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parts of the world as well as debates over competing political sci- Building Bridges ence frameworks, whether theoretical or methodological. In this Multilevel Governance and Federalism: issue you will find different perspectives on the recent UK election, in which no party gained a majority of seats, and what this develop- Closely Linked or Incompatible Concepts? ment means for Westminster majoritarianism. modes and multiple units of intergovern- David Beetham argues that the ensuing coalition between mental decision-making. Conservatives and Liberal Democrats presents an opportunity to move beyond the first-past-the-post electoral system and its damag- With respect to the application of federal- ing effects on political equality. He points out that in this election it ism and multilevel governance to the took around 120,000 votes to elect each Liberal Democrat MP, com- European Union, most European federal E
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s IPSA's Wikipedia entry says: 'During its history IPSA Wyn Grant is more cautious about the benefits of moving beyond T O H has helped build bridges between East and West, North majoritarianism. He points out that proportional representation P In terms of their common traits, the two Aand South, and has promoted collaboration between schol- might give a disproportionate amount of influence to smaller parties concepts share a normative focus on attrib- ars in both established and emerging democracies. Its aim is to cre- such as the anti-immigration British National Party. On the other Michael STEIN Lisa TURKEWITSCH utes such as the capacity to divide power ate a global political science community in which all can partici- hand the alternative vote would be unlikely to change the outcome Visiting Professor of Political Science, PhD candidate in Political Science, and sovereignty between national and pate, most recently it has been extending its reach in Eastern in a large number of seats, although it does give minor parties more University of Toronto University of Toronto other levels of government in order to combat authoritarian or overly centralized Europe and Latin America.' bargaining power. government. They have other common he concept of multilevel governance is device. In the first sense, multilevel gover- normative concerns such as that of conflict IPSA has new ways of letting its members know about events in the I have a particular interest in the topic explored by Beetham and Tincreasingly being applied beyond its nance is a framework for analysis and a management, protecting minority interests, global community of political science, providing up-to-date infor- Grant because no party achieved a majority in Australia's recent European origins. However, many North conceptual approach to the study of deci- achieving a balance between societal unity mation through the monthly e-newsletter and through the IPSA election – although we have used the alternative vote for the House American scholars of federalism and inter- sion-making across levels of governance. and diversity, and providing for the repre- website
Gross Stein. She uses the term “networked global age. (Stein, ‘Canada by nance. Although she does not explicitly the study of intergovernmental relations in political cultural, historical and societal, as little evidence of a horizontal or outward federalism” rather than “multilevel gover- Mondrian’, in Gibbins et al, Canada draw on the recent MLG literature, she Canada and the United States, as well as to well as institutional features. This is an expansion of decision-making to include nance” to describe what she refers to as a by Picasso, 2006, p. 18). acknowledges its close kinship with her the study of federal systems in other parts ongoing project of ours. the private sector or NGOs. However, we process that is: concept of “networked federalism.” She of the world. Multilevel governance do discover that the multilevel governance Stein recognizes that the concept of “net- finds many of the same benefits in “net- encourages a broader focus on the vertical We have also compared in greater depth approach might provide a useful lens located in a grid that is simultaneous- worked federalism” is essentially equiva- worked federalism” as we have identified and horizontal non-governmental and gov- two emergent federations, Brazil and through which some other relatively recent ly horizontal and vertical, where lent to what others call multilevel gover- with the concept of MLG. These include ernmental policy-making structures at dif- India. We explore whether the concept of developments in India, including its shift movement is along many of the axes, ferent levels and sectors of the intergovern- multilevel governance could be incorporat- to a more market-oriented economy and its not through a central hub. The institu- mental process. ed into an analysis of changing patterns of according of increased decision-making tions remain, but the pattern of move- intergovernmental relations in those coun- power to its local governments in a major ment among them and between them The concept of multilevel governance pro- tries. We speculate that Brazil, since it has 1992 structural reform. changes. The important questions motes greater emphasis on cooperative a comparatively more multicentred and become those of the genesis of policy (...) the concept of “networked rather than competitive or conflictual decentralized presidential federal system, We therefore suggest that presidential fed- ideas, the creation of shared policy federalism” is essentially equivalent to aspects of intergovernmental relations. It is a polity in which an application of an erations, particularly those which are char- space, the opportunities for feedback draws attention to the incorporation into MLG approach should prove to be particu- acterized by decentralization and fragmen- and correction, and the resilience of what others call multilevel governance. the complex web of intergovernmental larly useful. Our work also highlights sev- tation of powers both vertically and hori- transmission lines. [This concept] decision-making of both public and private eral policy areas in which a multilevel gov- zontally, may be more open to the emer- might better reflect…federalism in a actors, and the need for this process to be ernance approach appears to be most ana- gence of multilevel governance than are more transparent and open. We acknowl- lytically promising. emergent parliamentary federations, espe- capacity to capture movement away from edge that the inclusion of private actors in cially those that display characteristics of command and control structures towards processes of intergovernmen- executive federalism. How- policy-making that is more “network- tal policy-making may fail to ever, we acknowledge that like”, as is the case with non-governmental produce more cooperative this argument is in need of organizations such as networks of environ- governance in some policy- The concept of multilevel much more refinement and mentalists that push to hold governments making contexts. research in future studies. and corporations accountable for their per- governance promotes greater formance on environmental commitments In considering the applica- emphasis on cooperative rather In conclusion, we find the (ibid. p. 41). tion of multilevel governance interface between federalism as a conceptual tool, in- than competitive or conflictual and multilevel governance to Our own argument in support of linking creased focus on the local aspects of intergovernmental be a fruitful area for future the concept of multilevel governance to level of government is anoth- research. Dialogue between federalism in the current globalized inter- er area where traditional relations. scholars of multilevel gover- national context is a similar one, but has approaches to federalism and nance in the European con- been framed in a somewhat different, more intergovernmental relations text and students of compara- empirical and comparative form. We have can draw inspiration from a multilevel In contrast to Brazil, however, India, as an tive federalism globally can only serve to tried to demonstrate the applicability of a governance approach. Increasingly, studies emergent parliamentary federation, has further clarify and solidify the linkages multilevel governance framework for the of local governance in the political science proved to be less likely to manifest incipi- between the two concepts, and further understanding of contemporary internal literature make use of multilevel gover- ent characteristics of multilevel gover- enrich our understanding of intergovern- intergovernmental relations in two older nance as an analytic tool. nance. In our preliminary research, we find mental processes. federations, Canada and the United States. We consider these two federations to be We have recently extended our compara- “prototypes” of mature parliamentary and tive analysis of intergovernmental relations presidential federations. in federal systems to seven other federa- tions, including several countries in the We have attempted to show the relevance developing world. They encompass three of MLG for understanding the changing federations of the parliamentary type Short biographies of the authors policy-making process of intergovernmen- (Australia, Germany and India) and four of tal relations in these two countries in three the presidential type (Brazil, Argentina, Michael B. Stein policy areas: environmental policy, fiscal Mexico and Nigeria). Our findings here policy and health policy. We argue that the diverge somewhat from those in our Michael B. Stein is currently Visiting Professor of Political Science at emergence of new modes of intergovern- Canadian-American intergovernmental the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada and Professor Emeritus at mental relations in these three policy areas comparison. McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. He is Chair of IPSA Research as a result of globalization points to a need Committee 28 on Comparative Federalism and Federation, and co- for the framing of new theoretical con- We find that some common characteristics editor of the IPSA Research Committee Book Series on The World of structs and the offering of new insights are manifested exclusively in the parlia- Political Science. drawn in particular from the concept of mentary federations that we have studied, E
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next day. They insisted that they were still work in the public sector. Maps identified Full systems of proportional representation Two Cheers for “in purdah” which refers to the caretaker a whole series of highly marginal con- would have a greater effect as they tend to rules that govern activity during an elec- stituencies dotted along the motorway net- favour smaller parties. These parties then tion. This made any discussion of policy work and the Financial Times even man- tend to have a disproportionate effect on Majoritarianism issues virtually impossible. I suppose I aged to identify and interview the median the formation of a government. The Free should have realised that bureaucrats are voter. In the event it may have been White Democratic Party in Germany has had a always going to be ultra cautious. It will be Van Man, a skilled worker lived in pivotal role after many elections in the interesting to see how the Federal Republic. Whilst it hat view you take of majoritari- their seals of office, led by the new Lord relationship between civil has, quite un-derstandably, anism depends in part on what President of the Privy Council, Nick servants and the new genera- sought to maximise its posts E L L view you take of the purposes of Clegg. It was 65 years since the Liberals tion of “SPADs” (special pol- and influence, it has general- E B
