Smith Soc Treks: Parties in the USA

Thursday, June 8th
6:00 - 9:00 PM	Registration, Reception & Dinner	Princess Pool Upper West Deck
Friday, June 9th
9:00 - 10:00 AM	Breakfast	Princess Conference Center Salon B
*10:00 - 11:00 AM*	*Session 1: Introductions*	Princess Conference Center Salon C
*11:00 AM - 12:30 PM*	*Session 2: Party Reform*	Princess Conference Center Salon C
12:30 - 2:00 PM	Lunch	Princess Conference Center Salon B
2:00 - 4:45 PM	Free Time
4:45 - 5:00 PM	Break	Princess Conference Center Salon C
*5:00 - 6:30 PM*	*Session 3: Party Nominations*	Princess Conference Center Salon C
6:30 - 7:00 PM	Reception	Toro El Cazador Alcove
7:00 - 8:30 PM	Dinner	Toro El Cazador Alcove
8:30 - 9:00 PM	Networking Reception	Toro El Cazador Alcove
Saturday, June 10th
9:00 - 9:30 AM	Breakfast	Princess Conference Center Salon B
9:30 - 11:00 AM	*Session 4: Party Change*	*Princess Conference Center Salon C*
*11:00 AM - 12:30 PM*	*Session 5: Populism, Social Class, and a New Political Divide*	*Princess Conference Center Salon C*
12:30 - 2:00 PM	Lunch	Princess Conference Center Salon B
2:00 - 4:45 PM	Free Time
4:45 - 5:00 PM	Break	Princess Conference Center Salon C
5:00 - 6:30 PM	*Session 6: Parties in Congress and Party Polarization*	*Princess Conference Center Salon C*
6:30 - 7:00 PM	Reception	Bourbon Steak
7:00 - 8:30 PM	Dinner	Bourbon Steak
8:30 - 9:00 PM	Networking Reception	Plaza Bar Patio
Sunday, June 11th	Breakfast & departure at your convenience

*readings can be changed at our discretion

Session 1: Introductions

Session 2: Party Reform

Edward Banfield, “ In Defense of the American Party System,” in Political Parties, USA, ed. Robert A Goldwin (Chicago: Rand McNally 1961).

Jonathan Rauch, "Political Realism: How hacks, machines,big money, and back-room deals can strengthen American democracy," Brookings Institution

Session 3: Party Nominations

James W. Ceaser, "The Presidential Nomination Mess," Claremont Review of Books

Session 4: Party Change

James W. Ceaser at al., Defying the Odds (Rowman and Littlefield), Preface and Ch. 1

Daniel DiSalvo, Engines of Change: Party Factions in American Politics, 1868-2010 (Oxford University Press), ch. 1.

Session 5: Populism, Social Class, and a New Political Divide

Session 6: Parties in Congress and Party Polarization

Binder, Sarah. 2015. "The Dysfunctional Congress." Annual Review of Political Science. 18 (June).

Lee, Frances E. 2015. “How Party Polarization Affects Governance,” Annual Review of Political Science 18 (June): 261-282.

Morris Fiorina, "America’s Missing Moderates: Hiding in Plain Sight," American Interest

Alan Abramowitz and Morris Fiorina, "Polarized or Sorted? Just What’s Wrong With Our Politics, Anyway?" American Interest

William Galston, "Americans are as Polarized as Washington," Wall Street Journal