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From: ctb3-AT-duke.edu
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:00:56 -0500
Subject: AUT: Call for Papers: Democratization Conference


CONFERENCE
The Road to Democratization: Freeways and Detours

Duke University, October 19-21, 2001

Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: May 1, 2001

A variety of countries representing virtually every region of the world 
have within the past twenty years instituted democratic or semi-democratic 
reforms. External pressure has frequently played a key role in promoting 
democracy throughout the world. International institutions have advanced 
market reform as the most effective path to economic growth, and have 
encouraged civil society for allowing citizens to organize and express 
their needs and demands.

Within this context, democratization has led to both success and unmet 
expectations. In this conference, we are inviting papers that investigate 
the experiences of countries with democratization and the conditions that 
promote or impede success. Papers may explore the links between 
democratization and civil society, the rule of law, market reform, 
international institutions, and domestic and international conflict. What 
are the causes of failed attempts at democratization and different degrees 
of democratization? Does democratization promote or dampen conflict? What 
is the role of economic reform in democratization? Is a vigorous civil 
society a pre-requisite for democracy? What is the effect of external 
influence on democratization? Is it possible to develop an objective 
standard for judging democratization, or has the evaluation of 
democratization been guided by the foreign policy concerns of the major 
Western countries? Possible themes of the conference include the relation 
of democratization to:

*        International Institutions and Western Foreign Policy
*        Economic Reform
*        Domestic Resistance and Conditionality
*        Rule of Law and Accountability
*        Human Rights
*        Civil Society
*        War and Ethnic Conflict
*        Failed Attempts and Degrees of Democratization


Send one-page abstracts by E-mail or post to:

democratizationatDuke-AT-yahoo.com
or
Democratization Conference, the Center for International Studies
Duke University, Box 90404
Durham, NC  27708

For more information contact: Craig Borowiak at (919) 668-1924; FAX: (919) 
684-8749; E-Mail: democratizationatDuke-AT-yahoo.com
Online information: 
http://www.duke.edu/web/cis/globalissues/conf/democratization.html

Sponsored by Duke University's Center for International Studies, the Trent 
Foundation, and the Graduate Seminars on Global Issues



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