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> Subject: <incom> South-South Research Seminar on Democratic
> Developmental States
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> <http://www.codesria.org/Links/new06/codesria_apisa_ugandaa.pdf>
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> APISA - CLACSO - CODESRIA
>
> SOUTH-SOUTH COMPARATIVE RESEARCH SEMINARS
>
> THEME: THE FEASIBILITY OF DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENTAL STATES IN THE SOUTH
>
> DATES: 27-30 November, 2006
>
> VENUE: Kampala, Uganda.
>
> CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
>
> 1. INTRODUCTION: THE NEED FOR A SOUTHERN REFLECTION ON THE
> DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENTAL STATE
>
> The Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA),
> the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and the
> Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
> (CODESRIA) are pleased to announce the Africa/Asia/Latin America
> scholarly collaborative initiative encompassing joint research,
> training, publishing and dissemination activities by researchers
> drawn from across the global South, and to call for applications
> for participation in the South-South comparative research seminars
> they are organising within the framework of the initiative. The
> theme that has been selected for the fourth seminar in the series
> is: The Feasibility of the Democratic Developmental State in the
> South. The seminar will take place in Kampala, Uganda, from 27 - 30
> November, 2006. It is designed to generate a collective reflection
> among Southern intellectuals on a theme which is enjoying a revival
> against the backdrop of the crises of neo-liberalism.
>
> During the 1970s, in the wake especially of the transformations
> which the countries of East Asia were undergoing, a major
> discussion took place on the notion and experience of the
> developmental state. The debates covered a variety of concerns: the
> nature of the accumulation of capital that was going on, the
> implication of the export-orientation strategy that underpinned it,
> the feasibility of the developmental state that was emerging, its
> basic institutional attributes, the nature of the relationship
> between the state and business, the sustainability of the
> developmental state over the long-run, its social discontents and
> environmental impacts, its democratic deficits, the geo-political
> and strategic security contexts that triggered it in some regions
> of the South, its replicability in other regions of the developing
> world, the failure of developmentalism to take-root in some
> countries, and the local and global policy environments that shaped
> it.
>
> During the 1980s, however, the developmental state debate went into
> recession as the neo-liberal market ideology gathered steam and
> sustained ideological attacks were launched both against the state
> as an institution and the state-led model of accumulation that
> predominated in the post-1945 period. During the two and half
> decades that market-led economic reforms prevailed and neo-
> liberalism enjoyed an ideological and a policy hegemony, all
> suggestions about an effective role for the state in the
> development process were deemed passé and illegitimate. Indeed,
> some even went so far as to proclaim the end of history on the
> basis of the alleged triumph of market capitalism over state
> socialism, and with it the death of development. It took a costly
> realisation that two and half decades of structural adjustment had
> failed signally to deliver the results that had been expected for
> reluctant efforts to begin to be made in the second half of the
> 1990s to recognise that the state had an inevitable and unavoidable
> role in development. Moreover, the type of state that was called
> for and the role which it needed to play could not simply be
> limited to a night watchman function of providing an enabling
> environment "that was nothing more than another way of re-casting
> the ideology of the minimalist state of the 1980s„ but, more
> crucially, a state that is developmentalist in its ideological
> moorings, institutional chatacteristics and operational practices.
> It was in this context that the debate on the developmental state
> was revived, aided and popularised by spectacular episodes of
> market failures in East Asia and Latin America that took a huge
> toll that is comparable to the equally huge social costs that
> structural adjustment exacted across Africa, Central America and
> the Caribbeans, and South Asia.
>
> The renewed debate on the developmental state is, however, taking
> place in a vastly changed political context in which pressures for
> democracy, whether popular or liberal, are in evidence globally and
> across the South. Also, all over the world, citizens are forging
> new claims of entitlement on the state and social policy has come
> to occupy a central place in politics. It is this context that, in
> part, accounts for the push to address the feasibility of bringing
> the state back more centrally into the developmental process as the
> leading agency in the developmental process whilst simultaneously
> building the socio-political foundations on which it is anchored on
> democratic principles and inclusive social policies that are
> capable of producing a democratic developmentalism. Participants in
> the Kampala session of the South-South Comparative Research
> Seminars are invited to reflect on the feasibility of the
> democratic developmental state in Africa, Asia and Latin America,
> doing so by revisiting the broad contours of the old developmental
> state debate whilst simultaneously addressing on-going efforts
> aimed at tackling the social and democratic deficits in the earlier
> experiments in developmentalism that occurred in East Asia by
> treating the notion of development as going beyond economic growth
> to include human development, social justice and environmental
> sustainability, as well as focusing on issues of regime types,
> embededness, and representativity. Other concerns that would merit
> being addressed include the possibility for the emergence or
> sustenance of a democratic developmental state in the South in the
> light of the widening national, South-South, and North-South
> inequalities that characterise the contemporary world system, the
> asymmetries that are built into the international development
> architecture such as it is presently structured, the constraints
> posed by the pre-dominantly neo-liberal tone and tenor of
> contemporary globalisation, and the implications of the hegemonic
> position of international finance capital driven by a speculative
> logic over manufacturing capital.
