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PSA Specialist Group Conference
British and Comparative Territorial Politics
7 - 8 January 2010
University of Oxford
Social Science Building
Manor Road Oxford, OX1 3UQ

Academic Convenors:

The convenors are grateful for the support of Professor Iain McLean and the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk

Registration Organisation:

Anne Edwards, Research Administrator
Research Institute for Arts and Humanities
Room 411 - Keir Hardie Building
Swansea University, Singleton Park
Swansea SA2 8PP
Wales, UK
Email: a.edwards@swansea.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1792 295755

Conference Programme

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Thursday 7 January

Welcome (9.45am)

Panels 1 and 2 (10am - 11.20am)

Panel 1: Devolution, Finance and Public Policy (Chair: Jonathan Bradbury)

Iain McLean: Calman and Holtham: the public finance of devolution
David Heald and Alasdair McLeod: The Taxation and Borrowing Powers of the UK Devolved Administrations
Guy Lodge and Katie Schmuecker: Devolution in practice: the implication of policy variation across the UK

Panel 2: Regionalism and European integration (Chair: Nicola McEwen)

Paolo Dardanelli: The European Dimension in Flanders' Quest for Autonomy, A Longitudinal Study of Party Strategies
Eve Hepburn and Peter McLoughlin: Celtic nationalism and European integration: a comparison of Scottish and Northern Irish party responses to a 'Europe of the Regions'
Karen Schlüter: European Integration and intergovernmental relations in federal and decentralised states

11.20am - 11.40am Tea/coffee

Panels 3 and 4 (11.40am - 1.00pm)

Panel 3: Territorial responses to cultural change (Chair: Rune Dahl Fitjar)

Robert Tatham: Media in the Mountains, Viewing in the Valleys: Broadcasting Policies for Wales
Brieg Powel: The dislocation of 'Welshness': Comparing Plaid Cymru and Cymdeithas yr Iaith Discourses on Welsh National Identity since Devolution
Katie Tonkiss: Separating Citizenship and Territory: Nationalist Resurgence and European Migration in England

Panel 4: Devolution Finance in Financial Hard Times (Chair: Iain McLean)

Alan Trench: Fixing devolution finance in the UK?
Scott Greer: Territorial Politics in Hard Times: The welfare state under pressure in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom
Russell Mellett: Social Citizenship and Fiscal Arrangements
David Bell: Recession: How Have the Devolved Administrations Reacted?

1.00pm -2.00pm Lunch

Panels 5 and 6 (2.00pm - 3.20pm)

Panel 5: Breaking the Patterns of Conflict I (Chair: Derek Birrell)

John Coakley: Constitutional blueprints and political structures: the dilemma of implementation in Northern Ireland
Jennifer Todd: Breaking the patterns of conflict in Northern Ireland. The Anglo-Irish Agreement, constitutional metaphors and institutional change
Cillian McGrattan: Settlement Processes in Northern Ireland: The Hidden Politics of the Peace Process

Panel 6: Parties and regional party systems (Chair: Wilfried Swenden)

Klaus Detterbeck: Political parties and the dynamics of federalism
Alex Wilson: Party System Change in the Spanish Regions
Arjan H. Schakel: Regional reform and territorialization of party systems

3.20pm - 3.40pm Tea/coffee

Panels 7 and 8 (3.40pm - 5.00pm)

Panel 7: Breaking the Patterns of Conflict II (Chair: Richard Parry)

Susan McDermott: The journey from Hillsborough 1985 to Belfast 1998, analyzing the role of Irish party politics in the transition of Irish government policy from the Anglo Irish Agreement to the Good Friday Agreement
Paul Gillespie: How political change in the European Union affects British-Irish relations
Michael Anderson: Breaking Patterns of conflict: creating a new dynamic of relations between Dublin and loyalism

Panel 8: Parties and the politics of regionalism (Chair: Klaus Detterbeck)

Simon Toubeau: Social Democracy and Regional Nationalism in Multi-Level Systems
Elodie Fabre: Right-wing political parties, nationalism and regionalization
Andreu Orte and Antoni Rodon: Model of State, electoral cycle and intraparty dynamics in Spain: the case of PSOE 2006-2009

7pm Wine reception, sponsored by Regional and Federal Studies
Merton College

8pm Conference dinner
Merton College

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Friday 8 January

Panels 9 and 10 (9.30am - 10.50am)

Panel 9: Scottish and English questions (Chair: Arthur Aughey)

John Curtice, Rachel Ormston and Susan Reid: Ready for the Next Step? Nationalist Government and Attitudes towards Independence in Scotland
Sarah Ayers and Graham Pearce: Taking stock and contemplating regional governance in England after the 2010 General Election
Margaret Arnott and Jenny Ozga: Nationalism in Post Devolution Scotland: The SNP and Devolved Government

Panel 10: Devolution and Public Policy (Chair: Paul Cairney)

Øivind Bratberg: Policy divergence and ideational legacies: analysing the Westminster and Holyrood debates on higher education
Gordon Marnoch: 'The better we are watched the better we behave'. Has devolution provided a better window for oversight?
Richard Parry: Party strategies and devolved public policy: the Conservatives and the nationalists

10.50am - 11.10am Tea/coffee

Panels 11 and 12 (11.10am - 12.30pm)

Panel 11: The dynamics of regionalism and political decentralization (Chair: Nicola McEwen)

Andrea Fischer: Towards a theory of devolution processes
Francesc Amat, Sandra León-Alfonso and Ignacio Jurado: Party Systems and the Dynamics of Decentralization
Rune Dahl Fitjar: Region-building in an Emerging Petro-Region

Panel 12: The politics of devolved executive government (Chair: John Curtice)

Derek Birrell: Devolution and government in Northern Ireland since 2007; still governing without consensus
Paul Cairney: The SNP and minority government in Scotland
Adrian Kay and Laura McAllister: Consensualism and the development of policy capacity in the National Assembly for Wales

12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch

Panels 13 and 14 (1.30pm - 2.50pm)

Panel 13: Whither the Nation-State? (Chair: Xabier Ezeizabarrena)

Jonathan Bradbury: Territorial politics in the United Kingdom in comparative perspective
Arthur Aughey: Fifth Nation: The United Kingdom between definite and indefinite articles
Antonio-Carlos Pereira Menaut: Backpedaling: Is Spain re-centralising?

Panel 14: Multi level governance and public policy (Chair: Ian Stafford)

Nicola McEwen: Pushing at boundaries of devolution: energy and climate change policy in Scotland
Anna-Lena Högenauer: The Impact of Intergovernmental Dynamics on Regional Engagement in European Policy-Making: A Comparative Study of Legislative Regions
Connie Smith: Barring Unsuitable People from Working with Children in a devolved UK

2.50pm - 3.10pm Tea/coffee

Panels 15 and 16 (3.10pm - 4.30pm)

Panel 15: Territory and the reconstruction of the state (Chair: Nicola McEwen)

Wilfried Swenden: Keeping Belgian federalism symmetrical? Good governance, autonomy and solidarity
Amita Shastri: The politics of devolution in Sri Lanka
Xabier Ezeizabarrena: Scottish Devolution and Basque Historical Titles: Two Legal scopes for co-sovereignty?

Panel 16: Restructuring regional governance (Chair: Jonathan Bradbury)

Steve Martin, Tom Entwistle, James Downe and Valeria Guarneros-Meza: Central-local partnership in Wales: the whole truth, a half truth and nothing like the truth
Ian Stafford: The regional governance of transport policy in Wales: towards institutional decongestion?
Oleg Kodolov: Budgeting at a time of constraint: Canadian provincial governments respond to financial crisis

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