Overview of program
May 13, Saturday
8:30 AM meet for breakfast in Urban Hall (140 Prospect Street),
Room 102b
9:00 - 10:00 AM plenary session, Room 102a
Welcoming Address by Ivan Szelenyi
David Apter: Structure, Contingency, and Choice: A Comparison of
Trends and Tendencies in Political Science
10:00 AM noon sessions in 102a Urban Hall and 107
Williams Hall
Noon-1:00 PM lunch in 102bUrban Hall
1:00 PM- 3:00 PM sessions in 102 a Urban Hall and 107 Williams
Hall
3:00 PM- 3:30 PM coffee break, 102b Urban Hall
3:30-5:30 sessions in 102a Urban Hall and 107 Williams Hall
May 14, Sunday
9:30 meet for breakfast in Urban Hall, Room 102b
10:00 AM noon sessions in 102a Urban Hall and 107 Williams Hall
Noon-1:00 PM lunch in 102bUrban Hall
1:00 PM- 3:00 PM sessions in 102 a Urban Hall and 107 Williams
Hall
3:00 PM- 3:30 PM coffee break, 102b Urban Hall
3:30PM-5:30 PM sessions in 102a Urban Hall and 107 Williams Hall
5:30- 6:00 PM plenary session in 102a Urban Hall
Session I: Comparative Political Economy
Session I/ 1
May 13, Saturday 10:00 AM noon
Discussant: David Stark
Bandelj, Nina
Embedded Economies: Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in
Central and Eastern Europe
Keat, Preston
Regional Concentration of Industry & Government Favoritism:
Sectoral Variation & Implications for Economic Transition in
Poland
Yakubovich, Valery
Institutions, Social Networks, and Market Exchange: Matching
Workers & Jobs in Russia
Session I/2
May 13, Saturday 1:00 PM- 3:00 PM
Discussant: Larry King
Elms, Debbi
Formal vs. informal institutions in bilateral trade disputes
Chang, Eric
Role of Money in Japanese Politics
Chelcea, Liviu
Ancestors, Domestic Groups and the State in Romania's Housing
Restitution
Session I/3
May 13, Saturday, 3:30- 5:30
Discussant: Barbara Geddes
Kotin, Daniel
Industrial Influence and Geographical Concentration, Legislative
Seniority, and Lobbying Expenditures: New Evidence From U.S. Data
Tsakraklides, Sophia
State Nonprofit Relations in Greece: Explaining the Corporation of
Nonprofit Organizational Fields in the Welfare Sector
Chen, Mingchi
Organizational mortality in a bicycle manufacturing district in
central Taiwan
Session I/4
May 14, Sunday 10:00 AM - noon
Discussant: Margaret Levi
Brune, Nancy
Liberalization of Capital Controls in Developing countries
Hwang, Hokyu
Planning Development: A Cross-National Study
Guisinger, Alexandra
The Political Determinants of Trade Liberalization
Session II: Social structure
Session II/1
May 13, Saturday 10:00 AM noon
Discussant: Larry Diamond
Kostello, Eric
Tradeoffs Among Environment, Equity and Growth: A research
framework and comparative examination of five countries with
successful growth policies
Lieberman, Evan
Payment for Privilege? The Politics of Taxation in Brazil and
South Africa in the 20th Century
Session II/2
May 14, Sunday 10:00 AM - noon
Discussant: Deborah Davis
Stoica, Catalin
Capitalism from Below and the Rise of Petty Bourgeoisie in Central
and Eastern Europe
Suarez, Ana Lourdes
The Impact of 1990’s Liberalization on Argentina’s Social
Structure
Takeuchi, Hiroki
Domestic Factors in the Taiwan Issue: Taiwan's Democratization and
China's Marketization
Session II/3
May 13, Saturday, 1:00 - 3:00
Discussant: Ivan Szelenyi
Won, Jaeyoun
From Work-based to Local-based Welfare in Urban China
Yang, Guobin
Persistence of Activism among China’s Red Guard Generation,
1979-1999
Session III: Comparative politics
Session III/1
May 14, Sunday 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Discussant: Ivan Szelenyi
Fan, Yun
Linking Activists to the Changing Political Structures: Social
Movements in Taiwan’s Political Transition, 1980’s-1990’s
Kaiser, Pia
The Views of Legislators and Women's Parliamentary Participation:
Comparative Field Research Results
Horne, Cynthia
Anti-dumping Laws and Non-market Economies. The Political Economy
of Trade Discrimination
Session III/2
May 14, Sunday 1:00 PM- 3:00 PM
Discussant: Margaret Levi
Kunicova, Jana
Presidents or Elected Autocrats? Institutional Design and
Corruption in Democratic Systems
Van der Veen, MaVruits
Ideas & Aid Politics in Norway: International Reputation and
Global Interest
Van Houten, Pieter
Regional Assertiveness in Western Europe: Political Constraints &
the Role of Party Competition
Session III/3
May 14, Sunday 3:30-5:30
Discussant: David Apter
Van Wijnbergen, Christa
Steering Welfare Reform: Party-Politics, Coalition-Making, and the
Prospects for Social Pacts
Zuern, Elke
Democracy from the Grassroots? Civic Participation in South
Africa’s Transformation Process, 1979-1999
Session IV/1: Human rights, ethnicity, culture
May 14, Sunday 10:00 - noon
Discussant: David Apter
Feeley, Maureen
Promoting Human Rights in Africa
Meguid, Bonnie
Understanding Policy Failure: The Overlooked Role of Ethnic
Credibility in Party Strategic Success
Session IV/2
May 14, Sunday 1:00 PM- 3:00 PM
Discussant: Kai Erikson
Klopp, Jackie
Ethnic Clashes and Winning Elections: The Case of Kenya’s
Electoral Despotism
Louie, Vivian
The Immigrant Family in 2nd Generation Educational Outcomes – The
Chinese American Case
Jordan, Jennifer
Building Culture Collective Memory and Urban Change in New Berlin
Session V/I Historical analysis
May 13, Saturday, 3:30 - 5:30
Discussant: Karen Barkey
Fuchs, Frieda
Institutions, Values & Leadership in the Creation of Welfare
States: The Case of Protective Labor Legislation in Britain &
France 1833-1914
Gumus-Dawes, Zehra
Sociological Determinants of Market Uncertainty: Regional Capital
Markets in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania from 1790 to 1840
Mielants, Eric
Comparative project on medieval Europe on the validity of
explanations of the modern world
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