity of Outcomes in the Swiss Leaks Investigation”

Ioana Emy Matesan, Wesleyan University “The Link between Ideology, Violent Tactics and Organizational Structures in Opposition Groups”

Discussant: Alan Jacobs, University of British Columbia

Chair: Nicholas Weller, University of California, Riverside

10:30-10:45 am Coffee break

10:45-12:15 pm

Roundtable: The Merits and Limitations of Mixed Methods Research

Speakers: Evelyne Huber, Alan Jacobs, Rudra Sil, John Stephens, and Nicholas Weller

Chair: Marissa Brookes

12:15-12:30 pm Closing Remarks

12:30-1:30 pm Lunch, participants depart

CQRM The Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods

Thank You to Our Contributors

Fr iday, October 13