Annual Doctoral Conference

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.



Fourth Annual Doctoral Conference - 2009
Department of Political Science
Central European University
30-31 March 2009

Co-organized with the Doctoral School of Political Science of Corvinus University

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Monday, March 30
8:30-9:00 Reception
9:00-10:00 Opening Lecture: Maurizio Cotta - European Citizenship: Theoretical Problems and Political Challenges
10:30-12:30 The Politics of Social Dialogue Politics of Higher Education
chairs Andras Bozoki, Andres Moles Liviu Matei, Levente Littvay
Sari Rannanpaa Tamas Polgar
Endre Halasi Daniel Horn
Gonzalo Torres Elene Jibladze
Koba Turmanidze
12:30-14:30
Lunch Break
15:00-17:00 Experts, Think-Tanks and Public Service European Regions and Regional Politics The Politics of Ethnic Minorities
chairs Zoltan Miklosi, Tamas Meszerics Carsten Schneider, Attila Agh Anton Pelinka, Robert Sata
Andras Szalai Sara Svensson Stela Garaz
Juraj Medzihorsky Kristin Nickel Makszim Istvan Gergo Szekely
  Andreea Nastase Bojana Kocijan Tunde Szekely
  Katalin Velich  
17:30-18:30 Public Lecture: Radek Markowski: On Democracy
 
Tuesday, March 31
9:30-12:00 Forms of Power and Mechanism of Social Control Political Reconciliation and Responsibility
chairs Andras Bozoki, Gabriella Ilonszki Janos Kis, Andras Lanczi
Agnes Kiss Laura Andronache
Dorota Szeligowska Sanja Pesek
Krisztina Jager Stearns Broadhead
Reka Varnagy George Tudor Florea
12:00-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-16:30 Issues in Comparative Political Economy Party Politics in Europe
chairs Attila Folsz, Marta Kahancova Zsolt Enyedi, Agnes Batory
Magdalena Bernaciak David Pupovac
Vera Scepanovic Benedicte Williams
Tibor Meszmann Dane Taleski
Davit Mamulaishvili Attila Wieszt
19:30 Dinner for Panelists
   
  Participating Papers without a Presentation
  Aitalina Azarova
  Oana Lup
  Ekaterina Sokirianskaia
  Marie Pachuashvili
  Marina Nistotskaya

 

Program
Monday, March 30
Monday, March 30
8:30-9:00
Corvinus University
Old Building Rector's Auditorium
(Room 2001)
Registration
Monday, March 30
9:00-10:00
Corvinus University
Old Building Rector's Auditorium
(Room 2001)

Opening Lecture:
Maurizio Cotta, Professor of Political Science Department of History, Law, Political and Social Science Faculty of Political Science – University of Siena
European citizenship: theoretical problems and political challenges

Chair: Gabriella Ilonszki

Monday, March 30
10:00-10:30
Corvinus University
Old Building Rector's Auditorium
Foyer (Room 2001)
Coffee Break
Monday, March 30
10:30-12:30
Corvinus Uni
New Building
Room 510
The Politics of Social Dialogue

chairs: Andras Bozoki, Andres Moles

Sari Rannanpaa: Social Dialogue in the Baltic States
Abstract Paper
discussant: Gonzalo Torres

Endre Halasi: In Varietate Concordia. Explaining Diverse Political Strategies of National Roman Catholic Churches
Abstract Paper
discussant: Sari Rannanpaa

Gonzalo Torres: Pride in Central Eastern Europe: Risk Variation and External Repertoire Brokerage for LGBT Movements
Abstract Paper
discussant: Laura Andronache

Koba Turmanidze: What Goes Around and What Comes Around? Structural Analysis of Color Revolutions
Abstract Paper
discussant: Stela Garaz
Monday, March 30
10:30-12:30
Corvinus Uni
New Building
Room 714
Politics of Higher Education

chairs: Liviu Matei, Levente Littvay

Tamas Polgar: A Public Policy Analysis of the Hungarian Regional Knowledge Centres at University (RET) Scheme: Theoretical Perspectives, Policy Learning, Evaluation
Abstract Paper
discussant: Sanja Pesek

Daniel Horn: Age of Selection Counts: A Cross-country Comparison of Educational Institutions
Abstract Paper
discussant: Tamas Polgar

Elene Jibladze: Institutional Isomorphism in the Higher Education System in Post-Soviet Countries: Reasons, Results and Implications
Abstract Paper
discussant: Daniel Horn
Monday, March 30
12:30-14:30
3rd Floor Foyer
Lunch Break
Monday, March 30
15:00-17:00
CEU
Gellner Room
Experts, Think-tanks and Public Service

chairs: Zoltan Miklosi, Tamas Meszerics

Andras Szalai: A Sole Group of "Superscientists" - Explaining RAND's Role in Cold War US Military Bureaucracy, 1946-62
Abstract Paper
discussant: Daniel Horn

Juraj Medzihorsky: Causes of Think Tank Sector Size: Post-Communist Countries and the World
Abstract Paper
discussant: Andras Szalai

Andreea Nastase: Public Service Ethics in the European Commission: Towards a Model of Ethical Decision-making
Abstract Paper
discussant: Juraj Medzihorsky
Monday, March 30
15:00-17:00
Popper Room
European Regions and Regional Politics

chairs: Carsten Schneider, Attila Agh

Sara Svensson: Implementation of Local Cross-Border Cooperation in Europe: The Capacity of Euroregions and the Role of Social Capital
Abstract Paper
discussant: Katalin Velich

