The Public Law Centre Speaker Series

STRATEGIC DISCRIMINATION IN POLITICS
Friday, 4 October 2019 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Location
Where: 
Fauteux Hall, 57 Louis-Pasteur (map)
Room number: 
FTX570
Registration
Registration required: 
No
Cost to attend: 
Free of charge
  • This event is offered only in English.
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Lecture/talk
Event organizer: 
Common Law Section
Event language: 
English
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public

Why are women and people of color underrepresented in politics? This talk offers a new explanation: strategic discrimination. Strategic discrimination occurs when an individual discriminates against a candidate out of concern that others will object to the candidate’s identity. Experimental evidence suggests that strategic discrimination is influencing US politics -- including the 2020 Democratic primary. Is the same thing also happening in Canada?

Regina Bateson
Visiting Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Joanne St. Lewis (discussant)
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Lunch included - All are welcome

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