University of North Texas

Department of Political Science

"Markets and Democracy"

Symposium

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 am - 5:00 pm

Wooten Hall 322

Schedule

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 and