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Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung
Center for European Integration Studies
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Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung
Center for Development Research
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Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
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Does Culture Matter?
Politics and Governance in the Mediterranean
Workshop
June 19-20, 2001
Bonn
Venue:
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There has been a 'renaissance' in the study of culture within
the Social Sciences. Apparently, norms of trust and social capital
as well as different cultural styles, determined by historical
traditions, are thought to be important for understanding political
life. While some see cultural factors behind divergent political
styles, others discount cultural explanations and look at ways
in which rational action is refracted by different institutions.
A workshop organized jointly by ZEF and ZEI will discuss the relevance
of culture for the functioning of institutions. It will focus
on the Mediterranean region because of its cultural and institutional
diversity, using as a backdrop the EU's explicit policy of promoting
its institutions in that region. Scholars and policymakers from
the Mediterranean, Europe, and USA will exchange ideas. The participants
will focus on conceptualizing better working definitions of concepts
and examine concrete cases drawn from the Euro-Mediterranean area,
drawing out implications for policy.
Prof. Dr. Ludger Kühnhardt, Director
Center for European
Integration Studies (ZEI)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Wimmer,
Director
Center for Development
Research (ZEF)
Universität Bonn
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Tuesday, 19 June 2001
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| Venue: |
Festsaal, Universität Bonn, Regina-Pacis-Weg
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(open to public) |
| 15.00 hrs. |
Welcome
Klaus Borchard, Universität Bonn
Bärbel Dieckmann, Lady Mayor of Bonn
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| 15.10 - 18.00 |
Culture, Politics and the Mediterranean Rim
Chair: Ludger Kühnhardt / Andreas Wimmer,
ZEI / ZEF
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Culture Matters: The Relevance of Culture in Politics
and Governance
Lawrence Harrison, Harvard University
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Culture of Politics: North and South of the Mediterranean
HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, President
Club of Rome
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The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
Miguel Àngel Moratinos, Special Representative
to the Middle East Peace Process, European Commission
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Wednesday, 20 June 2001
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| Venue: |
ZEF/ZEI, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn
(by invitation only) |
| 9.00-11.00 hrs. |
Conceptualising Culture in Politics and Governance
Chair: Indra de Soysa, ZEF
Mohammed Arkoun, Sorbonne, Paris III
Klaus von Beyme, Universität Heidelberg
Jocelyn Cesari, Columbia University
Lawrence Harrison, Harvard University
George Joffé, Centre for International Studies,
London School of Economics
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| 11.00 hrs. |
Coffee Break
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| 11.30 - 13.30 hrs. |
Manifestations of Culture in Mediterranean Politics
and Governance:
Cases and Comparisons
Chair: Peter Zervakis, ZEI
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| 11.30 hrs. |
The Crisis of Political Culture in the Arab World:
A Search for Paradigms
Paul Salem, American University of Beirut
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| 12.00 hrs. |
Imaging the Other: How Culture Affects Politics
Maria Todorova, University of Florida
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| 12.30 hrs. |
Modes of Conflict Resolution in North and South
of the Mediterranean
Theodor Hanf, Arnold Bergstraesser Insitut
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| 13.00 hrs. |
Legal Traditions in Governance
Ergun Özbudun, Bilkent University
Ankara
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| 13.30 hrs. |
Lunch
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| 14.30 hrs. |
Special Lecture
World Values and the Mediterranean
Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan
Introduction by Erich Weede, University
of Bonn
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| 15.30 hrs. |
Coffee Break
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| 16.00 hrs. |
Implications of Culture - New Directions in Research
and Policy-making
Chair: Ludger Kühnhardt / Andreas Wimmer
Stephen C. Calleya, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic
Studies, University of Malta
Mohammad Ahmed El-Sherif, Islamic Call Society
Michael Köhler, European Commission
Udo Steinbach, Deutsches Orient Institut
Willi A. Wapenhans, Overseas Development Council
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