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ACCOUNTABILITY AND
PUBLIC POLICY CONFERENCE
Festschrift in honor of
R. Douglas Arnold
Thursday and Friday, May 16-17, 2019
Princeton University
Princeton University
R. Douglas Arnold is jointly appointed in the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he is Professor of Politics and Public Affairs and the William Church Osborn Professor of Public Affairs.
He has broad interests in American politics, with special interests in congressional politics, national policymaking, representation, the mass media, and Social Security. The author of Congress and the Bureaucracy: A Theory of Influence; The Logic of Congressional Action; and Congress, the Press, and Political Accountability, he also co-authored Issues in Privatizing Social Security and co-edited Framing the Social Security Debate: Values, Politics, and Economics.
After joining Princeton’s faculty in 1977, he has taught a wide range of courses for undergraduate, MPA, MPP, and Ph.D. students. He has also chaired the Department of Politics, directed the Department’s Ph.D. program, and directed the Wilson School’s MPA and Ph.D. programs.
He has been a research fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Guggenheim Fellow, a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, a recipient of grants from the Ford, Dirksen, Earhart, and National Science Foundations, and the recipient of the Richard F. Fenno prize in legislative studies. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ph.D. Yale University.
He has broad interests in American politics, with special interests in congressional politics, national policymaking, representation, the mass media, and Social Security. The author of Congress and the Bureaucracy: A Theory of Influence; The Logic of Congressional Action; and Congress, the Press, and Political Accountability, he also co-authored Issues in Privatizing Social Security and co-edited Framing the Social Security Debate: Values, Politics, and Economics.
After joining Princeton’s faculty in 1977, he has taught a wide range of courses for undergraduate, MPA, MPP, and Ph.D. students. He has also chaired the Department of Politics, directed the Department’s Ph.D. program, and directed the Wilson School’s MPA and Ph.D. programs.
He has been a research fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Guggenheim Fellow, a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, a recipient of grants from the Ford, Dirksen, Earhart, and National Science Foundations, and the recipient of the Richard F. Fenno prize in legislative studies. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ph.D. Yale University.
Location127 Corwin Hall
Princeton University By invitation only |
Thursday, May 16 127 Corwin Hall
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-1:15pm Welcome and Introductory Remarks
1:15-3:00pm Panel 1 CONGRESS I
Lee Drutman , New America
The Logic of Congressional Action in 2019
Discussant: Justin Crowe, Williams College
Charles Cameron, Princeton University and Sanford Gordon, New York University
The Option Value of Legislative Opposition
Discussant: Andrew Roberts, Northwestern University
Frances Lee, University of Maryland
Coalition-Building in a Polarized Congress
Discussant: Keith Whittington, Princeton University
3:00-3:15pm break
3:15-4:30pm Panel 2 BUREAUCRACY I
Daniel Carpenter, Harvard University
Personal and Impersonal Influence in Federal Rulemaking: The Case of Stress Test Regulations Under Dodd-Frank (with Brian Libgober)
Discussant: Philip Wallach, R Street
Eleanor Neff Powell, University of Wisconsin
Campaign Contributions and Bureaucratic Oversight
Discussant: Rachel Potter, Princeton/CSDP and University of Virginia
4:30-5:00pm David Mayhew, formal remarks Yale University
6:00 Reception and dinner
Friday, May 17 127 Corwin Hall
8:00-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-10:15am Panel 3 BUREAUCRACY II
John Patty, Emory University
Organizing Institutions to Simultaneously Make Good Policy, Maximize Credit, and Minimize Blame
Discussant: Adam Meirowitz, University of Utah
Eric Patashnik and Alan Gerber, Yale University
Organized Interests and Policy Entrepreneurship in Complex Issue Areas
Discussant: Eric Schickler, UC-Berkeley
10:15-10:30am Break
10:30am-12:15pm Panel 4 MEDIA I
John Zaller, UCLA
Is the Media Still a Gatekeeper?