>
> 2. OBJECTIVES:
>
> Within the ambit of the APISA-CLACSO-CODESRIA collaboration, a
> series of activities and programmes has been scheduled for
> implementation over the period to the end of 2007, among them three
> annual comparative research seminars. The seminars are designed to
> serve as a research forum for the generation of fresh and original
> comparative insights on the diverse problems and challenges facing
> the countries of the South. In doing so, it is hoped also that the
> seminars will contribute to the revival and consolidation of cross-
> regional networking among Southern scholars, foster a scholarly
> culture of Southern cross-referencing, and contribute to a type of
> theory-building that is more closely attuned to the shared
> historical contexts and experiences of the countries and peoples of
> the South. The seminars will be rotated among the three continents
> where the lead collaborating institutions are located, namely,
> Africa, Asia and Latin America. This way, participants in the
> seminars who will also be drawn from all three continents will be
> exposed to the socio-historical contexts of other regions of the
> South as an input that will help to broaden their analytical
> perspectives and improve the overall quality of their scientific
> engagements.
>
> The underlying objective of the comparative research seminars is to
> offer participants an opportunity to transcend the limitations of
> received wisdom emanating from structures and processes of
> knowledge production and dissemination that are characterised by
> various degrees and layers of inequality. In doing so, it is hoped
> to both motivate and equip participants in the seminar with the
> critical theoretical and methodological perspectives that might be
> appropriate for gaining a full understanding of the specific
> situation of countries and peoples located outside the core of the
> international system such as it is presently structured. The main
> premise for this effort is the glaring inadequacy of the theories
> and methodologies developed in the North, and crystallised in the
> mainstream social sciences, to provide the required instruments for
> the attainment of a sound and holistic understanding of the
> problems confronting â•„ and, in many cases, overwhelming the
> countries of the South. Through the seminars, it is hoped to be
> able to mobilise scholars from across the South to reflect on the
> alternatives that are available for overcoming the present
> situation. This way, the seminars will contribute to the promotion
> of a better knowledge and understanding of the theories and
> methodological approaches developed in different regions of the
> South as alternatives to the dominant, Northern-biased paradigms
> that have shaped the social sciences. It is also expected that
> participants will become acquainted with the local intellectual
> environment in the regions where different sessions of the seminar
> are hosted, and strengthen their comparative research capacities in
> the process. In sum, the seminars are structured to serve as a
> unique forum for enhancing a deeper understanding among Southern
> scholars of the history, politics, economy and culture of the
> countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, and offer an
> opportunity to participants to develop long-lasting collaborative
> relationships with their counterparts from other Southern countries.
>
> 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION:
>
> Scholars resident in countries of the South and who are pursuing
> active academic careers are eligible to apply to participate in the
> seminars. Each applicant should have an advanced university
> education and an established track record of research and
> publishing in any of the disciplines of the social sciences and
> humanities. Selection for participation will be on the basis of a
> competitive process. All together, 12 people will be selected for
> participation in the institute on the basis of four each from
> Africa, Asia and Latin America. The full participation costs of the
> selected laureates will be covered, including their travel costs
> (economy return air tickets), accommodation and subsistence.
>
> 4. COORDINATION:
>
> Each seminar will be convened and coordinated by an experienced
> Southern scholar recognised for the versatility of his/her
> knowledge, acknowledged for his/her skills in applying the
> comparative methodology, and known either for the depth of work s/
> he has done in different regions of the South or for his/her
> capacity to draw on experiences from across the South in his/her
> writings. The convenor/coordinator will be responsible for
> establishing the comparative framework for the seminar for which s/
> he is responsible and will work with each participant to determine
> his or her primary area of focus. S/he will also undertake the task
> of synthesising results produced by the researchers into one major
> publication that will be designed to serve as a major statement on
> the theme of the seminar.
