'Constraints, ideas, and choices in political mobilization. The case of national variation in the formation of labor politics during the late 19th and early 20th centuries'
Konstantin Vössing Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Politics in the Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt University, Berlin; Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
4 pm, MacRobert Room 252
Open to all.
This talk will be given by video link from Harvard. Following Dr. Voessing's talk, attendees of the talk in Aberdeen will have an opportunity to discuss his talk with Dr. Voessing.
Konstantin Vössing is assistant professor of political science at Humboldt University Berlin as well as John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at the Center for European Studies. He has conducted research about strategic decision-making of political mobilizers in the labor movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is also working ona research project about the formation of public opinion toward European integration. Combining experimental and comparative historical methods, this research analyzes the influence that political elites exercise on citizen views through political rhetoric and partisan interaction.