Daniel Blinderman's research focuses on the relationship between social movements, constitutional development and democratization. He is interested in how, and under what circumstances, social movements become vehicles for constitutional reform and increased economic and political democracy. He also studies how different social movement coalitions effect long-run governance outcomes and shape elite backlash to the prospect of increased democratic contestation.

AIG is a group of graduate students and faculty who meet to discuss American institutions. For the first half of our meetings, we talk about our research, happenings in the field, and politics, and for the second, we discuss a recently published article or working paper.

To join the meeting via Zoom, email Jared Cory and Benjamin Lempert (blempert@umich.edu) for the meeting link.