Research
Seminar Series (2003-2004)
Lent Term 2004
Michaelmas Term 2003
Special Seminars
Tuesday,
22nd June
12 to 2.30pm, in St Clement's Building (LSE), Room S75
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE
Fabio Sánchez & Ana María Díaz (CEDE, Colombia)
Geography of Illicit Crops and Armed Conflict in Colombia
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Thursday,
29th January
12.30 to 2pm, in Clement House (LSE), Room D106
Antonio Giustozzi (UN, Afghanistan)
Factional Politics and State Rebuilding in Afghanistan
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Thursday,
5th February
12.30 to 2pm, in Tower 1 (LSE), Room V101
Manoj Srivastava (Crisis States Programme, LSE)
Moving Beyond 'Institutions Matter': How do the 'Rules of the Game' evolve
and change? Some reflections on how institutionalists theorise on
institutional development
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seminar paper
The
following seminars, organised jointly by the Development Research Centre and
DESTIN, will be held on Wednesdays between 4.30 p.m. and 6 p.m., in Room
U202, Tower 1, London School of Economics
Papers for each seminar we usually be available one week before the event. If
you wish to see any of these, please contact the Development Research Centre.
14th January
Abby Innes (European Institute, LSE)
The Elephant in the Room: The Problems of Redeeming the State in
Transition
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21st
January
David Stasavage (IR Department, LSE)
Democracy and Primary Education in Africa
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28th
January
Jonathan Spencer (University of Edinburgh)
The Culture, Politics and Economics of Peace in Sri Lanka
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4th
February
Laurie Nathan (Crisis States Programme)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The Structural Causes of Crisis and
Violence in Africa
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paper
11th
February
Michael Barzelay (LSE)
Improvising the Practices of Project-Centred Strategic Planning and
Delivery: The Case of 'Brazil in Action'
No paper will be available in advance for this seminar
18th
February
Rachel Sieder (Institute of Latin American Studies)
Legal Globalization and Human Rights: Constructing the 'Rule of Law' in
Post-Conflict Guatemala
26th
February
Andrew Fischer (DESTIN/Crisis States Programme)
Urban Fault Lines in Shangrila: Population, Exclusion and Discourses of
Inter-ethnic conflict in the Tibetan areas of Western China
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paper
Please note that due to strike action by the AUT on Tuesday &
Wednesday 24th/25th February, this seminar has been rescheduled to Thursday
26th
3rd
March
Jonathan DiJohn (DESTIN/Crisis States Programme)
The Political Economy of Political Party Breakdown in Venezuela
10th
March
Dennis Rodgers (DESTIN/Crisis States Programme)
Improvising the State vs. a State of Improvisation: Local Level
Socio-political Responses to Crisis in Argentina
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17th
March
Manoj Srivastava (Crisis States Programme)
Good Governance Matters, but what matters to good governance? Politics of
Reform in Madhya Pradesh
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The
following seminars, organised jointly by the Development Research Centre and
DESTIN, will be held on Wednesdays between 4.30 p.m. and 6 p.m., in Room
U202, Tower 1, London School of Economics
Papers for each seminar we usually be available one week before the event. If
you wish to see any of these, please contact the Development Research Centre.
8th October
Ken Shadlen (DESTIN)
Representation, Participation and Development: Lessons from Small Industry
in Latin America
15th
October
Giovanni Carbone (Crisis States Programme, DRC)
Time for Parties in Mozambique and Ghana? The Introduction of Electoral
Politics and the Development of Party Systems, 1992-2002
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paper
22nd
October
Alan Whiteside (University of Natal, South Africa)
The Causes and Consequences of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
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paper
29th
October
Toby Kelly (Crisis States Programme, DRC)
Law and Coercion: The Fragmentation of the Palestinian Legal System
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paper
5th
November
James Putzel (Crisis States Programme, DRC)
US Imperialism and the Possibilities for Co-existence
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12th
November
Robert Wade (DESTIN)
The World Bank and Theories of International Organisations
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19th
November
5 p.m., Robinson Room: a place must be
reserved for this week's special event
Book Launch: Ben Wisner, Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon & Ian Davis, At
Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters, 2nd expanded
edition, published by Routledge
Discussion on Understanding Disaster and Development:
Ben Wisner (Crisis States Programme, DRC)
Piers Blaikie (University of East Anglia)
Terry Cannon (University of Greenwich & Natural Resource Institute)
Ian Davis (Cranfield University)
With comments from:
John Twigg (University College London)
Tim Radford (The Guardian)
26th
November
Mushtaq Khan (School of Oriental and African Studies)
State Formation in Palestine: Governance, Politics and the Current Impasse
Seminar begins at 5.30pm, and will be held in Tower 1, Room V105
3rd
December
Frederick Golooba-Mutebi (University of the Witwatersrand)
Witchcraft and Social Relations in a South African Village
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10th
December
Chris Cramer-Carlos Oya (School of Oriental and African Studies
Nice Work if You Can Get it: Rural Labour Markets in Mozambique
Seminar starts 5pm
No paper will be available in advance for this seminar
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