Annual Doctoral Conference 2007

Department Of Political Science

Central European University

Monday, 2 April and Tuesday, 3 April 2007

Monday, 2 April 2007

9:30-9:50    Department of Political Science

Monday, 2 April 2007

Monday, 2 April 2007

10:00-12:00    Auditorium

Anton Pelinka
Professor of Political Science and Nationalism Studies

Functions and Structures of our Discipline: The Future of Political Science. A Personal Approach

Monday, 2 April 2007

 Civil Society: Organization Mobilization and Political Impact

Magdalena Bernaciak

Stop Bolkestein! An Analysis of East-West Trade Union Mobilization Against the Draft Services Directive

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Daniel Horn

The Political Performance of LGBT Organizations in Central Eastern Europe

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Anna Horvath

Tibor Meszmann

Transformation of Organized Labor in Serbia, Slovenia, and Poland: the Decisive Years (1988-1992/3)

            Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Daniel Bochsler

Chair: Andras Bozoki

Monday, 2 April 2007

The Domestic-International Interface

Natalia Timus

European Issue and Domestic Politics in East European Neighborhood

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Gabriela Borz

Eszter Simon

TBA

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Andrija Henjak

Luciana Ghica

Ideological Roots for Regional Friendship? A Possible Determinant of Regional Intergovernmental Cooperation in Central and South Eastern Europe

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Eszter Simon

Chair: Robert Sata

Monday, 2 April 2007

Coffee Break

Monday, 2 April 2007

15:30-17:30    Gellner Room

Ethnic and National Minorities

Stela Garaz

Structure and Intensity of Ethnic Minorities' Demands and State Policies: the cases of Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Tibor Meszmann

George Florea

Implementation of National Minority Provisions in the Post-Cold War Europe: Bulgaria and Romania vs. Sweden and Finland. Same Cause Different Effect?

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Nkwachukwu Orji

Chair: Nenad Dimitrijevic

Monday, 2 April 2007

15:30-17:30    Popper Room

Europeanization and EU Institutions

Anna Horvath

Committee Governance after the Enlargement of the EU: the Institutionalization of Cooperation within the Social Protection Committee
Abstract  Paper 

Discussant: Marina Nistoskaya
 

Flavia Jurje

The Impact of Europeanization on the Decision Making Processes in Romania: a Comparative Network Approach

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Hairong Lai
 

Sari Rannanpaa

Agricultural Policy in CEE-8: Europeanization or Domestic Politics as Usual?

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Magdalena Bernaciak

Chair: Attila Folsz

Tuesday, 3 April 2007

10:00-12:00    Popper Room

Political Economy of Sectoral Politics

Svetoslav Salkin

Commitment via Partial Privatization

Abstract  Paper

Discussant: Laszlo Paizs
 

Balazs Szepesi

Dismal Aid

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Svetoslav Salkin

Laszlo Paizs

Commody Taxation under Fiscal Competition

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Balazs Szepesi 

Chair: Anil Duman

Tuesday, 3 April 2007

10:00-12:00    Gellner Room

Regime Change

Daniel Bochsler   

Umbrellas and Rainbows - The Early Development of Party Systems in New European Democracies

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Andrija Henjak

Oleksiy Prokopyev

Conceptualizing Electoral Revolutions: Challenges and Promises

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Stela Garaz

Sanja Pesek

Self-Reflection in Post-Criminal Societies: from Denial to Moral Responsibility

           Abstract  Paper

Discussant: Luciana Ghica

Chair: Carsten Schneider

Lunch Break

Tuesday, 3 April 2007
13:00-15:00   Popper Room

Public Policies

Marine Pachuashvili

The Politics of Educational Choice: Explaining the Diversity in Post-Communist Higher Education Policy Choices. The Cases of Lativa, Lithuania, Estonia, and Georgia

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Laszlo Paizs

Daniel Horn

Conservative and Homogenous: Road to Educational Inequality. A Hypothesis on How Educational Regimes Differ

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Oleksiy Prokopyev

Andrej Nosko

Energy Policy: Security of Economy or Business as Usual?

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Marine Pachuashvili

Chair: Dorothee Bohle

Tuesday, 3 April 2007
13:00-15:00   Gellner Room

Party Behavior

Gabriela Borz

Behavior and Attitudes: How to Achieve Party Unity inside the European National Parliaments. An East-West Differentiation?

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Natalia Timus
 

Oana Lup

Political Parties and Social Capital: An Analysis of the Transformation of Social Networks in Post-Communist Hungary
Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Gabriela Borz
 

Andrija Henjak

Idological Divisions in Western Societies?

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Oana Lup

Chair: Gabor Toka

Tuesday, 3 April 2007
15:30-17:30   Gellner Room

Subnational Institutions

Hairong Lai

The Causes of the Emergence and Spread of the Semi-competitive Election at the Townships in China

Abstract  Paper  Appendix1  Appendix2
Discussant: Tibor Meszmann

Marina Nistoskaya

Is a Civil Service Type Organizational Design of Public Bureaucracy Conducive to Economic Development? Evidence from Russian Regions
Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Oleksiy Prokopyev
 

Orji Nkwachukwu

Exploring the Roots and Routes to Power-Sharing in Nigeria

Abstract  Paper
Discussant: Eszter Simon

Chair: Anton Pelinka

Tuesday, 3 April 2007

19:00-24:00   

Dinner

Venhajo Restaurant

ONLY FOR PANELISTS