Discussant: Danielle Thomsen, Princeton/CSDP and UC-Irvine
Gregory Huber, Yale University
Congressional Accountability in a Post-Broadcast TV and Post-Newspaper World: What do we know and what we need to do (with Patrick Tucker)
Discussant: Andrew Guess, Princeton University
Jonathan Ladd, Georgetown University
Media Fragmentation and Implications for Politicians' Accountability
Discussant: Larry Bartels, Vanderbilt University
12:15-1:15pm Lunch 127 Corwin Hall and Corwin Atrium
1:15-2:30pm Panel 5 CONGRESS II
Joshua Clinton, Vanderbilt University
Elite Representation and Voter Policy Preferences: The Case of Medicaid Expansion
Discussant: Nolan McCarty, Princeton University
Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University
Latent Opinion and House Members' Electoral Accountability (with Michael Kistner)
Discussant: Jason Casellas, University of Houston
2:30-2:45pm Break
2:45-4:00pm Panel 6 MEDIA II
Nicholas Carnes, Duke University
Congressional Affluence, the Press, and Accountability
Discussant: Patricia Kirkland, Princeton University
Patrick Egan, NYU and Markus Prior, Princeton University
Attentive Publics and the Media
Discussant: Kevin Munger, Princeton/CSDP and Penn State University
4:00-4:10pm Concluding remarks
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-1:15pm Welcome and Introductory Remarks
1:15-3:00pm Panel 1 CONGRESS I
Lee Drutman , New America
The Logic of Congressional Action in 2019
Discussant: Justin Crowe, Williams College
Charles Cameron, Princeton University and Sanford Gordon, New York University
The Option Value of Legislative Opposition
Discussant: Andrew Roberts, Northwestern University
Frances Lee, University of Maryland
Coalition-Building in a Polarized Congress
Discussant: Keith Whittington, Princeton University
3:00-3:15pm break
3:15-4:30pm Panel 2 BUREAUCRACY I
Daniel Carpenter, Harvard University
Personal and Impersonal Influence in Federal Rulemaking: The Case of Stress Test Regulations Under Dodd-Frank (with Brian Libgober)
Discussant: Philip Wallach, R Street
Eleanor Neff Powell, University of Wisconsin
Campaign Contributions and Bureaucratic Oversight
Discussant: Rachel Potter, Princeton/CSDP and University of Virginia
4:30-5:00pm David Mayhew, formal remarks Yale University
6:00 Reception and dinner
Friday, May 17 127 Corwin Hall
8:00-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-10:15am Panel 3 BUREAUCRACY II
John Patty, Emory University
Organizing Institutions to Simultaneously Make Good Policy, Maximize Credit, and Minimize Blame
Discussant: Adam Meirowitz, University of Utah
Eric Patashnik and Alan Gerber, Yale University
Organized Interests and Policy Entrepreneurship in Complex Issue Areas
Discussant: Eric Schickler, UC-Berkeley
10:15-10:30am Break
10:30am-12:15pm Panel 4 MEDIA I
John Zaller, UCLA
Is the Media Still a Gatekeeper?
Discussant: Danielle Thomsen, Princeton/CSDP and UC-Irvine
Gregory Huber, Yale University
Congressional Accountability in a Post-Broadcast TV and Post-Newspaper World: What do we know and what we need to do (with Patrick Tucker)
Discussant: Andrew Guess, Princeton University
Jonathan Ladd, Georgetown University
Media Fragmentation and Implications for Politicians' Accountability
Discussant: Larry Bartels, Vanderbilt University
12:15-1:15pm Lunch 127 Corwin Hall and Corwin Atrium
1:15-2:30pm Panel 5 CONGRESS II
Joshua Clinton, Vanderbilt University
Elite Representation and Voter Policy Preferences: The Case of Medicaid Expansion
Discussant: Nolan McCarty, Princeton University
Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University
Latent Opinion and House Members' Electoral Accountability (with Michael Kistner)
Discussant: Jason Casellas, University of Houston
2:30-2:45pm Break
2:45-4:00pm Panel 6 MEDIA II
Nicholas Carnes, Duke University
Congressional Affluence, the Press, and Accountability
Discussant: Patricia Kirkland, Princeton University
Patrick Egan, NYU and Markus Prior, Princeton University
Attentive Publics and the Media
Discussant: Kevin Munger, Princeton/CSDP and Penn State University
4:00-4:10pm Concluding remarks
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