Research
Seminar Series (2004-2005)
Michaelmas Term 2004
Lent Term 2005
The
following seminars have been organised jointly by the Crisis States Research Centre and
DESTIN. Unless otherwise stated, they will be held on Wednesdays between 4.30 p.m. and 6 p.m., in Room
U202, Tower 1, London School of Economics. These seminars are open to faculty,
research students, and the wider research community.
Papers for each seminar we usually be available one week before the event.
These will normally be posted on this page.
20th October
Gwyn Prins (LSE)
HIV/AIDS in the Context of the General Crisis
A summary paper for this seminar is available upon request
27th
October
Ken Shadlen (DESTIN, LSE)
The Politics of Patents in Developing Countries: Theory, History and
Insights from Contemporary Latin America
3rd
November
Laurie Nathan (Crisis States Research Centre, LSE)
The Absence of Common Values and Failure of Common Security in Southern
Africa
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paper
10th
November
Ha-Joon Chang (Cambridge)
The Future of the Developmental State, especially Korea
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paper
17th
November
Frances Stewart (QEH)
Development and Security
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paper
24th
November (note: starts at 4pm, and to be held in Lionel
Robbins Building (Room R505)
Is the Washington Consensus still the right policy package?
Joint extended colloquium on developmental issues: DESTIN/Crisis States
Research Centre/STICERD (Suntory & Toyota International Centres for
Economics and
Related Disciplines)
Tim Besley, Robert Wade and others
1st
December
Peter Gowan (London
Metropolitan)
Exploring the
international politics of internal regime reshaping amongst core capitalist
centres.
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paper
8th
December
Ngaire Woods (Centre for Global Economic Governance, Oxford)
Effective
representation in international organisations: the case of the IMF
Lent Term
12th
January
Gabi Hesselbein (CIS-ETH Zürich)
Failed States
and Fragile Statehood in Sub-Saharan Africa
19th
January
Peter Loizos (Crisis States Research Centre)
Hidden Injuries of Displacement: Greek Cypriot refugees and non-refugees
compared
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paper
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summary
26th
January
Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (Institute for the Study of the Americas)
Development Paths and Globalisation in 'middle' cases. Costa Rica and the
Dominican Republic in comparative perspective.
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paper
2nd
February
Diana Weinhold (DESTIN, LSE)
Innovation, Inequality and Intellectual Property Rights
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paper
9th
February
Murray Low (Geography Department, LSE)
Dilemmas of representation in post-apartheid Durban
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paper
16th
February
Robert Falkner (International Relations Department, LSE)
Genetic Engineering and State Power: Can China control the biotechnology
revolution in agriculture?
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paper
23rd
February
Aaron Schneider (IDS)
Wholesale versus
Within Institutional Change: Pacting Governance Reform in Brazil for Fiscal
Responsibility and Tax
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paper
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summary
2nd
March
Jonathan Curry-Machado (Crisis States Research Centre)
Surviving the
'Waking Nightmare': Securing Stability in the Face of Crisis in Cuba, 1989-2004
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working paper
9th
March
Peter Lock (European
Association for Research on Transformation, Hamburg)
The human habitat and armed conflict: Is War
Outdated?
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paper
16th
March
Amrita Narlikar (Centre
of International Studies, Cambridge University)
A
new politics of confrontation? Developing Countries at Cancun and beyond
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paper
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