RC13 - Democratization in Comparative Perspective

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18Sep 2016

The new managing team of the RC13 / La nouvelle équipe dirigeante du RC13

IPSA Research Committee 13: Democratization in Comparative Perspective

AISP Réseau de chercheurs 13 : Démocratisation dans une perspective comparée

Dear colleagues,

(un message en français suivra)

     As you may have read in the message of Professor Mario Sznajder – during the last IPSA Congress in July 2016 in Poznań, a meeting for our Research Committee 13 (RC 13): "Democratization in comparative perspective" was held. One of the outcomes of this meeting was the election of a new managing team. Through this message we would like to introduce the new managing team and share with you various proposals for the next two years.

 

Chairperson : Mr. Bartłomiej Zdaniuk

Bartłomiej is a lecturer at the Institute of Political Science, University of Warsaw (Poland). His research initially focused on the contemporary history of French politics. In recent years he has worked mainly on the notion of state consolidation taking for example the case of the Republic of Moldova. He is also interested in partisan cleavages and the functioning of democracy in Romania. Bartłomiej speaks French, English, Russian and Romanian (and Polish - his mother tongue).

Secretary: Miss Melba Nyabereka

Melba recently completed her MPhil with Monash University, Johannesburg Campus in South Africa, where she is also a teaching assistant. Melba works on research in international development and is interested in governance, political economy and sustainable development. Melba speaks English and Shona.

 

     This team, as well as all the members of the RC express their gratitude to the former team and in particular to Professor Sznajder, who contributed to the good functioning of our group through his hard work and perseverance for many years.

     In order to give new impetus to the activities of the RC13, the managing team – as had been promised during the meeting in Poznań – offers you the opportunity to update the research activities of our group. To do so, we invite you to complete a brief anonymous survey which we will send you soon. Your answers will help us to better target our activities, according to the profile of the members and will encourage participation and collaboration amongst the members of RC13.

     Bartłomiej and Melba, warmly invite you to forward information about scientific events (conferences, workshops) or any other research project that you are preparing, and for which you are looking for colleagues who would like to participate. We will be happy to circulate this information among all members of our RC.

     Please do not hesitate to contact us to request the institutional affiliation of the IPSA RC 13 for scientific events that you prepare. This affiliation will be particularly given to seminars and workshops on cross-cutting issues, with participation of paper givers from different countries and backgrounds.

    We look forward to working with you!

    The RC13 team

 

Chers collègues,

     Comme vous avez pu le lire dans le message du Professeur Mario Sznajder, lors du dernier Congrès de l’IPSA/AISP en juillet 2016 à Poznań s’est tenue une réunion de notre Réseau de chercheurs 13 (RC13) : « Démocratisation dans une perspective comparée ». C’est pendant cette réunion qu’une nouvelle équipe dirigeante a été élue. Par l’intermédiaire de ce message nous aimerions vous présenter la nouvelle équipe dirigeante et vous faire part des différentes propositions pour les deux années à venir.

 

Président : M. Bartłomiej ZDANIUK

Bartłomiej (Barthélemy) est maître de conférences à l’Institut de sciences politiques de l’Université de Varsovie (Pologne). Ses recherches ont d’abord porté sur l’histoire contemporaine de la vie politique française. Ces dernières années il a surtout travaillé sur la notion de la consolidation de l’État en prenant pour exemple le cas de la République de Moldavie. Il s’intéresse aussi aux clivages partisans et au fonctionnement de la démocratie en Roumanie. Bartłomiej parle le français, l’anglais, le russe et le roumain (et le polonais – sa langue maternelle).

Secrétaire : Mlle Melba NYABEREKA

Melba vient d’obtenir son diplôme de master dans le cadre de l’Université Monash, Campus de Johannesburg en Afrique du Sud, où elle est aussi assistante d’enseignement. Melba travaille sur le développement international et s’intéresse à la gouvernance, à l’économie politique et au développement durable. Melba parle l’anglais et le shona.

 

     Cette équipe, ainsi que tous les membres du RC13 expriment leur gratitude envers l’ancienne direction et notamment le Professeur Sznajder qui pendant plusieurs années, par son travail et sa persévérance, a contribué au très bon fonctionnement de notre groupe.

     Afin de pouvoir donner un nouvel élan aux activités du RC13, l’équipe dirigeante – comme cela avait été promis lors de la réunion de Poznań – vous propose de faire le point sur les activités de recherche des membres de notre groupe. Pour le faire, nous vous invitons à compléter un très bref questionnaire anonyme que nous allons vous envoyer très prochainement. Vos réponses nous permettront de mieux cibler nos activités en fonction du profile des membres du RC 13.

     L’équipe du RC13 vous invite très chaleureusement à nous faire parvenir toute information concernant les manifestations scientifiques (colloques, journées d’études) voire tout autre projet de recherche que vous êtes en train de préparer et pour lequel vous cherchez d’autres collègues qui aimeraient y participer. Nous serons ravis de pouvoir faire circuler ces informations parmi tous les membres de notre RC.

     N’hésitez pas non plus à nous contacter pour solliciter l’affiliation institutionnelle du IPSA RC13 pour les manifestations scientifiques que vous préparez. Cette affiliation sera notamment accordée aux colloques et journées d’études portant sur des sujets transversaux, avec participation d’intervenants de pays et de milieux différents.