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Short Biography I general election failed to give any party an The British civil service is rightly famed such parties, particularly if patory, deliberative forms of overall majority. I do not know of anyone for the ease and speed with which it han- they have a strong geographi- democracy. However, many Wyn Grant is Professor of who predicted a Conservative-Liberal dles a change of government. This time it cal base. In the 2010 elec- people live busy lives and Politics at the University of Democrat coalition in advance. Even after was a little bit more difficult than usual. In tion, the Liberal Democrats prefer to spend their spare Warwick. He was chair of the the election results were declared,I addition to “blue” and “red” briefing received nearly a quarter of There is certainly a strong trend time on family, cultural and the votes but less than ten per sporting activities which Political Studies Association thought that the most likely outcome was a books, the civil service prepared “yellow” “confidence and supply” agreement briefing books for Liberal Democrat min- cent of the seats. towards more participatory, they find more satisfying of the UK (2002-05) and was between the Conservatives and Liberal isters, and held meetings with their deliberative forms of democracy. than politics. Representa- president until 2008, since Democrats which would give a minority spokespersons, but understandably more It is also argued that a first- tive systems of democracy then serving as a vice-presi- Conservative government support on votes attention was given to the official opposi- past-the-post system discour- may be rooted in the 19th dent. He was elected a of confidence and passing a budget. I tion. ages many voters from taking part in the Southern England and concerned about century, but they do ensure that the politi- election. The outcome in the majority of immigration, who delivered the final blow cal agenda is not driven by a “zealocracy” member of the executive thought that another election before too long would be likely in an effort to get the As chance would have it, I was with mid- seats is predictable; hence parties focus to New Labour. of unrepresentative activists. committee of the Inter- electorate to make their minds up. dle-ranking civil servants from a particular their campaign on the relatively small All this shouldn’t be taken too seriously, national Political Science department on Wednesday and Thursday. number of seats that are winnable. Indeed, but it does point to the extent to which the Much depends on what one wants from Association in 2006. My reasoning was that, given that most On Wednesday they were understandably parties can become even focused on the election campaign becomes focused on a government and politics? Does one want a Liberal Democrat activists tend to be to the edgy about whom their new secretary of median voter in such seats. In previous limited range of voters and their particular strong and stable government which can elections it has been “Worcester woman”, a concerns. So is the case for proportional drive through necessary but unpopular His main areas of expertise left rather than right of centre, a coalition state might be. There was a rumour early agreement with the Conservatives would in the day that it might be a Liberal woman in her 30s with two children work- representation overwhelming? It is clearly policies? Or does one maximise opportu- are pressure groups, govern- undermine the party’s integrity and identi- Democrat. This was quickly shown to be ing part-time, driving a mid-range Ford car strong, but creating more fairness in the nities for participation even if it means it ment-business relations, ty, However, a ‘rainbow coalition’ with false as other slots were filled. I was pret- and living in the cathedral city of electoral process may create unfairness takes longer to reach decisions? It’s not an agriculture and food policy Labour and various minor parties would ty sure that the shadow minister would not Worcester in the middle of England. elsewhere. “either or” choice, of course. But many and economic policy includ- not have been sustainable given the arith- be appointed to the vacant slot. My European governments face a combination “Worcester Woman” briefly surfaced again Much depends, of course, on what kind of of internationally uncompetitive econ- ing globalisation. His main metic. It could also be castigated as a research assistant was frantically working “coalition of losers”. If the Liberal his I-pod to try and found out who it was in this election, but the main focus was on proportional representation system one omies, ageing populations and personal areas of teaching are Democrats were to support the going to be. Eventually we found out “Motorway Man” (the gender change sim- adopts. What is on the agenda at the and public debt mountains. This may pro- research methods, economic Conservatives, they might as well take about 50 minutes ahead of the official ply reflects the alliteration). Motorway moment in Britain in terms of a prospective duce unanticipated forms of politics and policy-making and crop biol- office and influence policy. announcement by checking with a special- Man and his family were said to live on a referendum is the alternative vote, which is some tensions between the demands of ogy. ist magazine. new housing estate very near to a motor- really a modified form of first-past-the- democracy and decisions that will placate I realised how much the world had way, often built on formerly derelict land. post. It would probably change the out- the international financial markets. changed when I saw the Liberal Democrats Somewhat to my surprise, the civil ser- Motorway Man was typically a middle come in less than ten per cent of seats in a arriving at Buckingham Palace to collect vants were not much more comfortable the manager in business and his wife might UK election. 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Securing an effective government the rail privatisation under Major, and the surprisingly far to meet the Liberal Demo- The UK – The chief advantage of FPTP, according to Iraq war under Blair, to give only the most crats’ demands for constitutional reform: a David BEETHAM its supporters, is that single-party rule pro- notable examples. In this context, for a rul- fixed-term parliament, a mainly elected University of Leeds duces strong government, and the coalition ing party to have to debate and convince a upper chamber, legislation on the Wright Beyond Majoritarianism? governments typical of a proportional sys- coalition partner or even an opposition Committee reforms to make parliament tem only weak ones. Any glance at the could be seen to be a positive advantage, more independent of the executive, and a record of coalition governments in conti- and make for more considered, and hence referendum on changing FPTP to the alter- valid complaint, echoed by others. constituencies who may or may not change nental Europe will readily dismiss the sec- effective, government. It is doubtful that a native vote (AV), with the proviso that Because his party’s vote is more evenly their party allegiance. Others reckon the ond part of this proposition. Coming clos- repeat of the 2005 election result, in which Conservatives would be free to campaign David Beetham spread than that of the other two main par- figure to be much smaller, as few as er to home, the experience of Scotland and Labour won a decisive parliamentary ma- against it. AV is in no sense a proportional Short Biography ties, it delivers far fewer parliamentary 100,000 voters. It is on these voters that the Wales shows that coalition government, or jority with only 36 per cent of the popular system, and would only go some way to- seats for the number of votes cast. In this parties focus all their money, attention and even a minority government as recently in vote, would be accepted again as legitimate, wards redressing the defects of FPTP enu- election, for 23 per cent of the popular vote electoral effort, not to mention their poli- Scotland, can be perfectly effective. And or carry public support for tough decisions. merated above; in addition, there is no David Beetham is Professor now we have the new Prime Minister, guarantee that it will pass a referendum, Emeritus, University of Leeds, the party got fewer than 10 per cent of the cies. Voters in safe seats can be safely seats. However, an appeal to “fairness” is ignored. It is hardly surprising that the David Cameron, justifying his successful Prospects for change given the visceral opposition of many UK, and Associate Director, UK attempt to forge a coalition government on The creation of a coalition government be- Labour as well as Conservative MPs to- Democratic Audit. He has pub- also a mistake. It can too easily be present- electoral turnout in these seats is systemat- ed as the self-regarding complaint of a ically lower, because voting can make no the grounds that it is the only one that can tween Conservatives and Liberal Democ- wards it. Yet that very opposition acknowl- lished widely on democratic produce ‘strong and stable government’. As rats (“Conrats” or “Liberatives” according edges what a shift in the long-term charac- theory and the methodology of child who gets a smaller slice of the cake difference to the outcome, and electors than the others, and as a narrowly partisan have correspondingly less incentive to to the first part of the proposition, the to choice) has been described as a typical- ter of government it could still produce, democracy assessment, as well British record of the past twenty years ly British revolution, though it was the with coalitions more the norm than the as its application to the UK. demand when times demand attention to vote. Even when voters have an incentive the “national interest”. A much stronger to turn out, they are often obliged to vote shows that single-party rule can produce only sustainable administration that the exception. If the new government does in- and less partisan case can be made that the against the party they most dislike rather downright bad government. The executive parliamentary arithmetic would allow. The deed prove sustainable over time, then that current system compromises the quality of than for the one whose policies they would dominance over parliament produced by a key question is whether it will prove a one- fact in itself will go far to removing the democracy for everyone. The arguments rather support, and to do so on the basis of ruthless whipping system (whereby party off exception, or will lead to a permanent bogey of a “hung parliament” from public he May 2010 general election in the should be familiar, but are worth rehears- the last election figures in their constituen- discipline is enforced) leaves parliamen- change in the character of British govern- discourse, for all that it has taken the most United Kingdom proved to be an ing in the context of the recent election, cy and second guessing what other voters tary oversight and scrutiny far too weak, ment, mirroring that which has already unrepresentative group of parliamentarians Textraordinary one in a number of and before they become submerged by the will do. and makes government all too prone to taken place in Scotland, Wales and North- in terms of gender and class to bring it respects. First, and most notably, the first events of the past week. They concern how policy disasters: the poll tax under Thatcher, ern Ireland. Cameron was prepared to go about. past the post (FPTP) electoral system, the system treats voters; what kind of par- Creating a parliament that is represen- whose chief merit in the eyes of its propo- liament it produces; and the quality of gov- tative nents is that it delivers single-party govern- ernment it gives rise to. I take each of these A basic requirement of an elected assem- ment, produced an indecisive outcome. No in turn. bly is that it should be representative of the party won sufficient confidence of the diversity of the electorate. Much is rightly electorate to govern on its own. Secondly, made of the failure of legislatures to reflect the opinion poll surge for the Liberal the social diversity of the population in Democratic Party brought on by its leader terms of gender, ethnicity or class. Even Nick Clegg’s performance in the televised more fundamental, however, is that a par- leaders’ debates evaporated unexpectedly Voters in safe liament should reflect the diversity of at the polls, for reasons still to be seats can be political opinion in the country, as explained, yet still left him playing the role expressed in votes for the respective par- of king maker or breaker. So the UK had to safely ignored. ties, and should do so without substantial get used to the kind of coalition discus- distortion. Under contemporary UK condi- sions which are taken for granted as nor- tions FPTP fails this basic test. Since the mal elsewhere, albeit with the much short- 1970s the UK electorate has become polit- er time-scale demanded by an impatient Treating all voters equally ically diverse, voting for multiple parties; media. Thirdly, the popular vote showed A fundamental principle of democracy is yet the electoral system suppresses this unusual and unpredictable variation that of political equality: in Bentham’s diversity, as it limits the effective choice of between and within regions, as it played phrase, ‘everyone counts for one and none governing party to the duopoly of Labour out in individual constituency results, not for more than one’. Although the UK’s or Conservative, with their respectively altogether explicable by an “incumbency” Boundary Commission works hard to narrow social bases in different regions of effect, or candidates tarnished by the equalise the size of constituencies so that the country. At the same time the system expenses scandal. Finally, there were the value of the vote is the same wherever can produce perverse results, with a party grotesque scenes of voters being turned you live, under FPTP people’s votes still winning more votes and fewer seats, as away from polling stations up and down have markedly differential value. They dif- happened to the Liberal Democrats this the country, because these were under- fer according to which party you vote for: time. Even more bizarre were some of the staffed, had run out of ballot papers, or had in this election it took around 120,000 projections made at different stages of the not got an up-to-date register of electors. votes to elect each Liberal Democratic MP recent electoral campaign, with the possi- And all because the turnout of electors had in comparison with 34,000 for each bility of the party coming third in the pop- risen from a meagre 60 per cent in 2005 to Conservative and 33,000 for each Labour ular vote winning most seats, or the one H P
