BEYOND GOOD GOVERNANCE
Rethinking Civil Society, Human
Rights, and Democracy Promotion
Watson Institute for International Studies
Brown University
14th- 16th May, 2009
Thursday, 14th May
6:30pm Welcome: Gianpaolo and Vasuki
Talk: Neera Chandhoke with Sonia Alvarez as respondent
Chair: Eli Marienthal
Friday, 15th May
8:30am Breakfast
9:00 Session 1: Conceptual Maps
Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Vasuki Nesiah
Chair: Nathaniel Berman
10:30 Coffee break
10:45: Session 2: Social movements
Agustin Lao Montes, Guobin Yang, Antina Von Schinztler, Omar Kutty
Chair: Dikshya Thapa
12:30pm Lunch
2:00 Session 3: Political Society
Ruchi Chaturvedi, Zeynep Gambetti, Rosalind Shaw, Ashwini Sukthankar
Chair: Sinem Adar
3:30 Coffee break
3:45 Session 4: The Politics of Aid/International Community
Malathi de Alwis, Millicent Thayer, Kerry Rittich, Hani Sayed
Chair: Zina Miller
Saturday, 16h May
8:30am Break fast
9:00 Session 1: Urban Spaces
Eduardo Canel, Jeffrey Rubin, Soraya Cortes
Chair: Brian Connor
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Session 2: Democracy Promotion and International law
Tanya Monforte, Ignacio DeLaRasilla, Chantal Thomas
Chair: Peter Danchin
12:30pm Lunch
2:00 Session 3: Neoliberal citizenship
Ritty Lukose, Paula Chakravartty, Srirupa Roy, Nivedita Menon
Chair: Robert Wai
3:30 Sign-off/thanks Vasuki, Gianpaolo