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The Ideological Polarization and Bipartisanship in American Politics

 [Summary]

Thursday, July 22, 2011　6:30pm-8:30pm

Language　Japanese

Venue　Yayoi Sogo Building 5F, Yayoi Campus ,The University of Tokyo: 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan

Moderator & Comentator: Fumiaki Kubo, USJI Operating Adviser/Professor, The University of Tokyo

Panelists:
Ms. Junko Hirose, Director, Overseas Legislative Information Division,
 Research and Legislative Reference Bureau, National Diet Library
"Bipartisanship in US Senate"  [Presentation]

Ms. Ayako Hiramatsu, Ph.D Student, Department of Political Science, the Johns Hopkins University
"Ideological Caucuses in US House of Representatives since 2007"  [Presentation]

Mr. Tomoyuki Miyata, Research Associate, Institute for Advanced Global Studies,
 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo
"Think Tanks and Ideological Polarization in the US"  [Presentation]

Mr. Takeshi Umekawa, Fox International Fellow, Yale University
"Ideological Division in the Legal Profession in the US"  [Presentation]

Organized by: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI)

Cooperation from:
1. American Politics Study Group
2. Research Project under Grant-in Aid by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT) for Scientific Research (B) Project leader: Prof. Fumiaki Kubo
"Party Realignment, Ideological Polirization, and Bipartisanship in the United States:
With Special Reference to the Function of Primaries"

Supported by: Keio University, Kyoto University, Ritsumeikan University, The University of Tokyo,
                             Waseda University

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