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June 16 to 18: Montreal Prof. Patzelt was then treated to a tour of the city that included a thorough examina- New Bidding Process for ourisme Montréal, represented by tion of the central Palais des Congrès IPSA World Congresses TMarie-France Polidori and members of (Montreal Convention Centre), together IPSA News Nouvelles de l’AISP the bidding local committee, among them with a well-prepared audiovisual presenta- Beginning in 2009, IPSA is asking cities EC member Leslie Pal, extended a foodie’s tion showcasing the numerous features of interested in hosting the World Congress of welcome to Prof. Patzelt on June 16. this world-class venue. To capture the spir- Political Science to respond to a specially- Joining him for dinner were Stéphane it of the city, he was also taken on a special prepared Request for Proposal (RFP) taking A Tale of Two Cities for IPSA Paquin, chair of the organizing committee walking tour of historic Old Montreal, with into account the requirements necessary for and professor at Sherbrooke University, stops at various hotels and student resi- ensuring a successful event. and committee members Leslie Pal dences in the vicinity of the convention Werner Patzelt, head of the Executive Committee’s selection commit- (Carleton University), Stéphane Roussel centre to highlight the diversity of accom- The deadline to submit bids for the 2015 tee, visited Istanbul and Montreal, the two cities shortlisted to host (UQÀM), former Canadian Political modations available. Capping off the visit World Congress of Political Science was the 2015 IPSA World Congress of Political Science, in May and June, Science Association president Kim to Montreal was a customized tour of the December 1, 2009. We received bids from respectively. Accompanying him was IPSA Events and World Congress Richard Nossal (Queen’s University), and city. Istanbul, Montreal, Singapore and Taiwan. Coordinator, Isabel Brinck. See sidebar for more information on the Catherine Côté (Sherbrooke University). The island city proved to be a delightful, bidding process. friendly metropolis, one that knows how to Headed by Werner Patzelt, the selection E
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IPSA New Website! IPSA Stays at Concordia University: - Option to subscribe to RSS feeds and share news and pages on social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.); Renewal of the Agreement
- New ‘’History’’ section; n October 6th 2010, Concordia University and - A survey box to take the pulse of the international political sci- OIPSA renewed their agreement extending their ence community; partnership for another 5 years (2011-2015 inclusive- ly). Leonardo Morlino, IPSA President and Judith - A brand new, easier to use membership form; Woodsworth, President of Concordia University, exchanged and signed the agreement in the presence E E L L L L
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O O This new version of the IPSA website is not final; it will be con- Concordia University) and Andrea Cestaro H H P P stantly upgraded in the next 12 to 20 months. We will keep you (Administrator, IPSA). informed every step of the way but, make sure to visit us often at Eric Mathieu www.ipsa.org ! The IPSA Secretariat is located in Montreal since GRÈVE ST-LAURENT 2001. It all started in 2000, when IPSA organized with IT Project Manager External Relations & Upcoming new features: great success its XVIIIth World Congress of Political Membership Coordinator, Science in Quebec City. One of the organizers of the Webmaster - Submit panels and papers, register and get information about event was Guy Lachapelle who became Secretary IPSA events directly in your IPSA Profile; General of the association the same year. As the Dear IPSA members, Secretariat normally followed the Secretary General - My IPSA profiles for research committees and institutional and to his country of residence, it came to be officially collective members; We are proud to present the new IPSA website, transferred from Dublin, Ireland to Montreal in From left to right Guy Lachapelle (Secretary General, IPSA), January 2001. In October 2005, the IPSA Executive Committee - Possibility to create/join groups related to specific subjects; e have been working hard for the past months to bring you a Leonardo Morlino, IPSA President, Judith Woodsworth, decided to establish its Secretariat on a more permanent basis in President of Concordia University, Louise Dandurand (Vice- Montreal with the support of Montreal International and Concordia Wnew, modernized version of the IPSA website. While keep- - A complete section to navigate past events; ing all the features you love, we have infused the IPSA website President, Concordia University), Peter Stoett (Chair, University. Establishing the Secretariat in Montreal has contributed Political Science, Concordia University) a great deal to the development of the association as it provided the with a shot of vitality. The new features will bring more interaction - Manage your RC (exclusively for RC Chairs); between IPSA and its members. They are: institutional stability necessary for the diversification and increase of IPSA’s activities. The association is indebted to Concordia - An IPSA Store; - A reconceptualised and easy to use homepage titled “Political University for its continuous support and looks forward to a long and productive relationship. Science News”. As opposed to the old homepage, this nicer - A revamped Online Paper Room; looking screen will provide you with even more news about political science around the world. Another element of the visit of Prof. Morlino to Montreal was a - And many more. public lecture at the Political Science Department of Concordia th - A personalised ‘’My IPSA’’ profile for each IPSA member. With University on October 7 . His lecture, based on aspects of his lat- We hope you will enjoy the new site and the services it brings to International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of a personalized log in, you will be able to perform tasks only est book ( the political science community. Law: Anchoring Democracy? available to members such as : , London, Routledge 2008) and research generated great interest and lively participation from the attendants. ● Edit your biography, specialization, résumé, publications, etc. ;
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IPSA at the APSA Annual Meeting Three-Country 61st Annual Conference Titled Conference in Washington, DC “Political “Transforming Politics: or a third consecutive year, IPSA Isabel Brinck extolled the benefits of IPSA lingual copy of the Madrid 2012 “Save the Integration” to Be New Synergies” membership and participation in research Date” flyer that was available at the stand, Fmanned a booth at the American Held in Basel, April 19 to 21, 2011 - Novotel London West Political Science Association’s Annual committees, as well as provided details on go to www.ipsa.org. Members are Meeting. This year’s event was held in upcoming conferences. Membership bro- encouraged to download a copy and for- Switzerland in 2011 Washington, DC. From the well-positioned chures, Madrid 2012 flyers, and 60th ward it to friends and colleagues. he PSA is among the world’s most senior political studies asso- table, administrator Andrea Cestaro and Anniversary pins were handed out, as were Three-Country Conference hosted by the Austrian, German Tciations. The 61st Annual Conference comes 20 years after the Events & World Congress Coordinator popular copies of the International Of course, those already familiar with Aand Swiss political science associations will be held at the end of the Cold War and just one year after an historical electoral Political Science IPSA are always welcome to stop by and University of Basel on January 13 and 14, 2011. outcome in Britain. The conference offers a timely opportunity to Review and Ab- say hello. This year, we greeted members debate the extent to which political action and thought have been stracts. Even the past and present Richard Niemi, Joyce The conference will focus on processes of political integration, transformed in recent years and to consider the potency of the new display copies of Gelb, Luciano Bardi, Martin Bull, Jane viewed in this context as both a challenge and an opportunity to synergies that have emerged. This year, we intend to build on past the History of Bayes and Cynthia Massie Mara, not to bridge borders. Three public sessions and various workshops will successes and continue with recent innovations. In particular, we’re IPSA and the mention the program chair of the next examine the conditions and potential for political integration from interested in promoting cross-disciplinary participation and show- Constitution world congress, Wyn Grant. For those who three main perspectives: casing collaborative research. The London location for the 2011 were gone by the meant to come but never made it, your next • Political integration as it relates to the regional integration of PSA Conference will make it easier for scholars and practitioners end of the exhib- opportunity will be at the International states, more specifically cross-border cooperation between from the UK and abroad to take part. Our objectives for 2011 are to: it! A popular Studies Association meeting in Montreal neighbouring countries. • Encourage a multi-disciplinary presence; new item at the from March 16 to 19, 2011. Look for the • Political integration as an agent of social integration. How are • Foster a more sustained international presence by forging ties booth this year IPSA banners! societies constituted in the age of globalization? with associations such as APSA, ECPR and IPSA; was a newsletter • Political integration in relation to state-building processes, • Connect academic research to practice by establishing a promoting the A highlight of this year’s APSA Annual state reform and the disintegration of states. The assumption, stronger practitioner presence at the conference and by institut- upcoming activi- Meeting was greeting Nobel Laureate here, is that state-building is an ongoing process marked by ing a plenary academic/practitioner debate. ties of research Elinor Ostrom, seen here with Andrea renegotiation and rebalancing. committees and Cestaro. Ostrom will serve as a plenary Call for proposals for workshops, panels, papers and posters national associa- speaker at the 2012 IPSA World Congress Please note that conference workshops will be given mainly in Details on the call for proposals for workshops, panels, papers and tions. For a bi- of Political Science, to be held in Madrid. German. posters are now available on the PSA website at http://www. psa.ac.uk/2011/Call.aspx. In addition, a career day for young political scientists, particularly doc- Postgraduate student support toral and post-doctoral students, will If you propose a panel that includes a post-graduate student, or if be offered as part of the conference, you submit a paper proposal as a post-graduate student, you may with an emphasis on fundamental be eligible for the PSA Post-graduate Access Fund. Details will be questions such as how to publish a available on the PSA website (www.psa.ac.uk) in due course. PhD thesis or a scientific article or how to pursue an academic career. Program confirmation Students will also have a chance to meet representatives of well- The full conference program will be published by December 2010.
