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2002 Markets and Democracy Conference

UNT Department of Political Science Symposium
"Markets and Democracy"

Featuring:

  • John Freeman, McKnight University Professor and Department Chair, Political Science, University of Minnesota.
  • Prof. Steven Lewis, Senior Researcher in Asian Politics and Economics, Rice University, Baker Institute.
  • Kelly Kadera, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa.
  • Robert J. Franzese Jr., Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan.

Saturday, November 9th

9:00 - 9:45 - Coffee and Donuts

9:45 - 10:00 - Welcome remarks from Chancellor Lee Jackson and Dean Warren Burggren.

10:00 - 11:00 - Professor Freeman presents: "Democracy and Globalization in Emerging Market Countries: An Econometric Study (co-authored with Jude Hays and Hans Nesseth). Available at the author's web site .

11:15 - 12:15 - Professor Lewis presents: "Theories of Institutional Change and Path Dependency: Energy Sector Privatization in China and Brazil".

12:15 - 1:45 - Lunch

1:45 - 2:45 - Professor Franzese presents: "The Context Conditionality of Comparative and International Political Economy: Applications in International Monetary and Domestic Budgetary Policies" This paper and a related one can be found at this web site and and here

3:00 - 4:00 - Professor Kadera presents: "Democratic Survival, Peace and War". This paper can be viewed at this web site