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11/17/2009 - Research shows early voting option can decrease turnout
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10/20/2009 - Aili Tripp to serve as leader of an Africa Workshop at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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10/03/2009 - UW-Madison/WPRI poll covers economy, state's direction, 2010 election
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10/02/2009 - Dennis Dresang awarded the Women's Philanthropy Council "Champion Award" for 2009
9/22/2009 - Courtney Hillebrecht recieves National Science Foundation Grant
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11/24/2009 - International Relations Workshop
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12/1/2009 - International Relations Workshop
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12/8/2009 - International Relations Workshop
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11/19/2009 - Political Economy Colloquium
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11/20/2009 - PSGA Workshop
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Barry Burden. "The Dynamic Effects of Education on Voter Turnout."  Electoral Studies 28:540-9.   
Nils Ringe Who Decides, and How? Preferences, Uncertainty, and Policy Choice in the European Parliament. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009   
Kathryn Hendley. "‘Telephone Law’ and the ‘Rule of Law’: The Russian Case.” Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 1, 2 (2009: 241-64)   
Susan Yackee. “Private Conflict and Policy Passage:  Interest Group Conflict and State Medical Malpractice Reform.” Policy Studies Journal 37 (2009): 213-31.   
Kenneth Mayer. 2009. “Thoughts on the Revolution in Presidency Studies.” Presidential Studies Quarterly  39 (no. 4, December).   
Kathryn Hendley. “Coping With Uncertainty: The Role of Contracts in Russian Industry During the Transition to the Market.” Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business 30, 2 (2009).   
Kenneth Mayer. “Executive Orders,” in Joseph Bessette and Jeffrey Tulis, eds., The Constitutional Presidency.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.   
Courtney Hillebrecht. “Rethinking Compliance: The Challenges and Prospects of Measuring Compliance with International Human Rights Tribunals.” Journal of Human Rights Practice,  2009.   
Kathryn Hendley. “The Law in Post-Putin Russia.” In Dale Herspring and Stephen Wegren, eds., After Putin’s Russia, 4th ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2010.   
John Coleman, Kevin S. Price. Legitimacy, Leadership, and Longing for Realignment: The Party Basis of the Bush Presidency.” In Steven E. Schier, ed., Ambition and Division: Legacies of the George W. Bush Presidency (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009).   
Barry Burden, D. Sunshine Hillygus. “Opinion Formation, Polarization, and Presidential Reelection.” Presidential Studies Quarterly 39 (2009):619-35.   
Katja Favretto. “Should Peacemakers Take Sides? Major Power Mediation, Coercion, and Bias.” American Political Science Review 103, 2 (2009): 248-63.
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