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VALTIOTIETEELLINEN YHDISTYS th ● Political practices and institutional order in Russia NOPSA 2011 10 National ● Public policy, civil society and human rights in the context of STATSVETENSKAPLIGA FÖRENINGEN th 16 Nordic Political Science Congress Congress of the political modernization FINNISH POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION August 9 to 12, 2011 · Vaasa · Finland ● Russia within the broader framework of global political trends Argentine ● The role of information technologies in modernization Call for Papers Distrust and Democracy Association of Political processes aper proposals are being accepted for the 16th Nordic Political ● Research methods and modeling of political processes rd The 43 Annual Conference of the Finnish Political Sci- PScience Congress, which will be held at the Åbo Akademi Analysis. Sociedad Argentina ence Association University Campus (Academill) in Vaasa, Finland. Details are available at www.rapn.ru and [email protected]. University of Jyväskylä – January 20 and 21, 2011 de Análisis Político - 10mo. The call for papers runs from October 1, 2010 to January 15, Congreso Nacional de Ciencia European Confederation of olitics is founded on distrust. A pervasive dynamic of distrust 2011. Política. Pand mutual control based on established rules is at the root of Political Science Associations parliamentary democracy – indeed, it is a necessary element in Interested participants are asked to forward an abstract (one page he Argentine Association of Political democracies the world over. In mature political systems, however, max.) by email to any of the workshop leaders. Details on work- TAnalysis (SAAP for its acronym in (ECPSA) commitment, identity and trust are also, to an extent, a given; but shops and the NoPSA Congress are available at Spanish) invites you to take part in its 10th he European Confederation of Political Science Associations’ distrust alone can spur critical evaluation and generate alternative www.nopsa2011.abo.fi. National Congress of Political Science, Twebsite (http://www.ecpsa.org/) provides information on courses of action. Directing attention to distrust encourages schol- which takes place in Córdoba City from July undergraduate and graduate courses in Europe as well as civic edu- ars to avoid clichés, which call for greater “trust in institutions” as Workshops: 27 to 30, 2011. The theme of the congress is cation in EU member countries. a panacea to disinterest in politics. Distrust and democracy is the “Democracy, Integration and Crisis in the theme of the Finnish Political Science Association’s Annual ● Interesseorganisationer i nyt terræn New Global Order: Tensions and Challenges ECPSA was founded in 2007 to promote the discipline’s interests Conference, which takes place in Jyväskylä. ● Urban politik i ett nordiskt sammanhang for Political Analysis.” The congress program and pursue its professional goals across Europe. It seeks to make ● Omsorgspolitikkens dynamik: institutioner, interesser og will include plenary, special and thematic political science more meaningful in public debate and policy- Dr. David Runciman, senior lecturer in the Department of Politics spændinger sessions, roundtables, lectures by guest making. and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge, ● The Nordic models in transition speakers, debates and business meetings. The main working lan- will serve as the keynote speaker at the conference. His book ● Politikens projektifiering – temporära organisationer i offentlig guage at the congress will be Spanish, with some panels offered in Among other things, the union of national associations is a reaction Political Hypocrisy: The Mask of Power, from Hobbes to Orwell politikutformning Portuguese and English. The registration fee for participants is 300 to increasing harmonization on the higher education landscape in and Beyond (2008) is closely connected to the theme of the confer- ● Perspektiv på politisk kultur pesos (90 pesos for SAAP members). Europe. ECPSA creates a framework for cooperation and exchange ence. ● Mellem demokratisk konsolidering og hybridregimer related to all aspects of political science as an academic discipline ● Utvärdering i offentlig sektor Congress details are available in Spanish on the SAAP website at and to its professional organization. Dr. Tuula Juvonen, lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences ● Political communication: antecedents, contents and effects of http://www.saap.org.ar. Email contact information (in and Philosophy (Women’s Studies) at the University of Jyväskylä, political information Spanish, Portuguese or English): [email protected] ECPSA has put forward a mission statement, which is available on will serve as the Finnish keynote speaker. She has studied how ● Parlamenter og regeringer its website at http://www.ecpsa.org. (homo)sexuality affects assessments of political reliability on the ● Postkommunistisk politikk 20 år etter murens fall: teoretiske part of voters and party members in Finland, Germany and the perspektiv og empiriske analysar? Annual Conference of the For details, please contact Felix W. Wurm, secretary general of the United States. ● Religion och nationalism: skärningspunkter, konflikter och German Political Science Association (DVPW, c/o. Universitaet utmaningar Russian Political Science Osnabrueck, FB 1 – Sozialwissen¬schaften, D-49069 Osnabrueck, The call for papers continues until December 31, 2010. Paper sub- ● Kommunalt selvstyre i Norden Association ++49/541/969-6264, [email protected]). missions may be forwarded to www.jyu.fi/ptp2011. ● Sovereignty in the making: emerging forms of state formation and political authority “Changing Russia: Political Agenda and For details, please contact conference secretary Onni Pekonen at ● Nordic migration states Strategies” Romanian Association of [email protected]. ● Nordisk populisme: konvergens eller divergens? ● Politics of history Moscow, November 25 and 26, 2010 Political Science / Institute of ● Parliamentarism n November 25 and 26, 2010, the Russian Political Science Political Sciences and ● Models of democracy: what are they and do they travel? OAssociation will host its annual conference titled “Changing ● Politics & expertise Russia: Political Agendas and Strategies.” International Relations ● The politics of party leadership change: criteria for party lead- (ISPRI) ership challenges and impacts on political outcomes The conference takes place at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ ● Mångfald och integration i Norden Institute of Information on Social Sciences, located at 51/21 he annual conference of the Institute of Political Sciences and ● Flernivåstyring og forhandlinger i velferdsstaten Nakhimovsky Prospect in Moscow. TInternational Relations (ISPRI) is slated for the third quarter of ● Deltagardemokrati 2010. The conference gives ISPRI researchers an opportunity to ● Electoral behaviour and turnout Against a backdrop of modernization, an analysis of political present and discuss the results – be they definitive or partial – of ● Discourse and ideology: storytelling, images, and the space of developments in Russia in the 21st century will provide the focus their research, particularly as they relate to research themes conflicts for the conference. A full spectrum of issues will be covered, advanced by the Institute. ● Humanitarian politics including political developments and processes in Russia and beyond, as well as institutional changes and relations between cit- In March 2011, ISPRI’s international relations section will hold a izens and political elites. workshop titled “The General Equilibrium of Forces at the Beginning of the 21st Century.” Conference discussion topics: ● Shaping the political agenda in the mid- and long-term In May 2011, ISPRI will stage a bilateral conference for Romanian ● The symbolism of politics and political communications in an and Russian researchers titled “Relations Between Russia and ever-changing Russia Romania in the Current Geopolitical Context.” ● Social factors shaping political power and relations between www.ipsa.org citizens and power elites Details are available at www.ispri.ro. 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Bolivian Political Science South African Association Research Committee News Association of Political Studies Call for institutions Biennial Conference Nouvelles des réseaux de chercheurs interested in establishing a he South African Association of Political TStudies (SAAPS) held its biennial confer- working partnership ence from September 1 to 4. The event was Bolivia, the “Process of Change” and the hosted by the University of Stellenbosch in Impact of the Indigenous World on the State South Africa. For the first time, SAAPS extended travel grants to Representing a Global Community of Commit-ted five participants from Africa and five from India to encourage ince 2006, Bolivia has undergone a process of change led by the South-South cooperation. The conference was very well attended, Scholars: Introducing Ten IPSA RC Chairs (Part 1) Sgovernment of Evo Morales, the first indigenous president in with participants coming from Europe and Australia as well. James Warner Björkman – Chair of RC 25 the history of the republic. This process has had a profound and Rainer EISFELD [email protected] unavoidable influence throughout the Andean region – particularly The theme of the conference was "Democracy in the First Ten RC Liaison Representative James Warner Björkman is Professor Emeritus of in southern Peru, within the indigenous organizations of Chile and Years of the 21st Century." Serving as keynote speaker on this topic Public Policy and Administration at the Institute of th Ecuador, and in popular sectors in Paraguay. was Prof. Dirk Berg-Schlosser of Philips University in Marburg, t its 18 World Congress in Munich (1970) Social Studies, The Hague. He has been Pro-fessor Germany. Asome 40 years ago, IPSA decided to institu- of Public Administration and Development at In theory, indigenous groups are supposed to be included in this tionalize worldwide research activities in our disci- Leiden University as well as Visiting Professor at ongoing political process, thus ending decades of social discrimi- Paper topics included African politics, comparative politics, gen- pline by establishing research committees. The sheer variety of the University of Namibia (Windhoek) and in Ljubljana, Slovenia. nation for this important segment of the Bolivian population. der, social movements, South African politics, public policy, and research committees has proven to be one of IPSA’s greatest assets. From 1987 to 1990, he served as director of the American Studies public opinion. A roundtable on European studies in Africa was In this issue and in the next, Participation pays tribute to their work Research Centre in Hyderabad, India, while conducting a compar- The new State Constitution approved in January 2009 recognizes a also held. An expert panel on South African politics gave provoca- by introducing ten scholars currently chairing some of our most ative study of national health policies in South Asia. He has wide range of rights for the indigenous population and ensures tive contributions concerning "the state of democracy in South vibrant RCs. Presenting a broad spectrum of nationalities across authored and/or edited 15 books as well as over 80 articles on com- their appointment, via ethnic quotas, to the highest positions in Africa." several continents and themes explored and taught under the parative methodology, social policies, health planning and imple- state executive, judicial and electoral bodies. umbrella of political science, these portraits speak to IPSA’s global mentation, professionalism in the welfare state, accountability in Participants were also offered an optional tour of the wineries in reach and to the sheer scope of our discipline. public policy, and policy learning. The process of change has also generated social and political polar- the vicinity of Stellenbosch, a town located in the mountains some ization, however, in a country where the majority identify them- 40 minutes from Cape Town. Readers are sure to notice the conspicuous absence of two of Fred Lazin – Chair of RC 5 selves essentially as mestizo. Positions for and against the process IPSA’s most prolific research committee chairs, Michael Stein (RC [email protected] have become increasingly radicalized, with little in the way of a This thought-provoking conference served to create new scholarly 28) and John Trent (RC 33). When it comes to political science, Fred Lazin has been an active member of RC 5 “middle ground.” In this sense, it is extremely difficult, from the networks. both are old hands – one a former RC representative (2000-2006), since 1981, and in 1985 he joined the committee’s inside, to assess the almost five years of government under Morales the other a former IPSA Secretary General (1976-1988) – whose board. The holder of a Ph.D. from the University of and the “Movimiento al Socialismo.” An objective external assess- photos have often appeared in these pages. Messrs. Trent and Stein