| Second International Symposium of Comparative Research on Major Regional Powers in Eurasia | in
Japanese |
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| "Comparing
the Politics of the Eurasian Regional Powers: China, Russia, India, and Turkey" |
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| Date:
December 12-13, 2009 |
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| Place:
Room S405, Sotobori Building, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei University, Tokyo |
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| Program |
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| December
12 Saturday |
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| 1:30-1:45p.m. |
Opening Remarks |
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| 1:45-3:30 p.m. |
Setting
the Agenda: “How to Understand the General Trends of Regional Powers?” |
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| Chair: |
Liang Tang, Waseda U |
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| Papers: |
Nobuaki Shiokawa, Tokyo U |
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| “Revisiting Perestroika,
the End of the Cold War,
and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union after Twenty Years” |
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| Katsuji Nakagane, Aoyama Gakuin U |
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| “Economic Transitions in Comparison: Why Do
Socialist Countries Flee to Capitalism?” |
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| Hideki Esho, Hosei U |
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| “Implications of the ‘Indian Miracle’:
Reconsidering the Development Political Economy” |
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| 3:30-3:45 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:45-5:45 p.m. |
Replying
to the Questions: “How to Study the General Trends of Regional Powers?”
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Roundtable. |
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| Chair: |
Kazuko Mouri, Waseda U |
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| Panelists: |
Akio Takahara, Tokyo U Satoshi Amako, Waseda U Shinichiro Tabata, Hokkaido U Kimitaka Matsuzato, Hokkaido U Norio Kondo, IDE-JETRO |
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| 6:00-8:00 p.m. |
Reception |
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| December
13 Sunday |
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| 10:00-12:00 a.m. |
Session
1: |
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| "Sub-national
Units for Modernization and Democracy: Villages and NGOs in Russia,
China, and India" |
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| Chair: |
David Wolff, Hokkaido University,
Japan |
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| Papers: |
Tomila Lankina, De Montfort U (UK) |
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| "Determinants of
Sub-National
Democracy
Variations in Russia and India: A Preliminary Framework for Analysis" |
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| Fumiki Tahara, Tokyo U |
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| "Leader, Agent or Bystander?
Governance and Public Goods in
Chinese and Russian Villages" |
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| Lei Guang, San Diego State U (USA) |
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| "The Politics of Social
Conflict and Conflict
Resolution: Comparing Local State and Society Relations in China and
India" |
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| Discussant: |
Osamu Ieda, Hokkaido U |
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| 12:00-1:15p.m. |
Lunch |
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| 1:15-3:15 p.m. |
Session
2: |
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| "A
Key to Greatness. Religious Politics in Regional Powers" |
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| Chair: |
Tomohiko Uyama, Hokkaido U |
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| Papers: |
Daniel P. Payne, Baylor U |
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| "Orthodox Exceptionalism and
the Distinctiveness of Asian Values: Two Arguments Against the
Universality of Human Rights" (coauthored with Christopher Marsh
and Jonathan J. Mizuta) |
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| Kimitaka Matsuzato, Hokkaido U;
Fumiko Sawae, Tohoku U |
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| "Rebuilding a
Confessional State: Islamic Ecclesiology in Turkey, Russia, and China" |
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| Hiroki Miwa, Chuo U |
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| "Ethnic and Religious Conflicts and Foreign Policies in South
Asia" |
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| Discussant: |
Masato Iizuka, Tokyo U of Foreign
Studies |
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| 3:15-3:30 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:30-5:30 p.m. |
Session
3: |
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| "Realignment
of Social Strata and its Cleavages" |
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| Chair: |
Liang Tang, Waseda U |
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| Papers: |
Vamsi Vakulabharanam, U of Hyderabad
(India) |
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| "Does Class Count? Class Structure
and Worsening
Inequality in China and India" |
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| Hiroaki Hayashi, Shimane U |
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| "The Middle Class in Russia: Its Diversity in
Composition and Values" |
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| Shigeto Sonoda, Tokyo U |
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| "Different Perceptions of
Social Inequality in
China, India, and Russia: A Comparative Analysis of Asia Barometer,
2008" |
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| Discussant: |
Masaharu Hishida, Hosei U |
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| 5:30-5:40 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
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| December
15 Tuesday |
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| 11:00am-1:00pm |
Special
Seminar (Group
2 & Group 5)
"Regional Powers in Eurasia: Resources for
Transnational Influence" |
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| If you wish to participate in the symposium, please contact eurasia1212@gmail.com with your name and affiliation, and also whether you wish to attend the welcome reception on the night of Dec. 12 (the fee is 2000 JPY). |