New Forms of Democracy?
The Reform and Transformation of Democratic Institutions
Sept. 9-13, 2002
Organizers
Professor Bruce E. Cain
Director, Institute of Governmental Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Professor Russell J. Dalton
Director, Center for the Study of Democracy
University of California, Irvine,
Professor Susan E. Scarrow
Department of Political Science
University of Houston (Texas)
Purpose and Accomplishments
The purpose of our Bellagio workshop was to re-assemble an international team
of scholars at the end of a multi-year study of the long-term effects of populist
pressures for political reforms in established democracies. As planned, most
of the preliminary findings in individual areas had been presented at meetings
in May, 2002, so the aim of the Bellagio session was to synthesize the research
by focusing on the political and theoretical implications of these findings.
These sessions were also intended to provide the opportunity to introduce our
work to some outsider observers who are familiar with issues of democratic reform
around the world. This part of the plan worked particularly well, as the discussions
with Joanne Caddy of the OECD provided us with a much clearer sense of how the
changes we are tracking in this project intersect with the concerns of public
officials around the world.
As hoped, the Bellagio sessions helped us to form a much clearer picture of widespread
and related institutional transformation that has being occurring in multiple
political arenas over the past three decades. They also gave us time to debate
the possible implications of the observed changes. These discussions were invaluable
for helping chapter authors identify common patterns across institutional realms.
The results of these discussions will be incorporated into the final versions
of each of the chapters, as well as into a concluding chapter which will present
our broader findings and our reflections on the possible implications of the
trends we have identified. Authors are now preparing the final chapters, which
will appear in a volume to be published by Oxford University Press in 2003.
Anticipated Publication
The chapters from this project will appear in a book that will be published by
Oxford University Press in the fall of 2003. To obtain a copy of this book, please
contact:
Marc Levin, Assistant Director
Institute of Governmental Studies
113A Moses Hall # 2370
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2370
USA
marcl@uclink.berkeley.edu
Conference Attendees
John Aldrich
Pfizer-Pratt University Professor
Department of Political Science
Duke University
Christopher Ansell
Professor
Department of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
Henrik P. Bang
Director & Professor
Center for Research on Public Org.
Department of Political Science
University of Copenhagen
Bruce E. Cain
Director & Professor
Institute of Governmental Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Elisabeth Carter
Graduate Student
Department of Government
University of Manchester
Joanne Caddy
Administrator
Public Management Service
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation & Development (OECD)
Russell J. Dalton
Director & Professor
Center for the Study of Democracy
University of California, Irvine
Patrick Egan
Graduate Student
Institute of Governmental Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Sergio Fabbrini
Professor
Dept of Sociology & Social Research
University of Trento
David Farrell
Professor
Department of Government
University of Manchester
Jane Gingrich
Graduate Student
Political Science Department
University of California, Berkeley
Hans-Dieter Klingemann
Director & Professor
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer
Sozialforschung (WZB)
Marc A. Levin
Assistant Director
Institute of Governmental Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Gillian Peele
Professor
Lady Margaret Hall
Oxford University
Susan Scarrow
Professor
Political Science Department
University of Houston
Mark Warren
Professor
Georgetown University
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