Chicago, he is the Hurst Family Professor of Local Chilean Political Science Association are also co-editors of the World of Political Science series. The cur- Government at Ben Gurion University in Israel. ment is required to gauge the impact of the following critical th issues: 9 Chilean Congress of rent issue of Participation therefore introduces Hal Colebatch, Fred has also taught at NYU, UCLA, GWU, Cornell, Tufts and Australia (RC 32), Sharda Jain, India (RC 39), Jim Björkman, CUNY, and he has been a visiting scholar in Sweden, France, a) The human rights situation and political guarantees offered Political Science Netherlands (RC 25), Fred Lazin, Israel (RC 5) and Linda China, the Czech Republic, Canada and the U.S. He is this year’s within the process of change initiated by the government of he Chilean Political Cardinal, Canada (RC 50). The next issue will also feature five Abensohn Visiting Professor at Amer-ican University. He has Evo Morales. TScience Association scholars serving as chairs on some of our most active RCs. authored over 60 scholarly articles and chapters in books, as well (ACCP) will hold the as written or edited 10 books. In 2007, he edited Local Government b) The influence of indigenous identity in the promotion of dem- ninth edition of its Hal Colebatch – Chair of RC 32 Reforms in Countries in Transition: A Global Perspective. His lat- ocratic justice, as well as inclusion in the process of change Chilean Congress of [email protected] est book (2010) is titled Higher Education and Equality of carried out by Evo Morales. Political Science. This Hal Colebatch has carried out research and taught Opportunity: Cross-National Perspectives. event is intended to pro- in a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region The Bolivian Political Science Association casts an open invitation mote a greater under- as well as in Africa and Europe. His focus is on the Linda Cardinal – Chair of RC 50 to research institutes and foundations from Latin America, North standing of the political, discourses and organizational structures of gover- [email protected] America and Europe to submit expressions of interest in working economic and social nance, and the manner in which concepts such as Linda Cardinal holds the Chaire de recherche sur la jointly with the association on the issues mentioned above. challenges facing Latin “policy” are woven into the fabric of governing. This abiding con- francophonie et les politiques publiques at the America, under the cern with the process of governing is, by its very nature, cross-dis- University of Ottawa. Her research interests lie in Interested parties are asked to forward their proposals to the fol- theme “200 Years of Politics.” The Chilean Congress of Political ciplinary. This is reflected in the fact that Hal has served as co- the area of linguistic minorities as well as identity lowing email addresses by November 30, 2010. Science takes place at the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, chair of both RC38 (Government and Business) and most recently and citizenship in Canada and Québec. She is also Chile, from November 11 to 13, 2010. RC32 (Public Policy and Administration). His book Policy (Open interested in the theory of social movements and the history of [email protected] University Press) has been translated into four languages. ideas. After publishing numerous articles and directing several Bolivia and Ecuador celebrated bicentennials in 2009, and works related to these themes, she recently co-edited Le fédéralisme [email protected] Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico are set to follow suit this Sharda Jain – Chair of RC 39 asymétrique et les minorités linguistiques et nationales (Prise de year, followed by Paraguay and Venezuela in 2011. While the con- [email protected] parole, 2008) and Managing Diversity: Practices of Citizenship [email protected] gress will focus on the ongoing challenges Chile faces, our Latin Sharda Jain, Associate Professor of Political Science (University of Ottawa Press, 2007). From 2008 to 2009, she served American colleagues are also invited to reflect on the evolution, at University of Delhi, has to her credit a rich teach- as President of the Société québécoise de science politique. She was The ABCP will send the corresponding terms of reference to all challenges and legacy of 200 years of politics across the region. ing experience spanning nearly four decades. A tire- also editor of Politique et sociétés, a Québec-based journal of polit- organizations interested in carrying out joint research on the issued less researcher and author of books, research papers ical science, from 2001 to 2004. cited above. Persons interested in attending the congress must be members in and articles, Sharda Jain has been an active member good standing of ACCP and must defray a registration fee. For of IPSA since 1997. The two-day joint regional conference of RCs details, please visit the ACCP website at . 25 and 39 in Delhi in October 2007 – where some 16 quality presen- www.accp.cl tations were given – was an eloquent testimony to her dedication to IPSA’s mission and to her passion for the discipline. Research Committees News | Nouvelles des réseaux de chercheurs Participation Vol. 34, no 2 Participation Vol. 34, no 2 Research Committees News | Nouvelles des réseaux de chercheurs 20 21
RC 06 – Political Sociology Panel 10 Social class, social structure and politics RC 09 – Comparative Judicial Panel 11 Religion and politics (II) RC 06 working groups: Studies - 2011 interim meeting Panel 12 Religion and politics (III) University of California-Irvine RC1 – Concepts and Methods Working group on religion and politics July 21 to 23, 2011 Convenors: Piero Ignazi, University of Bologna (C&M) Panel 13 Comparative class and religious voting ([email protected]) and Spencer Wellhofer, Denver aper and panel proposals for the 2011 meeting of the Research University ([email protected]) Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies are now being Enhanced role for members on new C&M website Panel 14 Church/state relationship and party strategy P accepted. The meeting is open to all scholars interested in the com- he Committee on Concepts and Methods (C&M) is pleased to Working group on members and political party activists (MAPP) parative study of law and courts. The theme of the 2011 meeting is Panel 15 Religion and politics (I) Tunveil its redesigned website (www.concepts-methods Convenors: Wolgang Rudig ([email protected]) and Emilie “The Judicialization of Politics from International and Comparative ). Featuring an attractive graphic appearance and a full set of van Haute ([email protected]) Perspectives.” Comparative literature on international law and .org Panel 16 Business meeting new functional modules, the revamped site gives C&M members http://de.ulb.ac.be/cevipol/en/projets-recherche.html courts robustly describes the contours and different forms of judi- more opportunities to interact with the C&M community: The new cialization in a variety of polities. The literature has also sought to “My C&M” intranet allows committee members to: Working group on contentious politics & social movements explain the causes of judicialization in politics, including the Dr. S. Seferiades, Panteion University - Athens RC 08 – Legislative Specialists dynamics behind court empowerment, the reasons for which peo- • View and edit their personal profile (name, institution, coun- ([email protected], [email protected]) ple turn to courts to resolve disputes, and court involvement in the try, city, email, website, research interests, and password); t the IPSA conference in Luxembourg last spring, committee policy process. Working group on consequences of political inequality Amember Werner Patzelt, working alongside Christopher Lord, • Post information on publications, research projects, calls for Convenor: Joshua Dubrow, University of Ohio State University convened a well attended panel exploring democratic representa- Emerging out of this research stream is an examination of the papers, conferences, career developments and the activities of ([email protected]) tion in the European model of governance. The panel featured impact of judicialization. Paper and panel proposals devoted to the academic groups and networks; stimulating papers presented by Petra Guasti (Academy of following topics are especially welcome: Working group on political inequality (POLINQ) Sciences of the Czech Republic), Eric Miklin (Free University • Publish syllabi of university courses on political concepts, http://politicalinequality.wordpress.com Amsterdam), Johannes Pollak (Webster University Vienna), ● The impact of judicialization on processes of design, debate, measurements and language; Dionysia Tamvaki and Christopher Lord (University of Oslo), and passage, and policy implementation The working group on political inequality (POLINQ) is organized Richard Rose (University of Aberdeen). • Submit entries and comments to Les Intraduisibles: The around the concept of political inequality as a distinct form of ● The impact of judicialization on policy content, outcomes and Dictionary of Untranslatable Terms in Politics; social stratification and a subfield of political sociology. Its pur- Ongoing activities: effects pose is to (a) publish research in first-rate social science journals as • Consult the full list of C&M members and their profiles; well as high-quality monographs on issues of political inequality; 1) Irina Khmelko and Werner Patzelt are preparing a special ● Variation in the impact of judicialization on policy and the pol- (b) encourage members and affiliated professionals to write fund- issue of JEEAS (Journal of East European and Asian icy process over time and across borders • Run as candidates and vote in tri-annual board elections. ing proposals aimed at securing grants, fellowships and other Studies) outlining and explaining the development of legisla- awards related to political inequality; (c) stage conferences and tive institutions some 20 years after the annus mirabilis in ● Causes of variation in the impact of judicialization A word of thanks goes out to our generous sponsors for helping to similar events dedicated to presenting first-rate research on politi- several Central and East European countries. Most of the con- make this innovative C&M website a reality: The University of cal inequality; (d) foster international collaboration between schol- tributors are from RCLS. ● Judicialization of politics by other means. Massachusetts Amherst, CIDE Mexico City, and Glück Design. ars interested in issues of political inequality; and (e) encourage official membership in ISA RC 18 and IPSA RC 06 among mem- 2) David Olson and Gabriela Ilonszki are in the process of edit- Papers with an international dimension will be included in panels bers of the scholarly community. ing and reviewing chapters for a volume titled The Second on the following subjects: RC 02 – Political Elites Decade: Post-Communist Parliaments. The book will CPS presented the following panels at the 17th ISA World explore a range of parliamentary systems, from stable demo- ● The effects of judicialization on emerging international legal C 02 is currently preparing a panel on the “Consolidation of Congress in Gothenburg from July 11 to 17, 2010 cratic parliaments to parliaments dominated by the executive regimes RThird-Wave Democracies in the South and the North: The branch, i.e. the president. Role of Elites” for the IPSA conference on “Whatever Happened Panel 1 Consequences of political inequality ● Judicialization as a barrier to or source of international harmo- to North-South?” in Sao Paulo next February. Panel organizer 3) Irina Khmelko is preparing an RCLS panel for the Southern nization Heinrich Best (University of Jena) he has received numerous paper Panel 2 Sacred and religious dimensions in contentious politics Political Science Association’s annual conference, which proposals, and panel participants will be announced shortly. takes place in New Orleans in January 2011. RC 08 present- ● Judicial balancing and legal reasoning in comparative and Panel 3 Religion and politics: Institutional challenges ed two highly successful panels at the SPSA 2010 annual international perspectives The committee is also preparing five panels related to research on meeting in Atlanta (USA), also holding a business meeting. political elites for ECPR’s Reykjavik conference in August 2011. A Panel 4 Measurement and causality The committee plans to present three panels and a business Comparative papers on courts are also welcome, including papers number of paper proposals have already been received, and prep- meeting at SPSA’s 2011 meeting in New Orleans. The com- involving but not limited to the following topics: arations led by Ursula Hoffmann-Lange (University of Jena) and Panel 5 Party members and activists: The state of the art com- mittee will review issues pertaining to the organization of the John Higley (University of Texas at Austin) are nearing completion. parative perspectives conference, which will see legislative scholars and practi- ● Comparative conflict resolution in non-traditional settings tioners take part in a discussion on modern legislatures. John Higley has finished editing a number of papers from RC 02 Panel 6 Party members and activists: The state state of the art Examples of issues the committee is considering include rep- ● Courts and comparative elections committee panels presented at last year’s IPSA congress in Santia- methodological challenges resentation, party development, electoral connection, legisla- go, and he has since forwarded them to a journal for publication tive effectiveness, and legislative-executive relations. ● Law and religion in different cultural contexts under the heading “Circulations and Qualities of Political Elites.” Panel 7 Party members and activists: The state of the art party change Please join the committee in New Orleans in January 2011 or email ● Comparative impact of judicial policy-making This past July, several committee members presented papers on your thoughts to Dr. Irina Khmelko at [email protected]. elites at political sociology sessions held during the ISA congress Panel 8 Party members and activists: The state of the art party One-line emails voting “yes” to the idea of the conference are wel- ● The judicial role in emerging democracies and authoritarian in Gothenberg, Sweden. elites come, as are emails citing subjects you would like to see covered states at the conference. Panel 9 Individual class membership, political attitudes and ● Relationships and differences between constitutional courts behaviour and supreme courts Research Committees News | Nouvelles des réseaux de chercheurs Participation Vol. 34, no 2 Participation Vol. 34, no 2 Research Committees News | Nouvelles des réseaux de chercheurs 22 23
