The Department of Political Science is proud to present the annual sequence of the doctoral conference. The conference provides the occasion for advanced and first year PhD students to present their work.
Third Annual Doctoral Conference - 2008
Department of Political Science
Central European University
March - April 2008
Special guest: Corvinus University
Last Update:
February 1, 2010 15:35
*Note: All papers are available for download. Some papers are password protected.
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Monday, 31 March |
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| 9:30-10:00 | Reception | |
| 10:00-12:00 | Opening Lecture: Kevin Deegan-Krause - Political Science 2.0: How Technological Change Affects Politics and Those Who Study It | |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch Break |
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| 13:30-16:00 | Integration and Adaptation: Center and Periphery | Comparisons in Central and Eastern European Politics |
| Luciana Ghica | Oana Lup | |
| Anna Horvath | Juraj Medzihorsky | |
| Gonzalo Torres | Reka Varnagy | |
| Aitalina Azarova | Mats Ohlen | |
| chairs | Attila Folsz, Anton Pelinka | Andras Bozoki, Irina Papkov |
Tuesday, 1 April |
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| 10:00-12:00 | The Politics of Symbols and Political Discourses | Policy Making and Policy Survival |
| Sevgi Adak | Andrija Henjak | |
| Agnes Kiss | Gabriela Borz | |
| Andras Szalai | Tamas Polgar | |
| chairs | Tamas Meszerics, Miklos Sukosd | Matteo Fumagalli , Levente Littvay |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch Break |
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| 13:30-16:00 | Political Economy of Development and Innovation | Majority - Minority Relations and State-Building |
| Inga Ulnicane | Stela Garaz | |
| Vera Scepanovic | George Florea | |
| Petra Reszketo | Istvan-Gergo Szekely | |
| Magdalena Bernaciak | Ilir Kalemaj | |
| Sari Rannanpaa | ||
| chairs | Dorothee Bohle, Robert C.M. Hancke | Erin Jenne, Nenad Dimitrijevic |
Wednesday, 2 April |
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| 10:00-12:00 | Politics of Education/Politics in Education | Political Actors and Political Processes |
| Marine Pachuashvili | Flavia Jurje | |
| Daniel Horn | Maria Rubi | |
| Eszter Simon | Bela Keszegh | |
| chairs | Anil Duman, Liviu Matei | Zsolt Enyedi, Kevin Deegan-Krause |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch Break |
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| 13:30-15:30 | Closing Lecture: Andras Korosenyi - An Authorization Model of Democracy | |
| 19:30 | Dinner | |
| Participating Papers without a Presentation | ||
| Laura Andronache | ||
| Sanja Pesek | ||
| Tibor Meszmann | ||
Program |
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Monday, 31 March |
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| Monday, 31 March 9:30-10:00 Gellner Room Foyer |
Registration |
| Monday, 31 March 10:00-12:00 Popper Room |
Opening Lecture: Kevin Deegan-Krause, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Political Science 2.0: How Technological Change Affects Politics and Those Who Study It |
| Monday, 31 March 12:00-13:30 Gellner Room Foyer |
Lunch Break |
| Monday, 31 March 13:30-16:00 Popper Room |
Integration and Adaptation: Center and Periphery Luciana Ghica: A Constructivist Reconstruction of Regionalism Abstract Paper discussant: Aitalina Azarova Anna Horvath: Discursive Institutionalisation: An Analytical Framework for Analysing the Impacts of Enlargement on a Micro Level Abstract Paper discussant: Luciana Ghica Gonzalo Torres: The Europeanization of LGBT Rights: Europe as a Variable in Comparative Social Movement Research Abstract Paper discussant: Bela Keszegh Aitalina Azarova: Sources of Asymmetry in Fiscal Relations between the Centre and Periphery: the Case of the Russian Regions Abstract Paper discussant: Anna Horvath chairs: Attila Folsz, Anton Pelinka |
| Monday, 31 March 13:30-16:00 Gellner Room |
Comparisons in Central an Eastern European Politics Oana Lup: The Role of Political Talk in Developing Democracies: Evidence from Hungary Abstract Paper discussant: Reka Varnagy Juraj Medzihorsky: Intellectuals, Think Tanks, and Politics in CEE Abstract Paper discussant: George Florea Reka Varnagy (Corvinus University): The Role of Local Politics in the Carrier Path of Political Elites Abstract Paper discussant: Eszter Simon Mats Ohlen (Orebro University): Transnational Party Cooperation in Post 1989 Europe: European Christian Democrats and affiliated parties in East Central Europe Abstract Paper discussant: Oana Lup chairs: Andras Bozoki, Irina Papkov |
| Tuesday, 1 April |
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| Tuesday, 1 April 10:00-12:00 Popper Room |
