Conference in Honor of John Waterbury
April 3–4, 2009
10:00 a.m. Welcome
Atul Kohli, codirector of the Project on Democracy and Development, Princeton University
Introduction
Eva Bellin, Hunter College and the Graduate Center/City University of New York
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Panel I
The Political Economy of Development in the Middle East: Enduring Challenges? New Breakthroughs?
"Yesterday's Papers: The Rise and Decline of Economic Reform"
Alan Richards, University of California at Santa Cruz
“Scarce Water, Abundant Oil: Resources and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa”
Miriam Lowi, College of New Jersey
“Globalization and the Emergence of the New Middle Class in Turkey since 1980”
Sevket Pamuk, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, and the London School of Economics
Discussant: Jeannie Sowers, University of New Hampshire
Noon – 1:30p.m. Lunch
Retrospective
John Waterbury, Princeton University
1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Panel II
From Clientalism to Democracy
“Clientalism and Democracy in Developing Countries”
Nicholas van de Walle, Cornell University
“Barriers to Democracy: Clientalism and Civil Society in Palestine”
Amaney Jamal, Princeton University
“Big Processes, Surprising Outcomes: Counterintuitive Evolutions in Clientalism in the Middle East”
Eva Bellin, Hunter College and the Graduate Center/City University of New York
Discussants: Farhad Kazemi, New York University, and Steve King, Georgetown University
3:15 p.m. Break
Coffee and Cookies/Fruit
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Panel III
Power and Authority in the Study of the Middle East
Round Table with presentations Diane Singerman, American University; Tim Mitchell, Columbia University; and Mark Tessler, University of Michigan
Discussants: Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania, and Abdeslam Maghraoui, Duke University
7:00 p.m.– 10:00p.m. Dinner at the Nassau Inn
Saturday, April 4
9:15 a.m. Breakfast
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Panel IV
Points of Contestation/Forces for Change
“Elections and the Rule of Law: Democratic Routes to Dictatorial Ends”
Nathan Brown, George Washington University
“Beyond Voters’ Reach: The Dearth of Executive Elections in the Middle East”
Jason Brownlee, University of Texas at Austin
“Political Da’wa: Understanding the Electoral Participation of the Muslim Brothers”
Samer Shehata, Georgetown University
“The Women’s Movement in Turkey: Multiple Confrontations, Multiple Choices”
Yesim Arat, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul
Discussants: Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, Emory University, and Michele Angrist, Union College
12:00 p.m. Conclusion and Thanks
Deborah Yashar, codirector of the Project on Democracy and Development, Princeton University
Noon–1:30 Lunch
Friday, November 7, 2008
8:45 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Welcome & Introduction
Deborah Yashar, Princeton University, and codirector of the Project
on Democracy and Development
Patrick Heller, Brown University; Democracy and Development
Fellow, 2007–2008
9:00–10:45 Panel I: Including the Excluded: New Modes of
Participation
Case studies of successful participation: participatory budgeting in
Brazil and community participation in Cape Town and Naga
Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Brown University
Sophie Oldfield, University of Cape Town
Teresa Melgar, University of Wisconsin
Discussant: Deborah Yashar, Princeton University, and codirector of
the Project on Democracy & Development
10:15–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–12:45 Panel II: Opportunities and Constraints in
Democratizing Urban Governance
What are the political, economic and institutional conditions that
promote or constrain more participatory and inclusive forms of
urban governance?
Edgar Pieterse, University of Cape Town
John Harriss, Simon Frazier University
Ben Goldfrank, Seton Hall University
Discussant: Atul Kohli, Princeton University, and codirector of the
Project on Democracy & Development
12:45–2:15 Lunch
2:15–4:00 Panel III: Can Participation Make a Difference?
How can increased participation transform urban governance? What
impact does it have on local democracy? How does it impact
distributional outcomes? What are the limits of participation?
James Holston, University of California, Berkeley
Peter Houtzager, Institute for Development Studies
Vijayendra Rao, World Bank
Discussant: Devesh Kapur, University of Pennsylvania, and
Democracy and Development Fellow, 2008–2009
4:00–4:15 Coffee Break
4:15–6:00 Panel IV: Comparative and Analytic Lessons
What are important differences and similarities across cases? What
generalizable lessons can be drawn? Can participatory forms
be institutionalized? Can cities of the south become more
democratic?
Archon Fung, Harvard University
Patrick Heller, Brown University, and Democracy and Development
Fellow, 2007–2008
Peter Evans, University of California, Berkeley, and Democracy
and Development Fellow, 2007–2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
9:00 a.m. Coffee
9:30–12:00 Future Agendas (Open Discussion)
Facilitated by Patrick Heller, Brown University, and Democracy
and Development Fellow, 2007–2008; and Peter Evans,
University of California, Berkeley, and Democracy and
Development Fellow, 2007–2008