     Nous serons ravis de pouvoir collaborer avec vous !

     L’équipe du RC13

12Aug 2016

Change of authorities in RC13

Dear friends and colleagues,
As planned, we held the business meeting of RC 13 Democratization IPSA at the World Congress in Poznan. More than thirty members of this research committee came to the meeting. Besides reporting on the organization of panels for the World Congress (Istambul) Poznan we confronted the subject of changing the chairperson and secretary of RC 13 Democratization.
RC 13 has held it business meeting on Monday, July 25th 2016, here at the IPSA World Congress in Poznan.

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17Jul 2016

Business Meeting of Research Committee 13 on Democratization,


Dear colleagues and friends of RC 13 on Democratization and participants at IPSA World Congress 2016 in Poznan.
I am personally invite everyone of you to participate in the business meeting of Research Committee 13 on Democratization,
of IPSA that will take place on Monday 25th July 2016, from 13.30 to 15.15 hours at Room PCC-15/7 at the congress venue.
Please come and participate in this meeting. We need to elect new authorities and discuss all the issues about the committee.
Schedule: 
25-07-2016 | 13:30 - 15:15
Room: 
PCC-15 / 1.2

See you in Poznan.
Mario Sznajder RC13 - Chairperson - IPSA

Mario Sznajder, PhD
Professor Emeritus 
Department of Political Science
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mount Scopus - 91905 Jerusalem
Israel
E-mail: mario.sznajder@mail.huji.ac.il

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08Jun 2016

IPSA World Congress 2016

To the IPSA RC 13 on Democratization members,
 
It is my pleasure to invite all of you and each of you personally to the business meeting of RC 13 that will take place during the IPSA World Congress 2016, at Poznan.
 

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03Jul 2015

Call for Panels Now Open!! 24th World Congress of Political Science

Dear colleague,

We would like to kindly remind you that the deadline of July 8th for the OPEN PANELS submission for the next World Congress of Political Science (Istanbul - July 23 to 28, 2016) is fast approaching! Under the theme "Politics in a World of Inequality", we invite you to share your research on issues of redistribution and recognition in all their complexity, and to which political science can bring important insights. It is an opportunity to once again demonstrate the relevance of political science to political  practice. If you would like to submit a panel proposal, please see the instructions provided below. 

 

 

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15Jun 2015

The Call for Submissions for the World Congress 2016 is now OPEN!

Dear RC13 members,
please see the announcement published in IPSA Newsletter May/June 2015:

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08Jun 2014

Network of Democracy Research Institutes - Worth Reading

June 2, 2014 Dear Colleagues, This issue of Worth Reading features the “Democracy Works” project, a joint initiative of three members of the Network of Democracy Research Institutes—the Centre for Development and Enterprise (South Africa), the Legatum Institute (United Kingdom), and the Centre for Policy Research (India)—and the Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade (Brazil). The Center for International Private Enterprise partially funded this project and its Executive Director, John Sullivan, served as a senior advisor. The project examines “the democratic alternative from the South” as a counterargument to developmental authoritarianism and examines several key dimensions of these countries’ development, including their democratic achievements and the advantages their democratic systems provide to combat corruption. It also explains the critical need for these democracies to pursue further policy reform.

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11May 2014

Network of Democracy Research Institutes Democracy Research News May 2014

Democracy Research News is the electronic newsletter of the Network of Democracy Research Institutes (NDRI), a membership association of institutions that conduct and publish research on democracy and democratic development. It is one of several functional networks associated with the World Movement for Democracy. To submit comments or to inquire about joining the Network, please write to Melissa Aten-Becnel.

To subscribe write ndri@ned.org.

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19Dec 2013

Network of Democracy Research Institutes/ Worth Reading


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24Nov 2013

November 2013- Democracy Research News

Network of Democracy Research Institutes
Democracy Research News
Democracy Research News is the electronic newsletter of the Network of
Democracy  Research Institutes (NDRI)
, a membership association of
institutions that conduct and  publish research on democracy and
 democratic development. It is one of several functional networks
associated with the World Movement for Democracy


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07Oct 2013

Legitimizing State Failure by Democracy

Western style democracy has arrived by different paths to Arab countries, but what is common throughout is that it has so far only legitimized state failure, stresses Marcus Marktanner.

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20Sep 2013

Did you know? IPSA Institutional Membership

The services package offered to institutional members - organizations includes many services that could be advantageous to you and your colleagues, like discounts to individual membership and registration to the upcoming World Congress of Political Science to be held in Montréal (Canada) in July 2014.

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13Sep 2013

Special issue of the Journal Democratization dealing with religiously-oriented political parties and democratization.


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11Sep 2013

EVENTS

Please, see an updated list of events in our Events section of the website.

21Aug 2013

July 2013 Democracy Research News


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21Aug 2013

RC13 - Mission

The Research Committee on Democratization on a Comparative Perspective of IPSA - RC 13 seeks to support and encourage research in the area of democratization in any/every country of the world. It is also interested in measuring and evaluating processes of democratization in particular cases and in a general comparative perspective, both from the point of view of individual states and societies and as a global process. It promotes individual research and contacts as well as a network of scholars and students in interested in the subject. It organizes panels and, when possible, conferences in which both the theoretical developments in the area, as well as the results of empirical studies are presented and discussed. RC 13 is also interested and involved in cooperation with other research committees of IPSA that work in related areas.

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