New Forms of Democracy?
The Reform and Transformation of Democratic Institutions
May 17-18, 2002, UC Berkeley: A Research Conference

Friday, May 17, 2002
UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS)
201 Moses Hall, 9 am to 4 pm

9:00-9:30 am: Coffee & welcome
Convenors: Bruce Cain (UC Berkeley), Russell Dalton (UC Irvine), and Susan Scarrow (University of Houston)

9:30-10:30 am: Session I: Dimensions of Institutional Change
Presenter: Russell Dalton (UC Irvine)

10:30-10:45 am: Break

Electoral Politics

10:45 am-12 pm: Session II - Change within the Political Parties

"Intraparty Democracy"
Presenters: Miki Caul Kittleson (SUNY Binghamton) and Susan Scarrow (University of Houston)

"Changing Party Access to Politics"
Presenters: Shaun Bowler (UC Riverside), Elisabeth Carter (University of Manchester), and David Farrell (University of Manchester)

Discussant: Austin Ranney (UC Berkeley)

12:00- 1:00 pm: Hosted Lunch & Discussions

1:00-2:30 pm: Session III - Change in Elections

"Non-party Elections"
Presenter: Susan Scarrow (University of Houston)

"The Amount of Electing"
Presenters: Mark Gray (UC Irvine)

Discussants: Henry Brady (UC Berkeley) David Farrell (University of Manchester)

2:30-2:45 pm: Break

Non-Electoral Politics

2:45-4 pm: Session IV- Citizen Access to Information and Administrative Process

Topic: Knowledge is Power
Presenters: Bruce Cain (UC Berkeley), Sergio Fabbrini (University of Trento), and Patrick Eagan (UC Berkeley)

Topic: Expansion of Administrative Contact Points
Presenter: Chris Ansell (UC Berkeley)

Discussants: Mark Warren (Georgetown University), Yoon-Soo Jung (Myongji University)

6:00 pm: Dinner@ Downtown Restaurant, 2102 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley (510)649-3810

Saturday, May 18, 2002
119 Moses Hall
9 am to 12 pm

9:00-9:15 am: Coffee

Non-Electoral Politics (continued)

9:15-10:30 am: Session V- Bureaucracy and the Courts

"Opening up the Bureaucracy"
Presenter: Henrik P. Bang (University of Copenhagen)

"Access through the Courts"
Presenter: Alec Stone-Sweet (UC Irvine & Oxford University) and Rachel Cichowski (University of Washington)

Discussants: Chris Ansell (UC Berkeley), Eckhard Schroeter (UC Berkeley)

Break: 10:30-10:45 am

10:45 am- 12 pm: Session VI- Roundtable: Democracy in Transition?
Convenors: Bruce E. Cain (UC Berkeley), Russell Dalton (UC Irvine), and Susan Scarrow (University of Houston)

12-1 pm: Hosted Lunch & Discussions

1-4 pm: Bellagio Planning Session
Convenors: Bruce E. Cain (UC Berkeley), Russell Dalton (UC Irvine), and Susan Scarrow (University of Houston) assisted by Marc Levin (UC Berkeley)

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This project is supported by generous grants from the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies (IES), the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS), the UC Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD), and the Rockefeller Foundation.

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