Democracy and Development in the Middle East
Conference in Honor of John Waterbury
April 3–4, 2009
219 Aaron Burr Hall
Friday, April 3
10:00 a.m. Welcome
Atul Kohli, codirector of the Project on Democracy and Development, Princeton University
Introduction
Eva Bellin, Hunter College and the Graduate Center/City University of New York
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Panel I
The Political Economy of Development in the Middle East: Enduring Challenges? New Breakthroughs?
"Yesterday's Papers: The Rise and Decline of Economic Reform"
Alan Richards, University of California at Santa Cruz
“Scarce Water, Abundant Oil: Resources and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa”
Miriam Lowi, College of New Jersey
“Globalization and the Emergence of the New Middle Class in Turkey since 1980”
Sevket Pamuk, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, and the London School of Economics
Discussant: Jeannie Sowers, University of New Hampshire
Noon – 1:30p.m. Lunch
Retrospective
John Waterbury, Princeton University
1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Panel II
From Clientalism to Democracy
“Clientalism and Democracy in Developing Countries”
Nicholas van de Walle, Cornell University
“Barriers to Democracy: Clientalism and Civil Society in Palestine”
Amaney Jamal, Princeton University
“Big Processes, Surprising Outcomes: Counterintuitive Evolutions in Clientalism in the Middle East”
Eva Bellin, Hunter College and the Graduate Center/City University of New York
Discussants: Farhad Kazemi, New York University, and Steve King, Georgetown University
3:15 p.m. Break
Coffee and Cookies/Fruit
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Panel III
Power and Authority in the Study of the Middle East
Round Table with presentations Diane Singerman, American University; Tim Mitchell, Columbia University; and Mark Tessler, University of Michigan
Discussants: Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania, and Abdeslam Maghraoui, Duke University
7:00 p.m.– 10:00p.m. Dinner at the Nassau Inn
Saturday, April 4
9:15 a.m. Breakfast
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Panel IV
Points of Contestation/Forces for Change
“Elections and the Rule of Law: Democratic Routes to Dictatorial Ends”
Nathan Brown, George Washington University
“Beyond Voters’ Reach: The Dearth of Executive Elections in the Middle East”
Jason Brownlee, University of Texas at Austin
“Political Da’wa: Understanding the Electoral Participation of the Muslim Brothers”
Samer Shehata, Georgetown University
“The Women’s Movement in Turkey: Multiple Confrontations, Multiple Choices”
Yesim Arat, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul
Discussants: Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, Emory University, and Michele Angrist, Union College
12:00 p.m. Conclusion and Thanks
Deborah Yashar, codirector of the Project on Democracy and Development, Princeton University
Noon–1:30 Lunch
For more information, contact Patricia Zimmer (pzimmer@princeton.edu).
Past Democracy and Development Workshops & Conferences
Friday, September 21, 2007 - Problems of Inequality in the Developing World. For schedule, click here. To listen to the discussions, click on the icon:
