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MAPPING THE GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF POLICY 2012
Daniel Béland is Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Professor at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (University of Saskatchewan campus). A political sociologist studying public policy from an historical and comparative perspective, he has published 8 books and more than 60 peer-reviewed articles. Professor Béland has held visiting fellowships at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, George Washington University, the University of Helsinki, the University of Southern Denmark, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He currently serves as the Editor (French) of the Canadian Journal of Sociology and as Secretary-Treasurer of the Research Committee 19 (Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy) of the International Sociological Association.
Thaddeus Hwong is an Associate Professor at Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University (School of Public Policy and Administration and School of Administrative Studies). Thaddeus Hwong models interactions between tax law and social policy that affect the financing of the welfare state. His current empirical research projects explore costs and benefits of progressive income taxation and tax expenditures amidst globalization as well as attitudes towards taxpaying and welfare state.
Grace Skogstad is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Her areas of speciality include Canadian politics, including Canadian federalism, and comparative public policy. Her most recent books are Policy Paradigms, Transnationalism and Domestic Politics (University of Toronto Press, 2011) and Internationalization and Canadian Agriculture: Policy and Governing Paradigms (University of Toronto Press, 2008). The third edition of her co-edited book, Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness and Legitimacy (Oxford University Press) will be published in early 2012. Her recent publications address the impact on domestic policy-making of developments associated with economic globalization and political internationalization. This research explores the distinct and interactive role of domestic and international factors in influencing the policy ideas integral to Canadian agricultural policy, Canadian and EU policies to regulate the risks of genetically modified organisms, and biofuels policies in North America and the EU.
Phil Triadafilopoulos is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Becoming Multicultural: Immigration and the Politics of Membership in Canada and Germany (UBC Press, 2012) and has published in the Review of International Studies, The Journal of Politics, the Journal of Ethnicity and Migration Studies, Citizenship Studies, and the Journal of Historical Sociology. More information regarding his teaching and research interests is available at: http://triadafilopoulos.wordpress.com
Day 1 January 26
12:00 REGISTRATION
12:45 OPENING REMARKS, WELCOME
Title: “Transnationalism and Policy Paradigms”
02:15 COFFEE
02:30-3:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
A . EDUCATION/HUMAN CAPITAL/LABOUR Chair: Andrea Rowe
CIBC Hall
Scott Smith (McMaster University)
Title: "Cross-border education, knowledge regimes, and the politics of deradicalization in Qatar"
Mikhail Bullard (Queen’s University)
Title: “Brain drain as the 'new normal'?: Mapping the evolution of discourse around ‘brain drain’ and its implications for the policy responses of developing states”
Nick Bernards (McMaster University)
Title: “Global Production and Labour Governance in Africa: An Outline and Research Agenda”
Discussant: Charlotte Yates, Labour Studies (and Dean of Social Sciences)
B . ENVIRONMENT/ CLIMATE I Chair: Ata Ul-Munim
Rooms 311/313
Caitlyn MacMaster (McMaster University)
Title: “Climate Change and Human Security: Mass migration, violent conflict, and the role of globalization and policy in managing and mitigating security risks”
Aviva Silburt (Carleton University)
Title: “A Realist Perspective on Climate Change: The Canadian Context”
Sébastien Jodoin (Yale University)
Title: “Transnational Policy Learning for Climate-Compatible Development: Evidence from REDD+ Readiness Processes in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Discussant: Katherine Boothe, Political Science
03:45 COFFEE
04:00-5:15 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
C. REGULATION/ FINANCE/ TRADE Chair: Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn
CIBC Hall
Michael Olender (Carleton University)
Title: “Assessing the alignment of Government of Canada policy positions with the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development”
Veronica Rubio Vega (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Title: “Post-2007 financial governance and capital controls: Reassessing policy toolkits”
Xanthi Andrianou, Olga Zvonareva, and Floor Hageman (Maastricht University);Noelle Hajjar, Karolina Kowalewski, and Katia Wong (McMaster University)
