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USJI Seminar

The Ideological Polarization and Bipartisanship in American Politics

Thursday, July 21, 2011    6:30pm-8:30pm

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

Language　Japanese

Capacity　50 (First-come-first-served basis)

Admission Fee　Free

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"

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

                      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"

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

This event is free and open to the public.

(Language: Japanese)

It is already well known that the US politics is ideologically too divided between liberalism and conservatism. The way it is divided, however, is distinctive depending on the areas such as political parties, Congress, voters, lawyers, interest groups, or think tanks. At the same time, we need to be aware that there are elements of bipartisanship still left or being consciously constructed. In this seminar, we will address this topic in Congress, Congressional parties, think tanks, and the legal profession. (This seminar is USJI research project seminar.) 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