Kristin Nickel Makszin: Mapping Political Parties on Welfare State Reform in Visegrad Countries: The Politics of Redistribution in Postcommunist Central European Family Benefits
Abstract Paper
discussant: Tibor Meszmann

Bojana Kocijan: Cabinet Stability in Post-communist Europe
discussant: Attila Wieszt
Abstract Paper

Katalin Velich: The Regionalized States of Italy and SpainParty Organizations in Comparative Perspective: the Determinants of Hegemony versus Fragmentation
Abstract Paper
discussant: George Tudor Florea
Monday, March 30
15:00-17:00
CEU
Senate Room

The Politics of Ethnic Minorities

chairs: Anton Pelinka, Robert Sata

Stela Garaz: The Impact of Horizontal Concentration of Power on Ethnic Mobilization in Post-Soviet Georgia
Abstract Paper
discussant: Tunde Szekely

Istvan Szekely: Understanding Organizational Pluralism within National Minorities; An Explorative Study on the Cases of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania and Slovakia
Abstract Paper
discussant: Magdalena Bernaciak

Tunde Szekely: Hungarian Minority Civil Society in Romania and Slovakia
Abstract Paper
discussant: Istvan Gergo Szekely

Tuesday, March 30
17:30-17:30
CEU
Popper Room
Public Lecture:
Radek Markowski, Head, Electoral Research Section, Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences and Chair, Dept. of Political Science at Warsaw School of Social Psychology
On Democracy

Chair: Zsolt Enyedi
Tuesday, March 31
Tuesday, March 31
9:30-12:00
CEU
Gellner Room
Forms of Power and Mechanism of Social Control

chairs: Andras Bozoki, Gabriella Ilonszki

Agnes Kiss: The Witch’s Brew of Censorship: Coordination and Control within the Censorship System (Romania, 1949 – 1965)
Abstract Paper
discussant: Reka Varnagy

Dorota Szeligowska: Dynamics of Polish Patriotism after 1989: Concepts, Debates, and Identities
Abstract Paper
discussant: Krisztina Jager

Krisztina Jager: The Policy Influencing Capacity of the Hungarian Parliament
Abstract Paper
discussant: Agnes Kiss

Reka Varnagy: Political Elites in Local Politics
Abstract Paper
discussant: Juraj Medzihorsky
Tuesday, March 31
9:30-12:00
CEU
Popper Room
Political Reconciliation and Responsibility

chairs: Janos Kis, Andras Lanczi

Laura Andronache: Republican Political Obligation: A Justification
Abstract Paper
discussant: Sanja Pesek

Sanja Pesek: Self-reflection in Post-criminal Societies: From Denial to Moral Responsibility
Abstract Paper
discussant: George Tudor Florea

Stearns Broadhead: Moral Responsibility for Collective Crime: The Case for Minimum Participatory Actions (MPA)
Abstract Paper
discussant: Gonzalo Torres

George Tudor Florea: Past Enemies Becoming Best Friends? Understanding Inter-ethnic Coalition Making in Post-Cold War Central and Eastern Europe
Abstract Paper
discussant: Laura Andronache
Tuesday, March 31
12:00-14:00
Gellner Room Foyer
Lunch Break
Tuesday, March 31
14:00-16:30
CEU
Gellner Room

Issues of Compartive Political Economy

chairs: Attila Folsz, Marta Kahancova

Magdalena Bernaciak: West-East Labor Transnationalism(s): Rivalry or Joint Mobilization?
Abstract Paper
discussant: Tibor Meszmann

Vera Scepanovic: The Battle of Peripheries: Positioning of East Central and South European Industrial Clusters within the European Automobile Industry Networks
Abstract Paper
discussant: Magdalena Bernaciak

Tibor Meszmann: Assessing Success and Failure of Post-communist Unionism: Trade Unions' Self-positioning during System Change
Abstract Paper
discussant: Vera Scepanovic

Davit Mamulaishvili: Implications of Interest Group Politics or Institutional Change: Land Tenure System Reforms in Post-communist Transitions
Abstract Paper
discussant: Sari Rannanpaa

Tuesday, March 31
14:00-16:30
CEU
Popper Room
Party Politics in Europe

chairs: Zsolt Enyedi, Agnes Batory

David Pupovac: Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe. Voting Behavior in Comapartive Perspective
Abstract Paper
discussant: Istvan Szekely

Benedicte Williams: Identity Discourse in the European Union. The case of the Extreme Right
Abstract Paper
discussant: Agnes Kiss

Dane Taleski: The Development of Political Party Organizations in Post-Conflict Societies
Abstract Paper
discussant: Stela Garaz

Attila Wieszt: On the Applicability of the Cartel Party Model
Abstract Paper
discussant: Kristin Nickel Makszin
Tuesday, March 31
19:30-
Venhajo Restaurant
Dinner for Panelists
No presentations Participating Papers without a Presentation

Aitalina Azarova: The Presence of Soft Budget Constraints Preconditions in Russian Regions
Abstract Paper

Oana Lup: (Small) Talk that Matters: Mapping Personal and Political Discussion Networks across Europe
Abstract Paper

Ekaterina Sokirianskaia: Clans and Families in Ingushetia and Chechnya: Myths and Realities
Abstract Paper

Marie Pachuashvili: Governmental Policies and Their Impact on Public-private Dynamics in Higher Education across Post-communist Countries
Abstract Paper

Marina Nistotskaya: Organizational Design of a Welfare-Enhancing Public Bureaucracy: A Theoretical Perspective
Abstract Paper
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