The Politics of Symbols and Political Discourses Sevgi Adak: Symbolizing the Secular: Centrality of the “Woman Question” for Secularization Processes of Turkey and Iran Abstract Paper discussant: Gonzalo Torres Agness Kiss: Ambivalent Discourse in Non-Democratic Regimes Abstract Paper discussant: Stela Garaz Andras Szalai: Rational Choice Theory in Early Cold War US Defense Policy – the Role of ‘Defense Rationalists’ Abstract Paper discussant: Ilir Kalemaj chairs: Tamas Meszerics, Miklos Sukosd |
| Tuesday, 1 April 10:00-12:00 Gellner Room |
Policy Making and Policy Survival Andrija Henjak: Reshaping of Class Alliances: How Welfare Regimes and Responses to Deindustrialization Reshape Social Base of Voting in Advanced Industrial Economies Abstract Paper discussant: Magdalena Bernaciak Gabriela Borz: National MPs and their Parliamentary Behaviour: Still a Case for Structural Explanations? Abstract Paper discussant: Andrija Henjak Tamas Polgar (Corvinus University): Party System Change and Patterns of Parliamentary Government in Scandinavia Abstract Paper discussant: Gabriela Borz chairs: Matteo Fumagalli, Levente Littvay |
| Tuesday, 1 April 12:00-13:30 Gellner Room Foyer |
Lunch Break |
| Tuesday, 1 April 13:30-16:00 Popper Room |
Political Economy of Development and Innovation Inga Ulnicane: Development of Innovation Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: A Theoretical Framework Abstract Paper discussant: Anna Horvath Vera Scepanovic: Reconfiguration of Automobile Production Chains in Europe and Consequences for Developmental Effects of Automotive FDI in Central and Eastern Europe Abstract Paper discussant: Inga Ulnicane Petra Reszketo: How to Reduce the Chance of Government Failures? Types of Failures and its Remedies Abstract Paper discussant: Sari Rannanpaa Magdalena Bernaciak: Labor Cooperation or Labor Conflict in the Enlarged EU? Trade Union Responses to the Rise of the Automobile Industry in Central-Eastern Europe Abstract Paper discussant: Daniel Horn Sari Rannanpaa: Emergence and Evolution of Employment Protection Institutions in Post-Communist Central Europe Abstract Paper discussant: Andrija Henjak chairs: Dorothee Bohle, Robert C.M. Hancke |
| Tuesday, 1 April 13:30-16:00 Gellner Room |
Majority-Minority Relations and State-Building Stela Garaz: Evolutions in State Building and Nation Building in Post-Soviet Moldova and Ukraine: Parallel Stories or Interconnected Processes? Abstract Paper discussant: Sevgi Adak George Florea: Ethnic Minority Alliance in the Making - Similar Context, Different Patterns. Theorising Minority-Majority Coalitions in Post-Cold War Central Eastern Europe. Lessons from Romania and Bulgaria Abstract Paper discussant: Oana Lup Istvan-Gergo Szekely: Ethnic Party Organizations in Comparative Perspective: the Determinants of Hegemony versus Fragmentation Abstract Paper discussant: Mats Ohlen Ilir Kalemaj: Recollection of Past Memories in Croatia: How Processes of Rememoration can Build a New Identity? Abstract Paper discussant: Gonzalo Torres chairs: Erin Jenne, Nenad Dimitrijevic |
Wednesday, 2 April |
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| Wednesday, 2 April 10:00-12:00 Popper Room |
The Politics of Education / Politics in Education Marine Pachuashvili: The Politics of Higher Education: Governmental Policy Choices and Private Higher Education in Post-communist Countries. A Comparative Study of Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary and Georgia Abstract Paper discussant: Daniel Horn Daniel Horn: The Political Background of the Structural Changes in the Educational System of Hungary Between 1985 and1994 Abstract Paper discussant: Petra Reszketo Eszter Simon: Teaching Experience and Teacher-Training Needs of Young Political Scientists In European Union Abstract Paper discussant: Marine Pachuashvili chairs: Anil Duman, Liviu Matei |
| Wednesday, 2 April 10:00-12:00 Gellner Room |
Political Actors and Political Processes Flavia Jurje: The Romanian Decision Making Process: an Inquiry Abstract Paper discussant: Tamas Polgar Maria Rubi: Made in Mexico: Party Political Survival at the National and Local Level Abstract Paper discussant: Flavia Jurje Bela Keszegh (Corvinus University): The Development of Political Elite Abstract Paper discussant: Stela Garaz chairs: Zsolt Enyedi, Kevin Deegan-Krause |
| Wednesday, 2 April 12:00-13:30 Gellner Room Foyer |
Lunch Break |
| Wednesday, 2 April 13:30-15:30 Popper Room |
Closing Lecture: Andras Korosenyi, Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem, Budapest An Authorization Model of Democracy |
| Wednesday, 2 April 19:30- ?? Room |
Dinner for Panelists |
| No presentations | Participating Papers without a Presentation Laura Andronache: Deliberative Democracy and Republicanism Abstract Paper Sanja Pesek: Self-Reflection in Post-Criminal Societies: From Denial to Moral Responsibility Abstract Paper Tibor Meszmann: Workers’ Collective Identities and (Self-) Organization in Late Socialism and After Abstract Paper |