● Comparative studies of sub-national courts RC 19 and 52 on Gender and RC 11 – Science and Technology RC 12 – Biology and Politics Globalization presented a joint ● Constitutional courts in emerging democracies Policy C 12 on Biology and Politics sponsored one panel at the 2010 panel at the recent IPSA confer- Future prospects and opportunities RAmerican Political Science Association meeting in ence in Luxembourg in March ● The protection of rights in parliamentary systems and constitu- Washington, D. C. The committee will also present a panel at the 2010, the only panel devoted sole- tional democracies C 11, one of the most senior IPSA research committees, is cur- meeting in San Francisco, California from September 1 to 4, 2011. ly to gender. We wish to thank the Rrently looking to increase its membership and activities, with local organizers, Philippe Poirier Please forward your 200-word abstracts by email to our conference a focus on policy issues related to science and technology. The On June 4 and 5, members of RC 12 attended a conference on and Patrick Dumont, for doing co-convenors and hosts: Professors James Kelly (james.kelly@ committee has contributed in various ways to the development of “Evolutionary Theory in Political Science” at the European such a masterful job of staging the concordia.ca), Tony Smith ([email protected]) and Diana policy studies in science and technology. More recently, it has lim- University Institute in Florence, Italy. Dr. Sven Steinmo served as conference and hosting us. The Kapiszewski ([email protected]). The submission deadline is ited its activities to the presentation of panels at IPSA congresses. its the chief organizer. theme of our panel – “Is there a November 15, 2010. In Santiago, RC 11 sponsored two well attended sessions. The first Gender-Based Model of European dealt with the role of science and technology in sustainable devel- Finally, the Association of Politics and the Life Sciences will hold Governance?” – was reflected in The co-convenors expect to develop one edited volume on compar- opment, while the second, co-sponsored by RC 46 on Global a meeting at Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) on the overall theme of the confer- ative law topics and a second on international law topics, based on Environmental Change, examined the role of NGOs. October, 2010. Nobel laureate Dr. Elinor Ostrom is slated to give ence, namely “Is there a European the papers presented. the keynote speech. Several members of RC 12 are expected to Model of Governance?” On the RC 11 recently held elections, and the following officers were attend. panel were scholars from differ- nominated: ent parts of the world who’ve done extensive work on this issue in RC 10 – Electronic Democracy their respective countries over the years. Serving as panel chair and Call for papers Chair: Joseph S. Szyliowicz, University of Denver RC 16 – Socio-Political Pluralism panel co-convenor/ discussant were Melissa Haussman and Marian Election of an executive board Sawer, respectively. Other fine panellists included Yvonne Workshop on electronic direct democracy Vice-Chair: Stephan Albrecht, University of Hamburg Galligan, IPSR co-editor (Queen’s University, Belfast), Anne June 2 to 4, 2011 C 16 on Socio-Political Pluralism held the belated election of Maria Holli (University of Helsinki), Allison Woodward (Vrie Portoroz, Slovenia Secretary: Sergio Emiliozzi, University of Buenos Aires Rits executive board this summer. The following officers were Universitat, Belgium), Maria Bustelo (Universidad Computense, elected: Madrid), and Nancy Kwang Johnson, President of RC 52 nnovative new participatory instruments Treasurer: Pierre Delvenne, Université de Liège (University of New York-Tirana) and her departmental colleague Imove to more strongly discursive-interac- Chair: Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Washington and Lee University Juna Miluka. tive procedures corresponding to models of We plan to broaden the scope of RC 11 activities with the objective (USA) deliberative politics and communitarian democracy. New informa- of strengthening ties with political scientists in the international In June 2010, RC 19 co-sponsored panels at the Canadian Political tion and communications technologies (ICTs) can play a vital role IPSA community – specifically those working on policy issues Vice-Chair: Raymond Hudon, Université Laval (Canada) Science Association meeting, together with the gender & politics in these evolving public spaces. The Internet has given renewed related to science and technology – as well as disseminating rele- section of CPSA and the IPSA federalism section. Melissa Hauss- impetus to a worldwide boom of direct democracy. What types of vant information and promoting scholarly research on these impor- Secretary and Treasurer: Christian Leuprecht, Royal Military man organized two panels related to the recent Ashgate book. electronic direct democracy instruments are being developed? tant topics. New members are therefore welcome, as are sugges- College of Canada What criteria are used to evaluate these instruments? Where are tions on specific projects we might sponsor independently or in In September 2010, Melissa took part in a panel organized by these new ICTs implemented? Do innovations such as electronic conjunction with other RCs or organizations. Projects may include Board Members: Philip G. Cerny, Rutgers University (USA) Professor Jill Vickers and Carol Weissert, editor of Publius, the town meetings, web forums, e-conferences and e-participatory workshops, symposia and joint conferences. Our vice-chair, APSA journal on federalism. Other RC 19 and 52 section members budgeting enhance deliberation? What are the pros and cons of Professor Stephan Albrecht of Hamburg University, has already Mariusz Krawczyk, Ryukoko University (Japan) taking part were Sabine Lang (University of Washington), Deborah online political forums, and what does the future hold in this offered to host a meeting at that institution, provided that funding LoPreite (Carleton University), Cheryl Collier (University of regard? can be arranged. We are also setting up a website to facilitate inter- In conjunction with the election, a referendum on the abolishment Windsor) and Jill Vickers (Professor Emerita, Carleton University), action. of committee dues was held. Some 62% of voting members who served as discussant. A number of us also attended a Sunday The workshop will be given as part of the Slovenian Political favoured their elimination. workshop at APSA, convened and co-chaired by Jill Vickers and Science Conference. This is an exciting time, as we have an opportunity to strengthen Louise Chappell (University of New South Wales). Professors RC 11 and create a strong intellectual community within IPSA on RC 16 plans to sponsor a panel on “The New Populism: A Threat Chappell and Vickers are co-directors of the Feminist International The deadline for paper proposals and ab-stracts (200 words) is issues related to science and technology. I therefore urge all IPSA to Pluralist Democracy or a Corrective Mechanism?” at the joint Network on State Architecture (FINSA), founded at ECPR’s first December 31, 2010. members interested in this important and exciting field of study to ECPR/IPSA conference titled “Whatever Happened to North- gender and politics conference in Belfast in January 2009. Among contact me. South?” The city of Sao Paulo plays host to the conference in the other panellists were RC 19 executive member Petra Meier Please contact: February 2011. (University of Antwerp), IPSA 19 and ECPR members Fiona Prof. Norbert Kersting, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Joseph Szyliowicz, Chair: [email protected] Mackay (University of Edinburgh – also director of the Feminist ([email protected]) or local organizers Prof. Miro Haãek, International Institutional Network or FIIN, the precursor of University of Ljubljana, Slovenia ([email protected]) or RC 19 – Gender Politics and Policy FINSA), Professor Susan Franceschet (University of Calgary), Lea Smerkolj ([email protected]). C 19 has enjoyed a very productive year since the Santiago Laurel Weldon (Purdue University and immediate past president of Rcongress. The book Fed-eralism, Feminism and Multilevel APSA’s gender and politics research division), ECPR and IPSA 19 For more on RC 10, please visit the new website at Governance was released by Ashgate in July. Edited by section member Lee Ann Banaszak (Pennsylvania State University), and president Melissa Haussman, former president Marian Sawer and ECPR member Karen Beckwith (Case Western Reserve http://rc10.ipsa.org/. section member Jill Vickers, the book is the first to combine these University). Discussants included Professors Vickers, Chappell and three concepts. It covers countries in Eastern and Western Europe Mackay, and well-known mainstream federalism scholars Richard as well as in Asia, Africa and North America, and it is advertised Simeon (Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto) and Alan on the IPSA website. Several chapters were written by RC 19 Fenna (Curtin University, Australia). members, based in part on their Santiago presentations. IPSA 19 members will also participate in dedicated panels at RC 19 membership is on the rise (a good thing!) and people active upcoming conferences, including IPSA’s 2011 conference in Sao INQUIRIES in other national and international associations continue to join – a Paulo, Brazil, and the ECPR conference in Budapest, Hungary in fine example of scholarly networking. January 2011. Isabel Brinck [email protected] + 1 514 848 8717 Research Committees News | Nouvelles des réseaux de chercheurs Participation Vol. 34, no 2 Participation Vol. 34, no 2 Research Committees News | Nouvelles des réseaux de chercheurs 24 25
