Tali Mendelberg
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Warren specializes in the study of inequality and American politics. His research includes labor union organizing and politics, race and ethnic politics, urban politics and economic development, globalization and workers’ rights, American political development, community organizing and social movements, economic elites’ political influence, and social science methodology. Warren taught at University of Chicago and Columbia University for over a decade, and has worked with several national and local organizations including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, American Rights at Work, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, UNITE-HERE, Service Employees International Union, United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union, Steelworkers, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, and Jobs with Justice, among others. He currently serves on the boards of the Applied Research Center, Center for Community Change, the Model Alliance and the Discount Foundation. In addition, he has also testified before government entities including the Chicago and New York City Councils, and the National Labor Relations Board.
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Develops tests and finds support for a theory of class cultural norms. Argues that these preferences are partly traceable to socialization that occurs on predominately affluent college campuses, especially those with norms of financial gain, and especially among socially embedded students. Implements a large panel dataset with a high response rate and more rigorous causal inference strategies than previous socialization studies. Argues that college socialization partly explains why affluent Americans support economically conservative policies.
Argues that these efforts to increase and improve the representation of women will often fall short unless they also address institutional rules that impede women's voices. Delineates that the wrong institutional rules can exacerbate women's deficit of authority and that the right rules can elevate women's authority. Discusses how these rules increase women's participation, establish more cooperative norms of group behavior, and can have important consequences for the descriptive and substantive representation of women and their interests.
Examines how and when politicians play the race card and then manage to plausibly deny doing so. Discusses how George Bush's used the Willie Horton story during the1988 presidential campaign and how politicians routinely evoke racial stereotypes, fears, and resentments without voters' awareness.