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 --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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