Final notes: A number of practitioners are expected to attend the twice as many internally displaced people today as there are inter- Another eventful conference year is in store for 2011. Members Women’s Worlds Conference in Ottawa, the Canadian city I call national refugees. Just as worrisome is the fact that international RC 27 – Structure received a call for papers for presentation at the IPSA-ICPR home. This interdisciplinary conference runs from July 2 to 6, 2011 conflicts and wars are no longer limited to those between states, but and Organization of Conference on “North-South Relations.” Hosted by the city of Sao – early July is a beautiful time of year in Ottawa! – and the call for also those pitting states against networks of armed international Government (SOG) Paulo (Brazil), the conference runs from February 16 to 19. Topics papers runs until October 11. Papers, panels and roundtables may groups. In addition to casualties and violations stemming from the of interest include multi-level governance and regional integration be proposed on four central themes: Breaking cycles, breaking act of war, human rights groups are concerned that repressive poli- worldwide, competing models of regional integration in Latin 2010 conference on “Crisis as Opportunity: ceilings, breaking barriers, and breaking new ground. The overall cies once justified on the basis that they contained communism are America from a comparative perspective, and collective political theme of the conference is “Inclusions, Exclusions, Seclusions: now cited as a necessary tool in the “war on terror.” State, Markets and Communities in Turbulent actors in multi-level political systems. From August 25 to 27, we Living in a Globalized World.” Details are available at Times” – Hertie School of Governance – will work jointly with the ECPR Standing Committee on www.womensworlds.ca. For human rights scholars and practitioners alike, this three-day November 4 and 5 Federalism and Regionalism on the organization of several ses- conference will provide a discussion forum on human rights issues sions related to “Themes and Challenges to Multi-level and The call for papers for IPSA’s 2012 congress in Madrid will be out related to peace and war in the post-Cold War era. Topics may he next regular conference of IPSA Research Regional Politics.” We’ve also been invited to help organize and in the next few months – look for it! include, but will not be limited to, the relationship between inter- TCommittee 27 on the Structure and Organization participate in pre-congress IPSA workshops planned for the spring national humanitarian and human rights laws, the effectiveness of of Government (SOG) will be held on November 4 and fall of 2011. Workshops will be held in Montreal and Valencia, If you have any items for our updates, please forward them to me efforts by global and regional human rights regimes to prevent or and 5 at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. Its theme is Spain, on the themes of “Multi-level Governance and the at [email protected]. address human rights violations in war zones, the impact of recent “Crisis as Opportunity: State, Markets and Communities in Reconfiguration of Politics” and “The Role and International UN resolutions (e.g. Security Council resolution no. 1325) and Turbulent Times.” The aftermath of the financial crisis has trig- Responsibility of Sub-State Entities in International Politics.” Other websites of interest to our members are RC 07 on Women treaties, the role and impact of the International Criminal Court, gered a debate on the future of governance and the relationship and the Global South (http://rc07.ipsa.org); the American the role of international and national non-governmental organiza- between states, markets and civil societies, both across major In the last year, several of our members have authored or co-edited Political Science Association website (Division on Gender and tions (NGOs), and the relevance and likely impact of new norms OECD countries and beyond. While the state is called upon to book-length publications on federalism or multi-level governance. Politics) and the ECPR website (Gender and Politics Caucus). All such as “the responsibility to protect” and “human security.” These intervene, its capacity to regulate global markets and provide pub- Among them are Robert Agranoff, the author of Local but a few of the national and regional political science associations issues can be explored at the theoretical level or in relation to spe- lic services is compromised by financial austerity imperatives Governments and their Intergovernmental Networks in under the IPSA umbrella have a gender and politics caucus, though cific conflicts and events via individual or comparative case stud- stemming from industry bailouts, demographic pressure and envi- Federalizing Spain (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s sadly, not all do. ies. Papers on East Asian human rights issues are especially wel- ronmental vulnerability. This is the ideal time, therefore, to recon- University Press, 2010), Robert Williams, author of The Law of come. Regardless of their thematic focus, however, all papers are sider the role of the state in terms of its internal architecture as well American State Constitutions (Oxford University Press, 2009), expected to address human rights as a central theme. as its relationship to the rest of society and the division of labour. Alain G. Gagnon, editor of Contemporary Canadian Federalism RC 26 – Human Rights Seven panels will be presented on a range of related issues: (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009) and Sonja Walti, co- Given in English, this inter-disciplinary conference is open to all Framing, managing and coping with the financial crisis; the state as editor of the Handbook on Multi-Level Governance (Cheltenham, Conference on “Human Rights, War and Peace researchers interested in human rights. regulator – new directions post-crisis; post-crisis regulatory U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2010 forthcoming). The Walti handbook was after the Cold War” regimes in health care and food safety; transnational standards of co-edited with Henrik Enderlein and Michael Zurn. Researchers are asked to submit a 250- to 300-word abstract of the good governance; governance and civil society; the impact of the C 26, the Korean Association of International Studies and the paper they intend to present by October 15, 2010. Proposals for European Union on domestic governance; and pre- and post-crisis Under the editorship of Sonja Walti, we are also planning to pro- RKorea Future Foundation cordially invite you to submit pro- panels featuring three to four closely connected papers are wel- reforms in public administration. duce a volume featuring several outstanding papers on federalism posals for a conference on “Human Rights, War, and Peace after come but should include both panel and paper abstracts. Abstracts and multi-level governance presented by our members at recent the Cold War,” which will be held in Seoul, Korea from June 16 to should be submitted to each of the following members of the pro- Visit our website at http://www.sog-rc27.org/. conferences. 18, 2011. gram committee: RC 28 – Comparative Federalism Human rights and peace are two closely related concepts. In addi- - Professor Sukhee Han ([email protected]) RC 32 – Public Policy and tion to their inclusion among the missions of the United Nations and Federation Administration (UN), they appear to have a causal relationship. International or - Professor Anja Mihr ([email protected]) 2010-2011 Events Professionalism, participation and policy work civil wars may be triggered by discrimination, abuse of human rights or attempts to assert the right to self-determination. - Professor Füsun Türkmen ([email protected]) he year 2010 has been a very active one for RC 28. It began C 32 on Policy and Public Administration has focused its Regardless of the cause, however, wars create conditions for the Twith IPSA’s Luxembourg conference on March 19 and 20 on Rattention on policy as a field of specialized practice – not only violation of human rights, from freedom of movement and expres- The organizing committee will notify applicants by January 15, the theme “Is There a European Model of Governance: A policy analysis as a technical skill, but also institutional design, sion to the right to food, shelter and life; more often than not, these 2011. To be included in the program, accepted papers should be Comparative Perspective.” As well as preside over a joint panel on negotiation within complex organizational forms, and discourse violations have a far more profound impact on women. Invariably, submitted by May 1, 2011. Conference registration is open and “European National and Regional Parliaments and EU Law- across multiple and divergent forms of knowledge. Policy has they also give rise to refugee crises, with the internally displaced, free, though all participants are expected to defray their own Making,” we organized and co-chaired a second panel on “The become a field of expert work in its own right. Amsterdam increasingly, among the world’s most vulnerable people. expenses for travel, lodging, food and other accommodations. Role of Sub-National Authorities in Multi-level Systems” and pre- University Press is poised to publish a book on the subject, titled Pending funding from the IPSA Secretariat, a modest travel sented eight papers on related topics in other sessions. At the Working for Policy. The book is an outgrowth of our discussions on The solidarity rights articulated in the 1970s included the right to allowance may be provided to two or three paper presenters from British Political Science Association Conference held at the policy matters. peace, and in 1984 the UN adopted “The Declaration on the Right low-income countries. University of Edinburgh from March 29 to April 1, we jointly of Peoples to Peace.” The end of the Cold War brought the prom- organized one session and presented five papers on various topics The emergence of policy as expert work is reflected in the growth ise of peace as well as a peace dividend and the expectation, on the related to comparative federalism, devolution and multi-level gov- of graduate programs as well as practitioner discourse, such as the part of many, that a new era of respect for social and economic ernance. From September 16 to 18, ten of our members chaired or UK Cabinet Office’s Professional Policy-Making for the 21st Centu- rights would follow. presented papers in different sessions given at a conference in ry. At the same time, however, there has been increasing pressure Philadelphia, USA, on the theme of “Federalism and the Global to include the public in policy development and to recognize non- Sadly, though, rather than lead to a safer or more peaceful world, Crisis: Impacts and Responses.” The conference was jointly organ- professionals and give them an equal place at the table. This raises the end of the Cold War merely marked changes in the types of ized with the International Association of Centers of Federal the question of how non-professional “outsiders” can participate in wars being fought. The number of internal armed conflicts and Studies (IACFS). Our annual business meeting was held in con- the policy process. How can they relate their knowledge and con- civil wars has surged, and, according to some estimates, there are junction with the conference. cerns to the perceptions and processes of professionals? Research Committees News | Nouvelles des réseaux de chercheurs Participation Vol. 34, no 2 Participation Vol. 34, no 2 Research Committees News | Nouvelles des réseaux de chercheurs 26 27
To discuss this issue, RC 32 convened a panel at the interpretive Also discussed was the feasibility of holding two additional work- European Political Science Association, which takes place in policy analysis conference in Grenoble in June 2010 on: RC 37 – Rethinking Political shops, one in early 2012 on “Rethinking Political Development Vienna in the fall of 2011. It also intends to jointly organize ses- Development from the Perspective of Green Energy” in 2012 and another on sions with the Central European Political Science Association for • The impact of tensions between professionalism and partici- “Leadership” in 2013. Efforts will be made to offer one or more IPSA’s 2012 congress in Madrid. pation on the framing of policy work in government; s chair of RC 37, Dr. Zillur joint sessions in collaboration with other RCs, such as RC 02 on AR. Khan accepted an invita- Political Elites, for the Madrid Congress. • Relationships between technical professionals such as tion to take part in the second RC 48 – Administrative Culture medicos or climate scientists and policy professionals; meeting of the Global Policy Forum, titled “The Modern State: RC 41 – Geopolitics Conference in October 2011 • The manner in which policy activities initiated by advocacy Standards of Democracy and groups outside government are shaped by themes of participa- Criteria of Efficiency.” The meet- Sao Paulo Congress “Administrative Culture Change - A Time Dimension” tion and professionalism. ing was held in the millenary city of Yaroslavl on September 9 and n the heels of a successful Moscow workshop in October that New Delhi-Indian Institute of Public Administration Emerging out of these discussions were the following themes: 10, 2010, under the aegis of Osaw some 30 papers presented, RC 41 on Geopolitics is now Indraprastha Estate, Ring Road Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation. Speaking gearing up for the IPSA-ECPR joint conference titled “Whatever New Delhi-110002 • Though the panel had been framed in relation to the tension at the plenary sessions were current and former heads of state/gov- Happened to North-South?” The Brazilian Political Science India between policy professionals and non-official activists, the ernment from India, Italy, Japan, Russia, South Africa and South Association hosts the event at the University of Sao Paulo in research reported had much more to do with the policy activ- Korea. February 2011. ocial scientists are asked to submit papers by July 30, 2011. ities of functional professionals – how “problem specialists” SPapers may be forwarded in CD-Ram word format to Professor learn to operate in the organized world of governing. Dr. Khan participated in the section on “standards of democracy Our panel proposal, titled "Regional Balancers: The Role of Pivotal R.D. Sharma ([email protected]), Summer Resort, locat- and the diversity of democratic experiences.” As well as assess the State Actors in Sub-systemic Integration and Balancing Process" ed Near Luxmi Narayan Temple Sanjauli, Shimla-171006. All • The modes of participation available include electoral partic- effectiveness of various practices related to the