Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley

sat	4/14
2001

Responsibility in the Global Age

The 5th Annual Conference
Saturday, April 14, 2001

Sponsored by

Charles T. and Louise H. Travers Program in
Ethics and Accountability in Government, the UC Berkeley Political Science Department, the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS), and the
Commonwealth Club of California

Prospectus

This one-day conference will address ethics and globalization by focusing on three areas which bear much of the weight of globalization: international financial institutions and the flow of capital, immigration and refugee flows, and the role of private and local capital and political action.

The Travers Conferences traditionally aim to bring together speakers from academic, legal, economic, and political organizations. It aims to initiate dialogue between these realms and the academic public.

For more information, contact Ms. Kateri Carmola, (510) 642-4691; kcarmola@socrates.berkeley.edu

Or visit the conference website:

http://ethics.berkeley.edu

Download the conference program (Page Maker file)

Conference Schedule:
10 am-5 pm University of California, Berkeley Seaborg Room, Men's Faculty Club (510) 540-5678
10- 10:10 am	Welcoming Remarks: Col. Charles T. Travers, Professor Bruce E. Cain (IGS Director) and Robert Price (Chair, UCB Political Science Dept.)

10:15- 11 am	Keynote Speaker (Confirmed): Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago Keynote address: "Reinventing Citizenship in the Global City" Saskia Sassen is the author of, among other books, Globalization and its Discontents, Guests and Aliens, and Losing Control? Sovereignty in and Age of Globalization. She is presently engaged in a research project on "Governance and Accountability in a Global Economy."

11:30 am-1pm	Panel 1: Institutional Responsibilities: Justice and International Organizations Chair: Shannon Stimson, UC Berkeley Speakers: Varun Gauri, Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank (Confirmed) Varun Gauri received his Ph.D. in public policy from Princeton in 1996. His work at the World Bank concerns mother and infant health programs in Brazil, AIDS clinics in Zimbabwe, and educational reform in Washington D.C. Publications include School Choice in Chili: Two Decades of Educational Reform (1998). Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University (Confirmed) Thomas Pogge specializes in issues of global justice and ethics and moral philosophy. His multiple publications address human rights, the bounds of nationalism, universal justice, and global resources. In addition he has written on John Rawls and Kant. Pranab Bardhan, UC Berkeley Pranab Bardhan is a Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley and the Chief Editor of the Journal of Development Economics. He has published several books and many journal articles on agrarian institutions in poor countries, political economy and international trade.

1-2 pm	Lunch at the Faculty Club

2-3:30 pm	Panel 2: State Responsibilities, Ethics, Immigration, and Refugees. Chair: Bruce Cain, UC Berkeley Speakers: Amy Gurowitz, Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley (Confirmed) Amy Gurowitz specializes in the application of human rights norms to immigration. Prior to receiving her doctorate from Cornell in 1999, she was a fellow at Harvard’s Center for International Affairs. Her publications include “Mobilizing International Norms: Domestic Actors, Immigrants, and the Japanese State” in World Affairs, April 1999. Carolyn Patty Blum, Professor of Law, Boalt School of Law, UC Berkeley (Confirmed) Patty Blum teaches in the areas of Immigration and Refugee Law, and a Human Rights writing seminar. She has recently opened Boalt's International Human Rights Clinic, and has lectured and written widely in areas of asylum and human rights. Jack Citrin, UC Berkeley Professor Citrin teaches in the fields of political behavior and comparative government. His research interests include political sociology and nationalism. Recent publications include "American Identity and the Politics of Ethnic Change" and "Crises of American Identities and the Politics of Multiculturalism."

3:45- 5 pm	Panel 3: Individual Responsibilities and Grass Roots Responses Chair: Sam Scheffler, Professor of Philosophy, UC Berkeley (Confirmed) A professor of Philosophy since 1977, Sam Scheffler is also on the faculty of Boalt Hall's Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program. He is the author of The Rejection of Consequentialism, and Human Morality, and is an associate editor of Philosophy and Public Affairs. Speakers: Susan Okin, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University (Confirmed) Susan Okin is co-director of Stanford's Program in Ethics in Society. She speicalizes in political and feminist theory, and is the author of, among other publications, Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? (1999) and Justice, Gender and the Family (1989). Joshua Skov, Good Company Steve Weber, Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley (Confirmed) Steve Weber has been a professor in the Political Science Dept. since 1988. His areas of specialty include national security, nuclear, strategy, international business, and global justice. He is a consultant for the Global Business Network, based in Emeryville, California.