Annual Workshops
PSA Development Politics Group 3rd Annual Workshop
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
Friday 25th January 2008
Registration & travel support: there are some funds for travel support for graduate students attending. There is no registration fee but do notify your attendance to: a.k.j.wyatt@bristol.ac.uk
Programme
Arrival and Coffee 9.00-9.30
Panel 1 The Politics of External Intervention
9.30-10.30
Peter Burnell (Warwick) 'From Evaluating Democracy Assistance to Appraising Democracy Promotion'
Nilima Gulrajani (LSE) 'Supporting the State through Aid? The Case of Vietnam'
(Recently published in J.Welsh and N. Woods (eds), Aid for Good Governance: Learning from Experience. University of Toronto Press)
Panel 2 States and Development
11.00-12.30
Gordon Crawford (Leeds) 'Decentralisation and a rights-based approach to development: opportunities and constraints on realising basic rights in Northern Ghana'
Nikita Sud (Oxford) 'The changing nature of the Indian state: The case of land policy in Gujarat'
Vicky Randall (Essex) 'Political Parties and Democratic Developmental States'
Lunch 12.30-13.30
Panel 3: Political Economy of Development
13.30-14.30
Nicola Phillips (Manchester) 'Understanding and misunderstanding the consequences of the emergence of China for Latin America and Caribbean development'
Jean Grugel (Sheffield), Pia Riggirozzi (Sheffield) and Ben Thirkell-White (St Andrews) 'What difference a financial crisis: Asia and Latin America Compared'
Tea Break 14.30-15.00
Panel 4: National Politics of Development
15.00-16.00
Duncan Green (Oxfam) 'From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World'
James Manor (ICS) 'Politicians' Machinations and the Struggle against Poverty'
16.00-16.30 Closing discussion
With financial support from the Political Studies Association
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