APSA Conference 2011: Crisis, Uncertainty and Democracy

Next week the School of Politics and International Relations will host the 2011 APSA Conference.

The theme of the conference is Crisis, Uncertainty and Democracy.  The theme builds on the current situation in Australian politics as well as world affairs such as the Arab Springs.
Professor Donald Emmerson, will give a keynote speech on Black Swans, Fat Tails and the Futures of Political Science. Professor Emmerson is Director of the Southeast Asia Forum (SEAF) at Shorenstein APARC (Stanford), a senior fellow at FSI, and an affiliated scholar with the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. 

The President of APSA, Professor Katharine Gelber will deliver her presidential address on Generational Challenges in Australian Political Science. 

Papers will be presented on topics covering Comparative Politics and Development; Australian Politics and Governance; Environmental Politics; Ethnicity ‘race’ and religion; Gender Politics and sexuality; International relations and international political economy; media, culture and communication; migration and refugees; and political and social theory.

ANU speakers who will be presenting papers include:

  • Professor John Warhurst (Emeritus) ‘Australia’s Atheist Prime Minister: Julia Gillard’s Unbelief in Historical Context’
  • Professor John Dryzek and Dr Hayley Stevenson ‘Enhancing the Legitimacy of Multilateral Comate Governance: A deliberative democratic approach’
  • Professor Adam Graycar ‘Corruption and Government: From state capture to municipal malfeasance’
  • Professor Ian McAllister and Dr Juliet Pietsch (along with Professor Clive Bean, QUT) ‘Explaining the Outcome of the 2010 Australian Federal Election’
  • Professor John Ravenhill (along with Professor Ann Capling, Melbourne) ‘Multilateralising Regionalism: What role for the TPP?
  • Professor John Wanna ‘Making Pigs Ears from Silk Purses – devising and passing budgets when in minority government – the case of the first Gillard budget of 2011-12’

For further information visit:http://law.anu.edu.au/coast/events/apsa/2011.htm