[Pols-announce] 1:30pm today we co-sponsor Irish Minister of State for Higher Ed, Centennial Room..

[Pickerel, Linda M.]

This week -  Mary Mitchell O’Connor today 1:30pm,     Gerald Schneider Thursday  4pm







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Special Event: Ireland,
Brexit and the EU
TODAY!
 Monday, March 18, 1:30-2:30 pm
Centennial Room, Kansas Union
Speaker: Mary Mitchell O’Connor,
Irish Minister of State for Higher Education

Ireland and the UK joined what is now today’s European Union (EU)<https://global.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7c44c7f49b2f0eb9abcf6740&id=2dfb84cd59&e=fdf33509f5> in 1973. On 29th March 2019 the UK will leave the EU. In her address Irish Government Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor<https://global.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7c44c7f49b2f0eb9abcf6740&id=720083b96b&e=fdf33509f5> will discuss how Brexit will impact Ireland, Northern Ireland and the EU, and future transatlantic relationships. Q & A to follow.
Introduction: Professor Robert Rohrschneider<https://global.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7c44c7f49b2f0eb9abcf6740&id=ff85df5fbd&e=fdf33509f5>, Sir Robert Worcester Distinguished Professor of Political Science.

Sponsored by Center for Global & International Studies, European Studies, Political Science.








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Feeling the Pinch: Economic Shocks,
the IMF and Mass Mobilization
Thursday, March 21, 4:00 pm
455 Watson
Gerald Schneider, University of Konstanz, Editor of European Union Politics

Financial crises and the reform demands that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) attaches to its rescue packages are often held to trigger social unrest. We evaluate the relative impact of different types of crises and IMF programs on mass mobilization, using more detailed data on the onset of the economic shocks and the agreement of the affected country with the IMF on a rescue package, and distinguishing between violent and nonviolent dissent. Although financial stress increases the likelihood of nonviolent protest, we demonstrate that IMF interventions actually decrease the risk of new conflict. Furthermore, we find no evidence that IMF programs increase the risk of political violence in crisis-ridden countries. Organized by the Department of Political Science.























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