Title: “Title: Food Safety Modernization Act: Impacts and Implications within the Globalization”
Discussant: Tony Porter, Political Science
D. NGOS/PUBLIC OPINION/NEW INDICATORS Chair: Scott Smith
Rooms 311/313
Jisu Hong, Ali Enver, and Jared Paty (McMaster University); Tigist Mangistu, Dang Phamhai, and Natasja Roels (Maastricht University)
Title: “Globalization and NGO policies: A case study of Club 25 International”
Adam Malloy (The Balsillie School of International Affairs)
Title: “Alternative Measures of Development: Politicizing Bhutan’s “Gross National Happiness”
Discussant: Michelle Dion, Political Science
05:15-7:00 RECEPTION
Day 2 January 27
08:45 OPENING REMARKS Katie Boothe
09:00-10:30 PLENARY 2 SPEAKERS
Thaddeus Hwong (York University)
Title: “Money Can't Buy You Happiness, but Taxation Can Give You a Chance”
Phil Triadafilopoulos (University of Toronto)
Title: “Becoming Multicultural: Postwar Norms and the Transformation of Membership Policy in Canada and Germany”
10:30 COFFEE
10:45-12:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
E. ENVIRONMENT/ CLIMATE II/ ENERGY Chair: Kaelan Moat
Rooms 311/313
Graeme Ball (McMaster University)
Title: “Global Environmental Governance: Constrained Coalition-Building”
Olabanji Akinola (University of Guelph)
Title: “Tackling energy poverty and underdevelopment in Nigeria: the role(s) of international development policies and institutions”
Discussant: Todd Alway, Political Science
F. INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Chair: Stephanie Tombari
CIBC Hall
Adam Taylor Kingsmith (McMaster University)
Title: “Tripping Over TRIPs: Patents, Restrictions and the Stagnation of Global Health Policy in the Developing World”
Caitlyn MacMaster (McMaster University) with J. Salituri, A. Chiu, B. van Lanschot, and M. Ling
Title: “A Critical Assessment of the United Nations Millennium Declaration”
Discussant: Robert O’Brien, Political Science (Chair of the Department)
12:00-01:00 LUNCH
01:00-02:30 PLENARY 3 SPEAKER
Daniel Beland (University of Saskatchewan)
Title: “Ideas, Public Policies, and Transnational Actors”
02:30 COFFEE
02:45-04:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
G. CITIZENSHIP/ MIGRATION/BORDERS/SECURITIZATION I Chair: Jessica Merolli
CIBC Hall
Jodi Read (University of Manitoba)
Title: “Enemies at the Border: Dehumanization in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands”
Meagan Kinsella (McMaster University)
Title: “Victim in the Making: The Enactment of Human Trafficking as a Securitized Issue in Southeast Asia”
Discussant: Andrew Lui, Political Science
H. PRIVATIZATION Chair: Steve Haarink
Rooms 311/313
Heather Whiteside (Simon Fraser University)
Title: “Grounding neoliberalism: subnational restructuring and the routinization of accumulation by dispossession within Canada’s public health care system”
Dilara Baysal (McMaster University)
Title: “A Critical Review of State-Market Conceptualizations in the Analysis of Neoliberal Transition in Turkey: Privatization Literature as an exemplar”
Discussant: Peter Graefe, Political Science
04:00 COFFEE
04:15-05:35 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
I. CITIZENSHIP/ MIGRATION/BORDERS/SECURITIZATION II Chair: Philippe Frowd
CIBC Hall
Jason Boose (University of Windsor)
Title: “Ideas, Normative Beliefs, and the Internationalization of Public Policy: A Comparative Analysis of How Precaution Guides Anti-Terrorism Policy”
Usma Qureshi (McMaster University) and Asma Bala (Waterloo University)
Title “From Globalized to Localized “Others”: Quebec's Niqab War and the Exclusion of Muslim Canadians”
Jessica Merolli (McMaster University)
Title: “(Re)defining the Ideal Citizen: Sites of Resistance in the Development of Citizenship Tests”
Discussant: Karen Bird, Political Science
J. TECHNOLOGY/SCIENCE Chair: Liam Stockdale
Rooms 311/313
Rafi A. Chaudhury (McMaster University)
Title: “The Role of the State in Developing Nationally Interoperable Health Information Technology Infrastructure – Evidence from Four Countries”
Ata-Ul Munim (McMaster University)
Title: “Globalization, Innovation Systems, and Agricultural Biotechnology – Changing Paradigms of Governance”
Andrea Smith (McMaster University)
Title: “Canada, chrysotile, and the Rotterdam Convention: A case study in the scientization of politics”
Discussant: Derek Hrynyshyn, Labour Studies
Organizers:
Department of Political Science Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Globalization Institute for Globalization and the Human Condition
Organizing committee:
Andrea Rowe (Political Science) Caitlyn MacMaster (Global Health) Halina Sapeha (Political Science) Jared Paty (Global Health) Kaelan Moat (Health Policy) Professor Katherine Boothe (Political Science) Katia Wong (Global Health) Mark Burgess (Globalization) Rafi Chaudhury (Global Health) Scott Smith (Political Science) Professor Stephen McBride (Political Science) Usma Qureshi (Political Science)
Co-sponsors:
Global Health Program Centre for Engineering and Public Policy
