PSA Conference

59th Political Studies Association Annual Conference
Challenges for Democracy in a Global Era
7 - 9 April 2009
The University of Manchester, Renold Building

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Session 1

Panel	Chair	Discussant
Britishness Outside England (95)	Arthur Aughey	Christopher Bryant
Comparative European Politics Specialist Group Plenary (141)	Umut Korkut
Democracy and Youth Activism in Greece (70)	Dora Giannaki	Dora Giannaki
Developments in Irish Politics (134)	Alan Greer
EPOP I - New Perspectives on Political Parties and Party Systems (42)	Alistair Clark
Feminist Institutionalism: The Way Forward (7)	Vivien Lowndes	Vivien Lowndes
Gramsci and International Politics: Historical Perspectives (5)	Owen Worth	Joseph Femia
Italian Politics Specialist Group Plenary (142)	Jim Newell
Literature and Politics: Narratives of Identity and Conflict (59)	Branwen Gruffydd Jones
Media and European democracies (18)	Heather Savigny
Migration and Multiculturalism (143)	Jacqueline Briggs
Parties, voters and the EU in Central and Eastern Europe: Is there anybody out there? (89)	Mikolaj Czesnik
Perspectives on European Social Democracy (104)	Fiona Ross	Fiona Ross
Political Arenas: direct and indirect impacts on local government (90)	Colin Copus	Sarah Hale
Political Leadership in plural institutions I (97)	David Seawright	John Gaffney
Political Theory I (144)	Laura Brace
Researching Cultures of Insecurity: Identities, Militaries, Masculinities (76)	Ana Jordan	Laura Shepherd
Rhetoric in Politics (6)	Andrew Russell	Terrell Carver
Roundtable: The Case for Political Economy (67)	Ben Rosamond	Ben Rosamond
Territorial justice, group rights and democracy (51)	Adina Preda	Cara Nine
The 2009 German General Election (85)	Ruth Wittlinger	Thomas Saalfeld

Session 2

Panel	Chair	Discussant
Advances in multilevel modelling for political analysis – developments from the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (136)	Peter John	Ed Fieldhouse
Ambivalent Architectures: Violence, Visualization, Memorialization (55)	Angharad Closs-Stephens	Angharad Closs-Stephens
Aspects of the councillor lifecycle (86)	Chris Game	James Chandler
Caribbean Specialist Group plenary (145)	Amanda Sives
Civil society, conflict and counter-terrorism since 2001 (81)	Jude Howell	Alison Dunn
Developments in International Interpretive Research (24)	Rod Rhodes	Mark Bevir
Developments in post-communist Russian Politics (137)	Cristina Archetti
EPOP II - Comparative Approaches to Elections and Public Opinion (44)	Rob Ford
Gramsci and International Politics: Contemporary Perspectives (3)	Mark McNally	Mark McNally
Greek Politics and Political Marketing in the Modern Era (88)	Roman Gerodimos	Theodore Chadjipadelis
Hearts and Minds? British Counterinsurgency theory and Northern Ireland (46)	Alan Greer
Italian Politics after the 2008 Election: Another Turning Point? (68)	Mark Donovan	Mauro Calise
Labour’s foreign policy (105)	Steven Fielding	Steven Fielding
Media, representation and democracy (16)	Heather Savigny
Men, Masculinities and the Study of Politics (77)	Daniel Conway	Daniel Conway
Multiple Identities: Understanding Peripheral Britishness (117)	Jonathan Tonge	Paul Ward
Political Leadership in plural institutions II: Political Leadership in France (Joint Panel with French Politics and Political Leadership) (106)	Jocelyn Evans	Ben Clift
Reconsidering the Regulatory State (9)	Julie Gervais	Lindsay Stirton
Representing business in changing capitalism I (63)	Michael Moran	Wyn Grant
Teaching Politics: Beyond the Classroom (31)	John Craig
Women in British Politics (65)	Meryl Kenny

Government and Opposition Leonard Schapiro Memorial Lecture

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