THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
October 28, 1999
9:15 Introduction and welcoming comments
Russell Dalton, UC Irvine
9:30 The State of American Politics Today
Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute
11 The Changing Congress
Chair: Mark Petracca, UCI
Presenters:
Barbara Sinclair, UCLA
Nelson Polsby, UC Berkeley
12:15 A Presidential Strategy in Crisis
James McGregor Burns, Williams College
(in Crystal Cove Auditorium)
2:00 Primary Madness: The Frontloaded System of 2000
Chair: Carole Uhlaner, UCI
Presenters:
Martin Wattenberg, UC Irvine
Austin Ranney, UC Berkeley
David Magleby, Brigham Young University
3:30 Race and Politics: A Look Toward the Future
Bernard Grofman, UC Irvine
Katherine Tate, UC Irvine
4:30 Closing remarks from Jack Peltason
7:30 The Inaugural Peltason Lecture on Democracy
(in Crystal Cove Auditorium)
An Address by
Paul Simon, Former U.S. Senator from Illinois
and Southern Illinois University