construction and has been formally accepted by the program chairs. papers should reflect issues of concern to the author’s country of ipation, established modes of stakeholder consultation, and function of a democratic state, the forum raised the tantalizing origin. Sociologists and psychologists are also invited to submit. forms of civic involvement, with policy practitioners mobiliz- question of whether each state has a right to embark on a path of This panel will take a closer look at the pivotal role of emerging All papers must be presented at the 2012 Madrid World Congress ing these in a various ways. democratic development. players like Turkey, Russia, Iran, India and Pakistan, Vietnam, of Political Science. Argentina and Brazil, in a context where the balance of power has • Policy issues become professionalized, demanding spe- In his oral presentation – based on a paper he prepared for the shifted from American unipolarity to a decentralized world marked Also welcome are papers on administrative or bureaucratic culture cialised knowledge and acquaintance with procedures, and forum titled “Transforming leadership and Institution Building in by the ascendancy of middle powers and renewed regional rivalry. as well as norms, values, attitudes, belief systems, customs, styles these impose specific demands on non-official participants; it the Democratizing Process” – Dr. Khan covered issues of due We will explore the dynamics of (a) regional integration, develop- and orientations. was argued that “technologies of governing” such as transfer- process, notions of fair and equal justice, checks and balances, and mental cooperation, conflict management and conflict resolution; able emission quotas and citizens’ juries take on a momentum judicial independence. Citing justice as the basic principle of fair- and (b) regional balancing by such traditional means as alliance of their own, sustained by “epistemic communities” of sup- ness in a workable democratizing process, Khan argued that in formation, arms-racing, diplomacy and economic statecraft. RC 49 – Socialism, Capitalism, and porters. order to break the vicious cycle of poverty, illiteracy, violence, and Democracy lack of health care and equal opportunity, leaders in the developed • Engagement in policy issues shapes professional identity, and and developing worlds need to close ranks and work together to RC 47 – Local-Global Relations June 2010 meeting in Vienna we heard a number of accounts of the way in which the man- bring about a reformed education-literacy-health security system at agement of a policy issue generated recognition on the part of all levels. Using a combination of conceptual frameworks culled in t the 1994 IPSA congress in Berlin, a group of political scien- C 49 on Socialism, Capitalism and Democracy held its annual the appropriate experts. part from the works of Plato, Kautilya, John Rawls and Amartya Atists organized a working group on local-global relations, Rconference on the Webster University campus in Vienna from Sen, together with his case experiences in South Asia and America, which would go to become IPSA Research Committee 47. The June 18 to 20. The theme of the conference was "Capitalist Crisis • These issues can become problematic in times of regime Dr. Khan evaluated ways and means to close the gap between polit- group’s first two chairmen were Henry Teune (University of Penn- and Socialist Revival," and the following papers were presented: change, raising specific questions concerning how political ical ideals and operational reality in select democratizing countries. sylvania, USA) and Chung-Si Ahn (Seoul National University, science can contribute to the development of policy work in Republic of Korea), with Krzysztof Ostrowski (Academy of ● Terrell Carver, University of Bristol, The Politics of ideologie- the context of regime reconstruction involving “transitional Drs. Khan and Yan Vaslavskiy, Russian RC 37 representative and Humani-ties, Pultusk, Poland) serving as secretary from the outset. Kritik: Socialism in the age of neo/post-Marxism polities” in former Soviet states. Deputy Head of the Executive Directorate of Global Policy Forum, At the IPSA Congress in Santiago (2009), the committee elected a also held a meeting to discuss future plans and projects involving new board made up of chair Jerzy Wiatr (European School of Law ● Simone Chun, Suffolk University, Capitalist crisis, organic We found that we want to know more about how policy issues are RC 37. They concluded that RC 37 should consider the main intel- & Administration, Warsaw, Poland), vice-chair Henry Teune, sec- intellectuals and socialist revival in the 21st Century questioned and pursued, about the relationship between official lectual outcomes of the 2010 Global Policy Forum (titled "The retary Krzysztof Ostrowski and board member Natalya Velikaia and experiential knowledge, and about the manner in which aca- Modern State: Standards of Democracy and Criteria of (University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia). ● John C. Berg, Suffolk University, The Left and Obama in demic constructs are used in policy construction. We will continue Efficiency") when preparing future RC 37 workshops as well as American politics to explore these questions at gatherings of researchers, teachers sessions for IPSA’s 2012 World Congress in Madrid, since the The committee grew out of a collaborative international study on and practitioners in 2011. forum’s agenda coincides in many ways with key directions of democracy and local governance (DLG) launched in 1990, which ● Uffe Jakobsen, University of Copenhagen, Looking for ‘gold- research being carried out systematically by the committee. The spawned research projects in 31 countries. Each of the research en days’ in order to overcome current crises. The defeat of A more comprehensive account of these discussions will be posted central idea uniting the forum and RC 37 research activities is that committee’s founders and officers was involved in this project, and Nazism, the rise of communism and the alternative of social on the RC 32 website (under reconstruction) in the coming weeks. of justice in politics and international relations. other members have since joined the committee. The results of the democracy in post-Second World War Denmark In the meantime, any questions may be forwarded to Hal Colebatch DLG are regularly presented for discussion at RC 47 sessions dur- (chair) at [email protected]. Drs. Khan and Vaslavskiy emerged with a clearer vision of the ing IPSA congresses and at special meetings. The committee ● Nataliya Velikaya, Russian State University for the Humanities, workshop that will be presented in Orlando, USA, in November serves as a platform, therefore, enabling the largest and oldest com- Moscow, Socialist values, the revival of Russian politics and the 2011. For RC 37, this workshop will serve as a preparatory meet- parative study in political science to reach a wider audience. peculiarities of the Russian Left ing, in part meant to set the agenda for the Madrid congress. They intend to hold more working meetings before the RC 37 workshop To follow up on its three sessions in Santiago, RC 47 was invited ● Eero Loone, University of Tartu, The Estonian anomaly: No in Orlando, one of which may take place during the 2011 Global to organize a meeting for the Slovenian Political Science socialists Policy Forum in Russia. Association’s annual conference, held in Portoro˝ (Slovenia) from May 27 to 29, 2010. The committee expects to hold another meet- Finally, Dr. Arthur Hirsch, Director of Webster University-Vienna, www.ipsa.org ing in conjunction with the annual conference of the Central gave a talk on contemporary politics in Austria. Research Committees News | Nouvelles des réseaux de chercheurs Participation Vol. 34, no 2 28
Comment avons-nous progressé dans l’analyse des régimes lin- RC 50 – Langue et politique / guistiques? Comment évaluer l’état des langues dans le monde Language and Politics contemporain? Privilégiant une perspective interdisciplinaire, nous Appel à communications / Call for Papers invitons les chercheurs à présenter leurs travaux en cours sur une ou l’autre de ces questions. Prière d’envoyer vos projets de com- Traditions étatiques et régimes linguistiques : Un état des lieux munication au comité organisateur avant le 1er février 2011 à State Traditions and Linguistic Regimes: State of the Art l’adresse suivante: linda.cardinal, @uottawa.ca. Université d’Ottawa / University of Ottawa Ottawa (Ontario), Canada anguage occupies an important place in various state traditions. Septembre 9-10, 2011 / 9-10 September 2011 LWhat role has language played in shaping these traditions? The development of the modern state, moreover, has also given rise to a langue occupe une place importante au sein des diverses tra- distinct language regimes: The French, British, Scandinavian and Lditions étatiques. Quel a été le rôle de la langue dans le German traditions have each exercised an influence on language développement de ces traditions? Par surcroît, le développement de regimes since their development in the 19th century. But what about l’État moderne a aussi donné lieu à la mise en place de régimes lin- the world’s other regions? What are the characteristics of a lan- guistiques distincts. On peut penser à l’influence des traditions guage regime, and how does it come to pass? What context or con- française, britannique, scandinave ou allemande sur le développe- ditions are needed to transform a language regime? What does the ment des régimes linguistiques qui se mettent en place dans ces future hold for current language regimes? How does global English régions depuis le XIXe siècle. Qu’en est-il dans les autres régions pose a challenge to national and minority languages? This meeting du monde? Quelles sont les composantes d’un régime linguis- will address these questions. How has the analysis of language tique? Comment un régime linguistique se met-il en place et est-il regimes evolved? How should we evaluate the state of languages in transformé? Dans quel contexte? Dans quelles conditions? Quel the contemporary world? Researchers are invited to present their est l’avenir des régimes linguistiques existants ? Quel défi work on these questions and are asked to forward their abstracts to l’anglais mondial pose-t-il aux langues nationales et minoritaires? the organizing committee ([email protected]) by Ce colloque veut dresser un bilan des débats sur ces questions. February 1, 2011. SAVE THE DATE: JULY 8 TO 12, 2012
In a globalising world, everywhere power is being reconfigured, creating opportunities for change: ● New players are emerging on the world stage, reflected in G-20, the “BRIC” and in North-South relations. ● Climate change and the financial crisis have altered global dynamics. ● Transnational governance is taking on new forms, such as the reformed EU. ASEAN and Mercosur. ● Within states, there is increased devolution and the recognition of sub- identities. ● State functions are increasingly being shared with non-state actors such as corporations and non-governmental organisations and are affected by the dynamics of an international society. ● Substantial changes are taking place in social life including gender roles and the nature of the family. ● Religious cleavages refuse to disappear, and may be evolving into a major axis of political and social conflict. Reordering ● The Westphalian model of inter-state relations is not sufficient to cope with the challenges of global governance. This emphasises the importance of the dialogue between political science and international relations. The nation-state remains the key crucible of power in terms of elections, pub- Power, lic policy and in international negotiations, but it faces new challenges. Territory and power no longer align. Boundaries and borders are shifting. Boundaries can be geographical, social, cultural, religious or economic. We need to understand how they are created and interpreted. Every boundary is Shifting an expression and exercise of power and this raises normative issues, particu- larly those relating to justice and the divisions between public and private and at the global level between North-South and South-South relations. The debate about the centrality of trust in social and political life has been reacti- vated. Boundaries How we frame these issues depends in part on our disciplinary assumptions and methodologies. We need to think again about how to conceptualise power, for example in terms of legitimacy, sovereignty or questions of global governance/locality. Boundaries within our discipline and with other disciplines are shifting. Space and scale are becoming increasingly important in the think- ing of political science. What other tools or multi-method approaches do we need to respond to these changes? Political science can play an important role in informing the choices that come with the reshaping of power. We invite you to share your research on the reshaping of power and shifting boundaries at the World Congress of the International Political Science Association, in Madrid 2012.
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