Network Conference Program hp - The IDCAR Network

Network Conference Program hp - The IDCAR Network

First IDCAR Network Conference
Hamburg, 17-19 December 2014
Program
Location: GIGA, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21, 5th floor, Room 519
Wednesday, December 17
18:00-19:30
20:00
IDCAR Podium: “With a Little Help From My Friends” – The International
Cooperation of Authoritarian Regimes in Comparative Perspective
Moderator: Kurt Weyland
Podium: Valerie Bunce, Thomas Richter, Aurel Croissant
Challengers: Laurence Whitehead, Wolfgang Merkel
Welcome Dinner (Restaurant Parlament located underneath the Town
Hall, Rathausmarkt 1)
Thursday, December 18
Day I: Conceptual Approaches
9:00-9:15
Welcome by the GIGA Vice President and the IDCAR Speaker
9:15-9:30
State of the Network
9:30-11:00
Session 1: Authoritarian Diffusion and Global Factors
Chair: André Bank
Discussant: Oisín Tansey
Kurt Weyland:
A New Theory of Reactionary Diffusion
Marlies Glasius:
Reconceptualising Authoritarianism in a Global Age
Ilyas Saliba:
How Do External Factors Influence the Survival of Authoritarian Regimes?
Effects on the Pillars of Regime Stability
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien
(formerly German Overseas Institute)
Foundation of civil law
President: Prof Dr Amrita Narlikar
(D.Phil. Oxon, Ph.D. Cantab)
Neuer Jungfernstieg 21
20354 Hamburg ۰ Germany
Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42825-593
Fax:
+49 (0)40 - 42825-547
Email: [email protected]
http://www.giga-hamburg.de
HSH Nordbank AG
Bank Code:
210 500 00
Account No.: 277 210 000
IBAN: DE78 2105 0000 0277 2100 00
BIC (SWIFT-Code): HSHNDEHH
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11:30-13:00
Session 2: Democracy Promotion and Prevention
Chair: Bert Hoffmann
Discussant: Karrie Koesel
Laurence Whitehead:
International Democracy Promotion as a Political Ideology: Upsurge and Retreat
Christian von Soest:
Conceptualizing democracy prevention: The international cooperation of authoritarian regimes
Marianne Kneuer:
Sources of Legitimacy and Legitimation Strategies in Autocracies
13:00-14:30
Lunch break
14:30-16:00
Session 3: Military Behavior and Authoritarian Learning
Chair: May Darwich
Discussant: Valerie Bunce
Aurel Croissant and David Kühn:
The Dictator’s Endgame. Theory and Empirical Analysis of Military Behavior in
Authoritarian Regime Crises
André Bank and Mirjam Edel:
Authoritarian Regime Learning and Its Structural Limits in the Middle East
Maria Josua:
Learning From Others’ Mistakes: Robust Authoritarianism during Waves of
Protest
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-17:45
Session 4: Autocratic Linkages and Cooperation
Chair: Thomas Richter
Discussant: Jason Brownlee (via Skype)
Oisín Tansey, Kevin Köhler, Alexander Schmotz:
Autocratic Linkages and Regime Survival
Julia Bader:
Autocratic cooperation in the context of multilateral organizations
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Friday, December 19
Day II: Empirical Cases and Upcoming Network Activities
9:00-10:30
Session 5: Asia and the Middle East
Chair: Georg Strüver
Discussant: Thomas Demmelhuber
Nele Noesselt:
Theory Adaptation and Innovation: Governance under the Fifth Generation of
Chinese Leaders
May Darwich:
The Interplay of External Support and Domestic Conditions of Authoritarianism
in Middle East Politics – The Case of Egypt
Marcus Michaelsen:
Taming the Web: The Politics of Authoritarian Internet Control in Iran
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:15
Session 6: Russia and the Post-Soviet Space
Chair: Maria Josua
Discussant: Bert Hoffmann
Betcy Jose and Christoph Stefes:
Dueling R2Ps: Investigating Russia’s Justifications for Interventions in Its Near
Abroad
Adele Del Sordi:
Looking for External Factors of Regime Stability: Regional Cooperation and
Authoritarian Learning in Post-Soviet Central Asia
12:15-13:30
Lunch break
13:30-15:00
Session 7: New Network Projects: Datasets and Seed Funding Presentations
Chair: Bert Hoffmann
Thomas Richter and Georg Strüver:
Concepts and Data for the Study of the International Dimension of Authoritarian Survival: What We Have and What Not (Open Discussion)
Successful applicants for seed funding projects: Brief presentations
15:00-16:00
16:00
Outlook on Upcoming Conferences and Concluding Discussion
Coffee and departure of participants
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List of Participants
Julia Bader, University of Amsterdam
André Bank, GIGA
Jason Brownlee (via Skype), University of Texas at Austin
Valerie Bunce, Cornell University
Aurel Croissant, University of Heidelberg
Emanuela Dalmasso, University of Amsterdam
May Darwich, GIGA
Adele Del Sordi, University of Amsterdam
Thomas Demmelhuber, University of Hildesheim
Mirjam Edel, University of Tübingen
Marlies Glasius, University of Amsterdam
Bert Hoffmann, GIGA
Marianne Kneuer, University of Hildesheim
Karrie Koesel, University of Oregon
David Kühn, University of Heidelberg
Betcy Jose, University of Colorado (Denver)
Maria Josua, GIGA
Wolfgang Merkel, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Marcus Michaelsen, University of Amsterdam
Nele Noesselt, GIGA
Thomas Richter, GIGA
Ilyas Saliba, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Alexander Schmotz, King’s College London
Christian von Soest, GIGA
Christoph Stefes, University of Colorado (Denver)/WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Georg Strüver, GIGA
Oisín Tansey, King’s College London
Kurt Weyland, University of Texas at Austin
Laurence Whitehead, University of Oxford