>
> 5. THE 2006 SEMINAR SCHEDULED FOR KAMPALA, UGANDA:
>
> For the 2006 session of the South-South comparative research
> seminar, it has been decided by APISA, CLACSO and CODESRIA to host
> it in Kampala, Uganda. CODESRIA will assume overall responsibility
> within the tri-continental partnership for the session. The local
> institutional host in Uganda that will be working closely with
> CODESRIA in managing the seminar is the Centre for Basic Research.
> The seminar will run from 27 to 30 November, 2006. It is a
> requirement that prospective laureates should have a demonstrable
> working knowledge of the English language. APISA, CLACSO and
> CODESRIA will work together with the local host to facilitate the
> procurement of entry visas to Uganda for the prospective
> participants whose applications are successful. At the end of the
> seminar, each participant will be expected to produce a publishable
> article which will be considered for inclusion in the book of
> proceedings that will be issued.
>
> 6. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
>
> Every researcher wishing to be considered for selection as one of
> the 12 scholars to be invited to participate in the any of the
> comparative research seminars organised within the framework of the
> APISA-CLACSO-CODESRIA tri-continental partnership is required to
> submit an application that will comprise the following key items of
> documentation:
>
> a) An outline research proposal, written in English, on the subject
> on which s/he would like to work. The topic selected must be
> related to the theme of the seminar and should have a demonstrable
> comparative potential. Proposals should not exceed 10 pages in
> length and should have a clearly defined problematic which can be
> followed through further research and culminate in a publishable
> scientific paper;
>
> b) A covering letter, of one-page, which should indicate the
> motivation of the prospective researcher for wanting to participate
> in the seminar and explaining how they envisage that they and their
> institution will benefit from the programme;
>
> c) An updated Curriculum Vitae complete with the names of the
> professional and personal references of the researcher, the
> scientific discipline(s) in which s/he is working, the nationality
> of the applicant, a list of recent publications, and a summary of
> the on-going research activities in which the applicant is involved;
>
> d) A photocopy of the highest university degree obtained by the
> applicant and of the relevant pages of his/her international
> passport containing relevant identity data;
>
> 7. APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND DEADLINE
>
> As the comparative research seminar will involve the participation
> of researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America, it has been
> decided that applicants resident in Africa should submit their
> applications to CODESRIA, those resident in Asia to APISA and those
> resident in Latin America to CLACSO. The full contact details for
> APISA, CLACSO AND CODESRIA are reproduced below for the attention
> of all prospective applicants. The deadline for the receipt of
> applications is 31 October, 2006. Applications found to be
> incomplete or which arrive after the deadline will not be taken
> into consideration.
>
> An independent Selection Committee charged with screening all
> applications received will meet shortly after the deadline for the
> receipt of applications. Successful applicants will be notified
> immediately the Selection Committee completes it work. Notification
> of results will be dome by e-mail, fax and post. The results of the
> selection exercise will also be published on the websites of APISA,
> CLACSO and CODESRIA.
>
>  Latin American and Caribbean applicants should send their
> applications to:
>
> CLACSO,
>
> (2006 South-South Comparative Research Seminars)
>
> Callao 875, 3º (1023) Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
> Tel: (54 11) 4811-6588 / 4814-2301; Fax: (54 11) 4812-845
> E-mail: programa_sur-sur at campus.clacso.edu.ar
>
> Website: http://www.clacso.org
>
>  Asian applicants should send their applications to:
>
> APISA,
>
> (2006 South-South Comparative Research Seminars)
>
> Strategic Studies and International Relations Program
>
> Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, MALAYSIA
>
> Tel: 603- 89213647; Fax: 603-89213332
>
> E-Mail: secretariat at apisanet.org
>
> Website: http://www.apisainfo.org
>
>
>
>  African applicants should send their applications to:
>
> CODESRIA,
>
> (2006 South-South Comparative Research Seminars),
>
> BP 3304, CP 18524, Dakar, SENEGAL
>
> Tel: (221) 825 9822: Fax: (221) 824 1289
>
> E-mail: south.institute at codesria.sn
>
> Website: http://www.codesria.org
>
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